People point lenses at solar eclipse

People point lenses at solar eclipse

TOKYO, Japan - People aboard a ship sailing off Kita-Iwoto Island, an uninhabited island near Iwoto Island in the Pacific south of Tokyo, point their lenses and telescopes at the total solar eclipse at 11:29 a.m. on July 22. Enthusiasts were able to watch the first total solar eclipse over Japan in 46 years for more than six minutes from around 11:26 a.m.

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