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Added on the 10/06/2021 13:51:06 - Copyright : AFP EN
Hundreds gather on the Edge Observation Deck in Manhattan, New York, to watch the partial solar eclipse. IMAGES
People in Tokyo watch the longest partial lunar eclipse in 600 years from the rooftop of a highrise building. IMAGES
Prague, June 10 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Martin Divisek) People observe the partial solar eclipse with special glasses at the observatory in Prague. A partial solar eclipse occurs when a portion of the Earth is engulfed by the shadow cast by the Moon as it passes between our planet and the Sun in an imperfect alignment.FOOTAGE OF THE ECLIPSE.
Paris (France), Feb 10 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Ian Langsdon) Paris is covered with snow, 4.5 meters above its usual level, while cold winds spread through the north of France.
Lisbon (Portugal), Jul 27 (EFE), (Camera: Nacho Ballesteros).- Spanish and Portuguese palaeontologists have discovered a new dinosaur species, Lusovenator (“hunter of Lusitania”), which lived 145 million years ago. SOUNDBITES OF:-FERNANDO ESCASO, PALEONTOLOGIST AT UNED:"The holotype is normally smaller and we estimate that it would be 3 meters long, but the other species would reach 6-7 meters, which ita medium size for this species. But this doesn't mean the Lusovenator is that size, we don't know yet. It's a reptile, it could grow and we don't know what size it could reach. " -ELISABETE MALAFAIA, PALEONTOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LISBON."It's not common to find the whole skeleton, we normally find only parts. It's a relatively well-known group, normally in the Cretaceous."
Sanaa (Yemen), Jun 21 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Yahya Arhab).- Hundreds of people in different countries across the world could see a partial solar eclipse, also known as 'Ring of fire', on Sunday.This special phenomenon that happens when a portion of the Earth is engulfed by the shadow (penumbra) cast by the Moon as it passes between our planet and the Sun in imperfect alignment. FOOTAGE OF THE 'RING OF FIRE' SOLAR ECLIPSE IN SANAA.