A total solar eclipse occurred on August 1, 2008.

In honor of this our new festival called solar eclipse I'll be throwing an eclipse party at roundabout, mokola,Ibadan .

Naturally, you would have to be in a position to explain if challenged what an eclipse is and how you know that.

Eclipse of the sun as purportedly seen in some parts of Nigeria Warri pic.twitter.com SGL3O4nPug Lagos ... http t.co 6nn3yMY9dV Victor Olorunfemi ( mavol) November 3, 2013

It was a hybrid eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.0159, with a small portion over the western atlantic ocean at sunrise as an annular eclipse, and the rest is a narrow total solar eclipse.

The eclipse actually what is known as a hybrid Eclipse.

Of course, you could fall back on more traditional reasons to believe in a round earth, like the fact that our planet projects a round looking shadow on the moon during eclipses.

Many Twitter users shared the pictures of the eclipse as observed from their homes.

It can be just like this, or maybe like this, which is rather peculiar, but this is in 1963 the viewing of a sun eclipse in the United States.

A partial solar eclipse will occur on September 13, 2015.

When he and his sister Martha were just very little, their mom took them out to see a total eclipse or actually, a solar eclipse and not long after that, both of them started losing their eyesight.

Kosoof, a leading photoblogger,shares his new experiences in his blog.

Duration This solar eclipse was the longest total solar eclipse to occur in the 21st century, and will not be surpassed in duration until 13 June 2132.

Kosoof, a leading photoblogger, has published more than 60 photos to show different aspects of Iranian nature.

Yea, eclipse of the sun in Lagos Nigeria waow, 2nd experience, 1 in 2006 and 2013 half moon shining pic.twitter.com v0s4YCcTWh owolabi caleb ( owocaleb) November 3, 2013

They have to track the sun, because they have to be pointing directly at the sun.

Praise the Sun!

The Sun Festival

Sunrise

Suriname

It uses the sun's heat without direct sunlight reaching the clothes.

The sun is rising now.

Who made the sun?

It is called sunlight.

Black Sunlight

Totality lasted for up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds, with the maximum eclipse occurring in the ocean at 02 35 21 UTC about 100 km south of the Bonin Islands, southeast of Japan.

Bradley's discovery confirmed Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun.

Bottling the Sun

The earth moves around the sun.

The earth goes around the sun.

Do you have any sunscreen?

The hills are bathed in sunlight.

The sun and moon revolve to a computation

The sun and the moon are scheduled .

The sun and the moon to a reckoning ,

The sun and the moon are in a reckoning .

The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses ( exactly ) calculated with measured out stages for each ( for reckoning , etc . ) .

The sun and the moon move according to plan .

The sun and the moon follow a reckoning ,

The sun and the moon are made punctual .

The sun and the moon are disposed calculatedly ,

The sun and the moon to a reckoning .

The sun and the moon move by precise calculation ,

The sun and moon rotate in a predestined orbit .

The sun and the moon follow a reckoning .