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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4580580, member: 99554&quot;]<img src="https://m1.quebecormedia.com/emp/emp/d5df0a70-27cb-11ea-866d-39ff3b256ee0_ORIGINAL.jpg?impolicy=crop-resize&amp;x=0&amp;y=0&amp;w=0&amp;h=0&amp;width=1936" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Many amateur astronomers had the chance to observe Sunday in the sky of East Africa, for the summer solstice, a rare solar eclipse of the type &quot;<b>ring of fire</b>&quot;.</p><p>This astronomical phenomenon, which occurs only once or twice a year, began shortly after sunrise in central Africa, crossing the Democratic Republic of the Congo , South Sudan, northern Ethiopia, before taking the direction of Asia, to finish in the Pacific Ocean, south of the island of Guam, at 9:32 GMT. In this type of eclipse, the Moon passes in front of the Sun, in an alignment with the Earth sufficiently perfect to hide it. But not entirely, as during a total eclipse: the Moon not being close enough to Earth, it is an annular eclipse, that is to say that at its maximum, there remains a ring around the Sun, called &quot;<b>ring of fire</b>&quot;. Only 2% of the Earth&#039;s surface was affected by the total phase of the eclipse, which makes the phenomenon exceptional. So it&#039;s been a while since we had a thread about our friend <b>Sol</b>. Feel free to show us your favorite coin featuring the &quot;sun god&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]5WyLhwYFgmk[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1134442[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gallienus </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1134445[/ATTACH] </p><p>Severus Alexander</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1134446[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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