'Ring of fire' eclipse wows across Asia

The moon passes between the sun and the earth during an annular solar eclipse in Singapore December 26, 2019. REUTERS/Tim Chong

Children watch solar eclipse through a foot X-ray as the moon covers the sun in a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse as seen from Islamabad on December 26, 2019. (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)

The moon begins to cover the sun in a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse as seen behind a Christmas tree star in Bangkok on December 26, 2019. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

A girl uses a telescope to watch the moon covering the sun in a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse as seen from the south Indian city of Dindigul in Tamil Nadu state on December 26, 2019. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

A girl watches a solar eclipse through a foot X-ray as the moon covers the sun in a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse as seen from Islamabad on December 26, 2019. (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)

The moon totally covers the sun in a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse as seen from the south Indian city of Dindigul in Tamil Nadu state on December 26, 2019. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Children uses eclipse glasses to watch a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse in Wan Twin in central Myanmar on December 26, 2019. (Photo by Ye Aung THU / AFP)

A woman uses solar filter glasses to watch the moon covering the sun in a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse as seen from the south Indian city of Dindigul in Tamil Nadu state on December 26, 2019. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

A partial solar eclipse moves behind a statue in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. The last solar eclipse of 2019 was witnessed in Pakistan along with several other countries. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

An Emirati woman views an annular solar eclipse in Madinat Zayed in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 26, 2019. REUTERS/Christopher Pike

A child watches the moon move in front of the sun in a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse in Banda Aceh on December 26, 2019. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

The moon starts to move in front of the sun in a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse, as seen from Wan Twin in central Myanmar on December 26, 2019. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

A Muslim cleric leads the special or “Kusoof” prayers at the Faisal mosque during a solar eclipse in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. The last solar eclipse of 2019 was witnessed in Pakistan along with several other countries. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Boys use their mobile phone and solar viewers to take photographs of annular solar eclipse in Cheruvathur town in the southern state of Kerala, India, December 26, 2019. REUTERS/Sivaram V

The moon moves in front of the sun in a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse in Bangkok on December 26, 2019. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

An airplane flies past as the moon moves in front of the sun in a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse as seen from Hanoi on December 26, 2019. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)