Superstitious Pray For Protection
In a few hours, daylight will turn to darkness in India. Scientists and star gazers are speeding across the globe to witness the historic phenomenon and superstitious people are praying for protection from this rare occurrence.
At 8.50 p.m. tonight, New York time, as dawn awakens in India, the longest total solar eclipse in the century, estimated to last 6 minutes and 39 seconds will blanket the country in darkness.
Today, in Varanasi, locals and tourists gathered to pray and perform rituals for peace and protection from what they believe to be the eclipse's harmful invisible rays. Locals are warned to stay indoors to avoid being hit by the rays.
The eclipse will move east across India over Nepal, Butan and Japan before casting shadows over areas in China. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth thereby blocking the sun's rays.
Chartered flights are taking passengers 41,000 feet above the earth's surface to get a view of the eclipse and for them to take pictures.
While the rest of the world goes about its business India prepares for a dark morning.
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