Day in Photos: May 21, 2012

A partial solar eclipse as seen during sunrise in the coastal town of Gumaca, Quezon province, southeast of Manila. Thousands turned their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific to gaze excitedly as a partial eclipse occluded the sun at dawn in Asia and at dusk in the western United States. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun, but is too far from the Earth to block it out completely, leaving a "ring of fire" visible.