The longest solar eclipse of the century was witnessed by several peoples across Asia and Asia-Pacific for several minutes on july 22.
The total eclipse started in India on Wednesday morning and moved eastward across Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Vietnam, China and parts of the Pacific. Millions cast their eyes towards the heavens to catch a rare view of the sun's corona.Total eclipses occur about twice a year as the moon passes between the Earth and the sun on the same plane as Earth's orbit. But this one is certailnly a rare one being the longest solar eclipse of the century.
In India, an eclipse is considered inauspicious. Women forbid pregnant daughters-in-law from going outside out of the belief that their children could be born with marks.In Chinese tradition, there is a story about a heavenly dog eating the sun. As the story goes, people would make noise to scare off the dog and rescue the sun, said Bill Yeung, president of the Hong Kong Astronomical Society.
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