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annular eclipse
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annular eclipse
an eclipse of the sun in which the moon does not cover the entire disc of the sun, so that a ring of sunlight surrounds the shadow of the moon

annular eclipse [′an·yə·lər i′klips]
(astronomy)
An eclipse in which a thin ring of the source of light appears around the obscuring body.


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My presentation consisted chiefly of slides of the 1991 total solar and 1994 annular eclipses, with explanations of the fairly simple elements of eclipse photography.
 
 
 
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