A priest performs pooja during the annular solar eclipse at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Friday, 15 January 2010. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the sun and the moon are exactly in line, but the apparent size of the moon"s shadow is smaller than that of the visible disc of the sun. The covered sun, therefore, appears as a "Ring of Fire", with its rays appearing spread out from the outline of the moon. Last time India saw this "Ring of Fire" was Nov 22, 1965.

Photographer: pratik koli

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