This week parts of India and China were treated to a rare solar eclipse. It was reported that this would be the longest (6 minutes) eclipse of this century.
In Dalian we only experienced a partial eclipse. For about 5 minutes it got visibly darker and people flocked to the windows to try and catch a peek. We had people looking though 4 pairs of sunglasses, results from their X-rays, paper with holes cut out, and even the old fashioned way...just looking up without protection.
It was such a big deal here that we had meetings cancelled from 9-10am so that people could watch and the TV news couldn't stop talking about it.
Here are a few pictures from one of our factories in Shanghai, China (south of our location) where they got to view a full solar eclipse in a very cloudy sky.
This is a great example of how dark it was at 9am in Shanghai
A good look at a total solar eclipse (black and white photo)
A color photo of the moon ready to block the sun
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