It was the first time they had seen such a spectacle in the US for 18 years; the first time in Tokyo for more than 170.
Thousands of people in North America and parts of Asia turned out to take in the annular solar eclipse.
The moon blocks out more than 90 percent of the sun's rays, creating what has been described as a "ring of fire" effect.
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