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Eclipse watcher soldiers on in bad weather

TOSHIMA, Japan - A tourist looks into a camera despite the rain during the total solar eclipse on Akuseki Island in the Tokara island chain, southern Japan, at 10:32 a.m. on July 22. If the weather had remained good, people on the island would have been able to observe the eclipse for 6 minutes and 25 seconds from 10:53 a.m., the longest duration for an inhabited area this century.

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Man holds perforated board as eclipse obscured by cloud

TOSHIMA, Japan - A man holds up a perforated board for a commemorative photo during the solar eclipse on Nakanoshima Island in the Tokara island chain, southern Japan, at noon on July 22. Many enthusiasts in the area were unable to see the first total solar eclipse over Japan in 46 years due to bad weather.

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Japan braces for 1st total eclipse in 46 yrs

TOSHIMA, Japan - This July 18 photo from a Kyodo News-chartered helicopter shows Akuseki Island south of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. A total solar eclipse can be observed on the island on July 22 for 6 minutes and 25 seconds, which will be the world's longest duration of the space show seen from an inhabited area in this century. The total eclipse will be the first in 46 years that can be seen from Japanese territory.

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Japan braces for 1st total eclipse in 46 yrs

TOSHIMA, Japan - A child hangs a number of ''teruteru bozu'' paper dolls praying for fine weather following a practice in Japan on Akuseki Island south of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on July 19, three days before the first total solar eclipse in 46 years that can be seen from Japanese territory.

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Japan braces for 1st total eclipse in 46 yrs

TOSHIMA, Japan - A group of tents are seen under a starry sky in a field of an elementary and junior high school in Akuseki Island south of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on July 18, four days before the first total solar eclipse in 46 years that can be seen from Japanese territory.

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Japan braces for 1st total eclipse in 46 yrs

TOSHIMA, Japan - A woman checks a telescope in a field of an elementary and junior high school in Akuseki Island south of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on July 19, three days before the first total solar eclipse in 46 years that can be seen from Japanese territory.