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  • s  shaped like a ring

  • A boy watches the annular solar eclipse in Arguzelo near the Portuguese northern city of Braganca.
  • Hollywood can proceed to the ultimate in cinematic realism by using a hemispherical screen and central projector (as in a planetarium), by using an annular lens (as sometimes .
  • On April 7 there will be an annular eclipse of the sun.
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  • Occultations are nothing to fear
    When a celestial object passes in front of another, we think of events like solar eclipses, for example, the annular solar eclipse that crossed central New Mexico more than a year ago, or the total solar eclipse that will cross much of the central U.
    June 7, 2013 - Alamogordo Daily News
Quotes

  • James Dyson in Tom's Guide
    Dyson described in its press release: "Air is drawn into the base of the machine. The air is forced up into the loop amplifier and accelerated through the 1.3mm annular aperture, creating a jet of air that hugs the airfoil-shaped ramp. While exiting...
  • Jay Pasachoff in Wall Street Journal (blog)
    One of the scientists, Williams College professor of astronomy Jay Pasachoff, writes: "This annular eclipse is particularly long, with 10 minutes and 9 seconds of annularity where I am going:.It will be the longest central eclipse I have ever seen....

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