Solar eclipse seen in Australia and Indonesia, darkness remained for about a minute

Melbourne: Around 20,000 people gathered to watch a rare solar eclipse in the Australian coastal town of Exmouth in the early hours of Thursday. Due to the solar eclipse, there was darkness in the province for about a minute. This remote tourist town of less than three thousand residents was promoted as one of the best destinations in Australia to view the eclipse, which also links to parts of Indonesia and East Timor. International tourists have been gathering in Exmouth for the past several days to watch the solar eclipse. These people brought binoculars, cameras and other equipment with them to view the eclipse. Meanwhile, hundreds of people flocked to the Jakarta Planetarium in the Indonesian capital to watch the partial eclipse.

Ajka Azhara (21) had come with her sister and friends to watch the solar eclipse closely through binoculars. He said, ‘I am still happy to be here despite it being cloudy. It is heartening to see how enthusiastically people have come here to watch the eclipse as it is very rare.” Nasa astronomer Henry Throup was among those who watched the eclipse in Exmouth. “It is an unbelievable sight,” he said. So bright, so bright…. The corona is clearly visible around the Sun. It was only a minute long but it felt really long and wonderful. Interestingly, while we were watching the eclipse, we also saw the planets Jupiter and Mercury clearly. It is very rare to see Mercury in the day.