A total eclipse of the sun, particularly special in that it lasted in excess of 4 minutes at the point of total obscurity, has occurred over parts of Africa, Egypt and Turkey. The first sight of totality occurred over the edge of Brazil at around 09:30 GMT/UTC before the path of the eclipse swept across the Atlantic Ocean towards the African continent. Sky News and BBC 24 brought viewers brief glimpses of the event from Ghana, Egypt and Libya, though all the pictures were only of partial obscurity. The next most spectacular total eclipse will pass across India and East Asia in July 2009.
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