Annular Solar Eclipse

The last solar eclipse of 2019, as observed by Dr. Kosmas Gazeas in the Wahiba Desert of the Ghalat District in the Sultanate of Oman.

The "ring of fire", as photographed from the Wahiba Desert in the Ghalat district of the Sultanate of Oman, on December 26, 2019.

Photos from the Wahiba Desert, December 26, 2019.

Sand dunes in Wahiba desert can be seen in this video.

Photos from the city of Muscat, capital of the Sultanate of Oman.

Various photographs from the Sultanate of Oman.

On December 22, 2019, the International Space Station (ISS) passed in front of the solar disk for observers near the city of Muscat, in the Sultanate of Oman. The phenomenon was observed and digitally recorded from Mutrah.

The ISS transit in front of the Sun is shown in this video.

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