15 stunning images of the solar eclipse captured by phones

Thousands of people across the region woke up in the early hours of the day to witness the total eclipse


Multimedia Desk March 09, 2016
PHOTO: REUTERS

A total solar eclipse swept across the vast Indonesian archipelago on Wednesday, marked by ecstatic sky gazers cheering the spectacle, devout Muslims kneeling in prayer and tribespeople performing rituals.

Thousands of people across the region woke up in the early hours of the day to witness the total eclipse. The sun went entirely dark in a broad arc right across the country, to the eastern Maluku Islands, before the eclipse swept out across the Pacific Ocean.

Total solar eclipse sweeps across Indonesia

Amid the awe, skyk gazers and witnesses took to their phones and cameras to document the spectacle, while taking to social media to share their experiences with the world. We look at some pictures of what the solar eclipse looked like from phone cameras and DSLRs.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCuasomkSwh/?tagged=solareclipse
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCuakrtopYq/?tagged=solareclipse
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCuaeQThtWc/?tagged=solareclipse
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCuacFVBqXM/?tagged=solareclipse
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtu1d_sMjq/?taken-by=ivasadili
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCuaWORgnOL/?tagged=solareclipse
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtp2djlBBT/?taken-by=piringkoper
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCt34gnSCRR/?taken-by=oudasaija
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtoNQcmYb1/?taken-by=benefiko
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtuu88lVJq/?taken-by=ashilah_butsainah
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtt1ysE9xw/?taken-by=lennylulim
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtt5LELfEQ/?taken-by=brattybelle
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCuDKF5SCSH/?taken-by=oudasaija

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCudRtGMPCk/?tagged=solareclipse
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCudShMjcXp/?tagged=solareclipse

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