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Totality from Australia

The hybrid solar eclipse of April 20, 2023, had a maximum duration of just 76 seconds. But it featured wild prominences and a healthy smattering of Baily's beads, as captured in this sequence from Western Australia. It was also visible in East Timor and Indonesia.
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