People watch the solar eclipse on the peak of Malu Mountain in Liuzhou, China on July 22, 2009. A total solar eclipse covered a narrow path across Asia, where it darkened skies for millions of people for more than six minutes in some places.
An aircraft flies past the sun during a solar eclipse above New Delhi, India on July 22, 2009.
A partial solar eclipse is seen near the minaret of a mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
A bird flies past a partial solar eclipse, seen behind one of the domes of the Golden Temple - the Sikhs holiest shrine - in Amritsar, India
Residents listen to an expert from a science and technology museum give a talk during a partial eclipse in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China
A partial solar eclipse is seen through clouds in Hyderabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
In this handout image provided by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the sun´s corona is clearly visible during the solar eclipse on July 22, 2009, seen near Iwojima Island, Tokyo, Japan.
Much of the sun´s corona becomes visible as the moon passes between the sun and the earth during a total solar eclipse, seen above Varanasi, India
