Surya Grahan ends in India, ring of fire seen in Dehradun

Skywatchers witnessed a dramatic ring of fire in the sky today, June 21, as an Annular Solar took place. The first solar eclipse of this year which coincides with the summer solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere has the longest day, was an annular eclipse.

The Surya Grahan 2020 started at around 9 am in the morning and reached its maximum extent at 12:10 pm. The eclipse ended at around 3:00 pm. H

clouds played a spoilsport in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and the solar eclipse was only visible partially. Meanwhile, the ring of fire was only visible in Uttarkhand’s Dehradun.

The Solar Eclipse 2020 was an Annular Solar Eclipse which created a ring of fire around the Sun. The Annular Solar Eclipse occurs when the moon covers the sun’s centre, leaving the sun’s outer edges to form a “ring of fire”, also referred to as annulus around the moon.

At the same time, the Moon is as far from the earth as it could get, leaving a display of a visually-spectacular astrophysical formation.