It was the first time they had seen such a spectacle in the US for 18 years; the first time in Tokyo for more than 170.<br /><br />Thousands of people in North America and parts of Asia turned out to take in the annular solar eclipse.<br /><br />The moon blocks out more than 90 percent of the sun's rays, creating what has been described as a "ring of fire" effect. <br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
