Annular eclipse races across China
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Annular eclipse in east China's Qingdao
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The eclipse became visible in China at 4:37 p.m. and will end at 4:59 in east China's Jiaodong Peninsula, Shandong Province, where a sunset eclipse will occur.
Although Shandong will be the last stop for observation, the amateur astronomers could not wait to find the best observation points and set up their equipments.
Hundreds of people had already gathered in the morning in Hongdao Peninsula, a scenic spot of Qingdao, coastal city of Shandong.
Many of the visitors were foreigners, including Japanese and Koreans, said Zhao Pimin, head of the company that runs a fishing village scenic resort in Hongdao.
"I came to Qingdao four days ago and come here at 10 a.m. today," said Jodl Gayatin, an engineer from the Philippines, who identified himself as an "eclipse hunter."
"Qingdao is a lucky place as a sunset eclipse is rare to see. This might be the only time to witness a sunset eclipse in my entire life. I'll keep taking photos here and share them with my friends when I go back to the Philippines," Gayatin said.
The longest duration of the eclipse in China would be eight minutes and 17 seconds in Ruili City, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Cheng Zhuo said.
The sunset eclipse would be seen in some areas of Shandong, Guangdong and Taiwan, and a partial eclipse would be seen in most of the rest of China, except for the northeast tip of Heilongjiang Province, Cheng said.
The eclipse path would begin in Africa and pass over the Indian Ocean, where the maximum duration would be 11 minutes and eight seconds. It would continue through Asia, over Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and China, Cheng said.
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