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Richmond resident captures rare partial solar eclipse

An annular solar eclipse passed through North America on Saturday morning.
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The solar eclipse on Saturday morning. Richard Topping photo

Did you manage to see the rare annular solar eclipse that took place on Saturday morning?

Richmond resident Richard Topping snapped a photo of the rare astronomical phenomenon at around 10 a.m. as it peeked through the clouds.

A shadow of the moon can be seen obscuring the sun through a blanket of clouds as the moon passed between the Earth and the sun.

The eclipse peaked at 9:20 a.m. and community members were able to spot the phenomenon through cloudy skies, which began to clear up despite rainy forecasts.

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