Total solar eclipse: See photos of the event from Asia (gallery)

Mar 10, 2016, 04:14

NASA said prior to the eclipse that scientists would be using the phenomenon to study the sun's atmosphere.

The eclipse ended at about 9.30am.

A rare sight was seen in the sky over Indonesia Wednesday.

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A partial eclipse of the sun was visible to millions in Australia, parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, but only people in a small band of Indonesia had the opportunity to see the moon perfectly silhouetted by the sun.

Over a year ago, Joe Rao, an associate astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History, discovered the Alaska Airlines flight would intersect the "path of totality" during the eclipse.

The eclipse began at around 7.20am, 10 minutes after sunrise, and reached its peak at around 8.23am, with about 90 per cent of the sun obscured by the moon. "It is the most spectacular, naturally-occurring event that anyone could witness in their lifetime".

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"It was like the ideal piece of paradise that lasted for two minutes". Experts say the total eclipse can be viewed with the naked eye but specific filters should be used during its partial phases to avoid permanent damage to the retina.

Some of the astronomers and "eclipse chasers" on the flight travel the world to see eclipses, according to the blog.

"Unfortunately we got nothing because we had rain showers and solid cloud", said optometrist Ralph Chou who was hoping to see his 19th total solar eclipse. It was held in the city's Planetarium, Central Jakarta, and it had attracted thousands of visitors. The eclipse, which from the vantage point of Jakarta produced an impressive crescent, was also streamed on monitors around the planetarium.

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Wright reported from Jakarta.

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