The longest solar eclipse of the XXI century (42 photos)

The total solar eclipse on Earth began yesterday at 4 o'clock 51 minutes 16 seconds Moscow time, when the Moon's shadow touched the surface of the planet in the area of ​​the Gulf of Cambay on India's west coast. The eclipse coincided with the passage of the moon through the nearest point to Earth in its orbit, so the band Moonshadow was unusually wide - 205 kilometers.

The band has gone through a complete eclipse of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and China, the Japanese Ryukyu Archipelago and the Marshall Islands.

During the eclipse seen by millions of people around the world.