The solar eclipse of January 4, 2011 was a partial eclipse of the Sun that was visible after sunrise over most of Europe and northwestern Asia. It ended at sunset over eastern Asia. It was visible as a minor partial eclipse over northern Africa and the Arabian peninsula. (Wikipedia)
1. An employee of the Stefanik Observatory in Prague uses a projection shield to show the partial solar eclipse visible in the Czech capital on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/CTK, Michal Kamaryt)
2. Tunisians observe the first partial solar eclipse of 2011 using a telescope on January 4, 2011 in Tunis, Tunisia. (FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images)
3. Spanish tourists watch a partial solar eclipse in front of the Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. A partial solar eclipse began Tuesday in the skies over the Mideast and will extend across much of Europe. (AP/Amr Nabil)
4. A seagull is silhouetted against the sun at dawn during a partial solar eclipse on Guadalmar beach in Malaga, Spain on January 4, 2011. The partial eclipse was visible near sunrise over most of Europe and northeastern Asia. (REUTERS/Jon Nazca)
5. A Jordanian man uses his hand to show a reflected image of the partial solar eclipse, in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday Jan. 4, 2011. (AP/Nader Daoud)
6. A combination of photographs shows the partial solar eclipse above Vienna, Austria on January 4, 2011. (REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader)
7. Jordanian man watches through a telescope the partial solar eclipse, in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP/Nader Daoud)
8. A view of a partial solar eclipse in Amman, Jordan on January 4, 2011. (REUTERS/Ali Jarekji)
9. Israelis watch at a partial solar eclipse in the town of Givatayim near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
10. People are silhouetted against light pollution in the sky before daylight beside telescopes setup up to view the partial solar eclipse from Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath in London on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Cloudy skies hung over London on Tuesday morning, preventing a view of the partial solar eclipse that began over the Mideast and extended across much of Europe. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
11. A child uses a telescope, set by the Greek Astronomy Club to watch a partial solar eclipse outside outside the entrance of the Evgenidis Foundation's Digital Planetarium, in Athens,on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP/Petros Giannakouris)
12. A photo of the partial solar eclipse, seen from Locon, northern France, on January 4, 2011. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)
13. Children wear special glasses as they watch the first partial solar eclipse of 2011 on January 4, 2011 in Tunis. AFP/ (Getty Images/Fethi Belaid)
14. Venezuelan tourists watch a partial solar eclipse in front of the Giza Pyramids in Egypt on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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15. Tunisians observe the world's first partial solar eclipse of 2011 using a telescope on January 4, 2011 in Tunis. AFP/ (Getty Images/Fethi Belaid)
16. Pakistani families bury their children during the partial solar eclipse in Hyderabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Followers of a traditional superstition hope that burying ailing persons during a solar eclipse will help cure them. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
17. Kashmiri boatmen watch partial solar eclipse through a black film, at the Dal lake in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. People in parts of north India viewed a partial eclipse Tuesday as the moon crossed the sun's path. (AP/Mukhtar Khan)
18. People observe the world's first partial solar eclipse of 2011 on January 4, 2011 at the Zugspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (TOBIAS HASE/AFP/Getty Images)
19. Indians watch partial solar eclipse through an X-ray film on the banks of the Tawi River in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP/Channi Anand)
20. An image of the eclipse caught by photographer Wiphu Rujopakarn in Moscow, Russia. In his words: "The eclipse caught me completely off-guard as I gazed up at the first sunshine in Moscow in two weeks. I happened to be wandering in Red Square so I snapped a picture of the eclipse alongside the crazy historical architecture of Saint Basil's Cathedral". (© Wiphu Rujopakarn)
21. Indian women hold up photographic film as a filter to look at the solar eclipse from the historical Durgiana Temple in Amritsar on January 4, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images/Narinder Nanu)
22. A fisherman is silhouetted against the sun at dawn during a partial solar eclipse near Guadalmar beach in Malaga, Spain on January 4, 2011. (REUTERS/Jon Nazca)
23. Kuwaiti men look through special filters at a partial solar eclipse in a cafe on the Gulf in Kuwait City on January 4, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images/Yasser Al-Zayya)
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24. A young woman observes a partial solar eclipse in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP/Petr David Josek)
25. Saudis watch a partial solar eclipse through special tinted glasses in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah on January 4, 2011. (AFP/Getty Images/Amer Hilabi)
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