Asia Album: Indonesians enjoy breathtaking hybrid solar eclipse-Xinhua

Asia Album: Indonesians enjoy breathtaking hybrid solar eclipse

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Editor: huaxia

2023-04-21 10:30:18

A partial solar eclipse is pictured in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 20, 2023. (Photo by Zulkarnain/Xinhua)

JAKARTA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Geared with telescopes and protective glasses, thousands of eclipse chasers in different parts of Indonesia gathered to watch the once-in-a-decade celestial phenomenon of the hybrid solar eclipse.

In the country's capital, when the eclipse obscured by clouds wowed the excited crowds at the Jakarta Planetarium, the Muslims' special eclipse prayers (Salat al kusoof) echoed through the city from several mosques.

A hybrid solar eclipse is a phenomenon during which both total and annular solar eclipses occur sequentially at one time.

A partial solar eclipse is pictured in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 20, 2023. (Photo by Veri Sanovri/Xinhua)

People wearing protective glasses watch hybrid solar eclipse at a planetarium in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 20, 2023. (Photo by Agung Kuncahya B./Xinhua)

People in line watch hybrid solar eclipse through telescope at a planetarium in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 20, 2023. (Photo by Agung Kuncahya B./Xinhua)

People watch hybrid solar eclipse through solar eclipse glasses at Observatorium Bosscha in Bandung, Indonesia on April 20, 2023. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)

People perform prayers during the eclipse at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)

A hybrid solar eclipse is seen in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia, on April 20, 2023. (Photo by Fachrul Reza/Xinhua)

A hybrid solar eclipse is seen in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on April 20, 2023. (Photo by Andri Mardiansyah/Xinhua)

A hybrid solar eclipse is seen in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on April 20, 2023. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)

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