![INDONESIA-ASTRONOMY-ECLIPSE A total solar eclipse is seen from the city of Ternate, in Indonesia's Maluku Islands, on March 9, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-01.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![INDONESIA-ASTRONOMY-ECLIPSE A total solar eclipse is seen from the city of Ternate, in Indonesia's Maluku Islands, on March 9, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Solar Eclipse in Nepal A partial solar eclipse is seen from Kathmandu, Nepal on March 9.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/solar-eclipse-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![INDONESIA-BELITUNG-SOLAR ECLIPSE A total solar eclipse is visible from Belitung. Indonesia on March 9.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/solar-eclipse-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Solar eclipse in Jakarta Indonesian residents wear eclipse glasses to watch a solar eclipse outside a planetarium in Jakarta, on March 9.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-04.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Partial solar eclipse in Jakarta A partial solar eclipse is seen from Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 9, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![PHILIPPINES-ASTRONOMY-ECLIPSE The moon passes in front of the sun during a partial solar eclipse seem from Manila on March 9, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![MYANMAR-SOLAR-ECLIPSE-ASTRONOMY The moon passes in front of the sun during a partial solar eclipse seen from Naypyidaw on March 9.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![INDONESIA-ASTRONOMY-ECLIPSE Acehnese men watch the total solar eclipse in Banda Aceh on March 9.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/solar-eclipse-moon-sky-photos-06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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