Rare solar eclipse sweeps across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States

Nov 3, 2013

Rare solar eclipse sweeps across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States

Tim Swift 0 Comment Travel, World astronomy, science, solar eclipse

The East Coast bore witness to a hybrid solar eclipse this morning, which kicked off around 6:38 a.m. according to Weather.com. The eclipse lasted about 30 minutes.

: The moon blocks the sun seconds before a total solar eclipse at the remote Sibiloi National Park on the shore of Lake Turkana, November 3, 2013. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)

: A partial solar eclipse is seen over the Sudanese capital Khartoum, on November 3, 2013. The rare solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States as the moon blocks the sun either fully or partially, depending on the location. (Ebrahim Hamid/AFP Photo)

: Rendile tribe members are silhoutted after a rare solar eclipse in the Sibiloi national Park in Turkana on November 3, 2013. Astronomy enthusiasts in Kenya caught a partial glimpse of a rare “Hybrid Total Eclipse” which hasn’t been witnessed in Africa for over 40 years, though weather hampered a view of the complete eclipse. (Carlo Souza/AFP Photo)

: A partial Solar eclipse is seen just after sunrise over the Queens borough of New York across the East River on November 3, 2013 in New York. (Stan Honda/AFP Photo)

: This picture taken on November 3, 2013 shows a rare hybrid solar eclipse through clouds from the Canary Island of Tenerife. A rare solar eclipse swept across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States today as the moon blocks the sun either fully or partially, depending on the location. The width of the shadow of the eclipse was 58 km and the maximum duration of totality, the maximum time that the moon covered the sun completely, was 1m 40s, on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife. (Desiree Martin/AFP Photo)

: A Kuwaiti man makes the outline of a heart with his fingers to encompass a partially solar eclipse at Souq Sharq Marina in Kuwait City on November 3, 2013. A rare solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States as the moon blocks the sun either fully or partially, depending on the location. (Yasser Al-Zayvat/AFP Photo)

: People look at a rare solar eclipse wearing glasses offered by Gabonese Red Cross, on November 3, 2013 in Libreville. The west African nation of Gabon will get peak viewing of the total eclipse as it sweeps over a path nearly 60 kilometers (37 miles) wide. At its peak over land in central Gabon, the sun was blocked out for about one minute. (Steve Jordon/AFP Photo)

: A bird flies as sun is partially eclipsed in Sidon, southern Lebanon, November 3, 2013. Skywatchers across the world are in for a treat Sunday as the final solar eclipse of 2013 takes on a rare hybrid form. (Abdel-Halim Shahaby/Reuters)

: People observe a solar eclipse in Amman November 3, 2013. Sky watchers across the world are in for a treat Sunday as the final solar eclipse of 2013 takes on a rare hybrid form. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

: People observe a solar eclipse in Amman November 3, 2013. Sky watchers across the world are in for a treat Sunday as the final solar eclipse of 2013 takes on a rare hybrid form. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

: A partially eclipsed sun is seen from Juba November 3, 2013. Skywatchers across the world are in for a treat Sunday as the final solar eclipse of 2013 takes on a rare hybrid form. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

: A partially-eclipsed sun is seen in Amman November 3, 2013. Skywatchers across the world are in for a treat Sunday as the final solar eclipse of 2013 takes on a rare hybrid form. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

: A young girl attempts to view the solar eclipse through special eclipse viewing glasses on November 14, 2012 in Palm Cove, Australia. Thousands of eclipse-watchers have gathered in part of North Queensland to enjoy the solar eclipse, the first in Australia in a decade. (Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)

: A partial Solar eclipse is seen just after sunrise over the Queens borough of New York across the East River on November 3, 2013 in New York. (Stan Honda/AFP Photo)

: People observe a solar eclipse in Amman November 3, 2013. Sky watchers across the world are in for a treat Sunday as the final solar eclipse of 2013 takes on a rare hybrid form. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

: The sun is partially eclipsed in Lagos November 3, 2013. Skywatchers across the world are in for a treat Sunday as the final solar eclipse of 2013 takes on a rare hybrid form. (Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)

: Tunisian children wear protective glasses as they watch rare solar eclipse through a cloud covering in Tunis on November 3, 2013. A rare solar eclipse swept across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States as the moon blocks the sun either fully or partially, depending on the location. The width of the shadow of the eclipse was 58 km and the maximum duration of totality, the maximum time that the moon covered the sun completely. (Fethi Belaid/AFP Getty Photo)

: This picture taken on November 3, 2013 shows a rare hybrid solar eclipse through clouds from the Canary Island of Tenerife. A rare solar eclipse swept across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States today as the moon blocks the sun either fully or partially, depending on the location. The width of the shadow of the eclipse was 58 km and the maximum duration of totality, the maximum time that the moon covered the sun completely, was 1m 40s, on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife. (Desiree Martin/AFP Getty Photo)

: A partial solar eclipse is seen over the Egyptian capital Cairo, on November 3, 2013. The rare solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States as the moon blocks the sun either fully or partially, depending on the location. (Khaled Desoukiki/AFP Getty Photo)

: A partial solar eclipse is seen during sunset over the Jerusalem International YMCA in Jerusalem on November 3, 2013. The rare solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States as the moon blocks the sun either fully or partially, depending on the location. (Menahem Kahana/AFP Photo)

: A partial eclipse is seen during sunset over the Dome of the Rock, a Muslim holy site, in Jerusalem’s old city, on November 3, 2013. The rare solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States as the moon blocks the sun either fully or partially, depending on the location. (Menahem Kahana/AFP Photo)

: The hybrid solar eclipse is seen at the remote Sibiloi National Park, on the shore of Lake Turkana, November 3, 2013. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)

: The moon blocks the sun seconds before a total solar eclipse at the remote Sibiloi National Park on the shore of Lake Turkana, November 3, 2013. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)

: Turkana men dance and sing during the hybrid solar eclipse at the remote Sibiloi National Park on the shores of Lake Turkana, November 3, 2013.(Noor Khamis /Reuters)

: A partially-eclipsed sun is seen in Amman November 3, 2013. Skywatchers across the world are in for a treat Sunday as the final solar eclipse of 2013 takes on a rare hybrid form. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

: People observe a solar eclipse in Amman November 3, 2013. Sky watchers across the world are in for a treat Sunday as the final solar eclipse of 2013 takes on a rare hybrid form. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

: Rendile tribe members are silhoutted after a rare solar eclipse in the Sibiloi national Park in Turkana on November 3, 2013. Astronomy enthusiasts in Kenya caught a partial glimpse of a rare “Hybrid Total Eclipse” which hasn’t been witnessed in Africa for over 40 years, though weather hampered a view of the complete eclipse. (Carlo Souza/AFP Photo)

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