Only Total Solar Eclipse of 2012 (Pictures)

Total Solar Eclipse of this year occurred today at 3:35 p.m. EST. Though people from a small area of northern Australia watched this only, NASA set up its Slooh Space Camera near the city of Cairns and live the event online.

A total eclipse happens when the moon overlaps the sun in the sky, blocking our view. The total solar eclipse of 2012 occurred at the Moon’s ascending node in central Libra. Maximum duration of its totality was only 4 minutes, 2 seconds.

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