AN NECLIPSE TO ECLIPSE ALL L ECLIPSES.Byline: MIKE SWAIN Michael ("Mike") Lee Swain (born December 21, 1960 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is one of the most successful American judokas. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. MILLIONS turned to the skies in wonder yesterday. The longest solar eclipse this century left half the world cloaked in daytime darkness for up to seven minutes. Beginning in India, it moved across Nepal, China and Japan before engulfing the Pacific. The extraordinary sight was met with awe and fear. Seiichiro Fukumitsu, who lives on the tiny Japanese island of Akuseki, said: "It's so exciting. The sky was like the dead of the night." But in the Thai capital Bangkok dozens of monks prayed to ward off evil. In India, a woman was killed in a stampede stam·pede n. 1. A sudden frenzied rush of panic-stricken animals. 2. A sudden headlong rush or flight of a crowd of people. 3. by the Ganges. The eclipse lasted a maximum six minutes and 25 seconds. CAPTION(S): BLACK MAGIC Astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. sight as sun is hidden by the moon yesterday WOW Crowds at Panchagarh, Bangladesh, and, below, a young lad in UV shades gawps from Taipei, Taiwan |
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