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Combo photograph taken from 8:20 to 9:46 (from L, Upper to R, Bottom) on July 22, 2009 shows the process of the total solar eclipse seen in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality.

Combo photograph taken from 8:09 a.m. (seven o’clock position) to 10:30 a.m. (six o’clock) on July 22, 2009 shows the process of the total solar [...]

On July 22, the Sun’s shadow will sweep halfway across the world, from India, over China and out into the Pacific Ocean, in what will be the longest total solar eclipse of this century.
Darkness at noon will last as much as six and a half minutes in some places, including 5 minutes in Shanghai — [...]

Addiction can be a brutal mistress. Especially if the high in question can only be experienced on average once every 18 months, usually in obscure parts of the globe. My first experience of the heady rush that triggered my slippery slide into full-scale eclipsomania was in Costa Rica in 1998. A chance encountered with a [...]