Total Eclipse

China, Mongolia, and parts of Russia experienced a total solar eclipse yesterday. A partial eclipse was seen in a larger part of the world. This picture was taken yesterday in Gaotai, Gansu province, China. See more eclipse pictures from around the world at the Huffington Post. Link -via Digg

(image credit: Aly Song/Reuters)

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Took a minute to see the camel. Thought it was Batman

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If they had snapped the photo a few seconds earlier, the pack animal would have been packing one heavy load right between his humps.

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It isn't difficult to understand why our ancestors took these events as signs from the gods. Being inexplicably plunged into the dark suddenly would certainly send me to the the temple!

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And here's one from the north of Sweden, roughly at the same time. We got about 65% coverage:

http://mousevomit.com/brothel/eclipse1.jpg