夏至日上演超級日環食
Glimpse of 'ring of fire'
夏至日上演超級日環食
People in quite a few places in China witnessed on Sunday the most anticipated celestial event of the year, an annular solar eclipse, but if they missed it they will have to wait another 10 years to see the next one.
6月21日，我國多地的民衆見證了今年最令人期待的天文事件——日環食，但如果你錯過了這次機會，下一次日環食要等上十年。
This spectacular event happened to occur on the heels of the summer solstice, when the northern hemisphere saw its longest day and shortest night of the year.
此次日環食發生的時間正逢夏至節氣，在夏至日，北半球迎來一年中白晝最長而夜晚最短的一天。
An annular eclipse is characterized by its stunning "ring of fire" since it's not a total eclipse and edges of the sun can still be seen around the moon.
與日全食不同，日環食上演時，沒被月球擋住的太陽的邊緣部分仍然可見，呈現出一個令人驚豔的“金色指環”。
The phenomenon occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, but not quite close enough to our planet to completely obscure the sun.
每當月球正好運動到地球和太陽的中間，但月地距離還沒有足夠近到可以完全擋住太陽時，就會發生日環食天象。
The annular eclipse crossed a path that started at sunrise in Africa and eventually moved across to China before ending at sunset over the Pacific Ocean.
此次日環食從非洲日出時開始，穿越我國境內後，在太平洋日落時結束。
