A boy looks into a telescope, as a girl tries out a solar view goggles after a demonstration on safely watching a solar eclipse at the Science City in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Visitors try out solar view goggles after a demonstration on safely watching a solar eclipse at the Science City in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. (AP Photo / Ajit Solanki)
A total solar eclipse has become visible in some parts of India, bringing near darkness soon after dawn.
But other areas of the country remain under thick cloud cover Wednesday to the disappointment of millions who have gathered outside to watch the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century.
Live television pictures showed the sun completely blotted by the moon in Taregna, a village in eastern India, at 6.24 a.m. (0054 GMT). Scientists say it is the best place to watch the eclipse.
It will move north and east to Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan and China. The total eclipse will last 6 minutes and 39 seconds at its peak. It was visible only in Asia.
(Agencies)
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