Many citizens in Chengdu have chosen to fly in the sky to watch the total solar eclipse Wednesday, Sichuan media said.

据四川媒体报道，不少成都市民选择搭乘飞机在高空观看22日的日全食。

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Sky-watchers flocked by the thousands to Polynesian islands or booked passage on cruise ships to see the total solar eclipse.

数以千计的天文观测者们聚集到波利尼西亚群岛（Polynesian islands）或预定游艇观看日全食。

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The brightness of its light ball only parts per million, and only in the total solar eclipse or with a special instrument to see the corona.

它的亮度仅为光球的百万分之一，只有在日全食时或用特制的日冕仪才能看见。

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For viewing the total eclipse, the best places on terra firma are in central Africa, where the eclipse will last four minutes or longer -- more than twice as long as the last total solar eclipse in 1999.

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Foreigners who visited Jiuquan on August 1st to view a total solar eclipse from a site nearby had to register with the police to use the road.

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