Daily Mail: A dazzling solar eclipse ring was seen above the Australian Outback yesterday as the moon glided between Earth and the sun, blocking everything but a dazzling ring of light. The celestial spectacle, known as a 'ring of fire' eclipse, is the second solar eclipse visible from northern Australia in six months. In November, a total solar eclipse plunged the country's northeast into darkness, delighting astronomers and tourists who flocked to the region from across the globe to witness it. Friday's eclipse, also called an annular solar eclipse, is not considered as scientifically important or dramatic as November's, because the moon is too far from Earth - and therefore appears too small - to completely black out the sun. Unlike a total solar eclipse, which essentially turns day into night, an annular eclipse just dims the sunlight.
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