From the remote eastern Indonesian Ternate island this morning, onlookers were able to watch a a rare astronomical phenomenon - a total solar eclipse.

A solar eclipse happens when the moon casts a shadow on the earth as it passes between the earth and the sun. A partial eclipse, more frequent than total eclipses, is when the earth passes within the penumbra of the moon. 

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