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  • Moon Covers Parts of the Sun Around the World in First Solar Eclipse of 2002

    06/11/2002 7:22:42 AM PDT · by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday! · 14 replies · 562+ views
    AP Breaking News/ Tampa Bay Online ^ | 6/11/02 | Lisa J. Adams
    CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) - Music pounded, drinks flowed and a dazzling white light rippled over yachts bobbing in the blue bay of this resort city, where life blooms under an ever-present sun. But something changed Monday. With the sun still high in the sky, a dark moon shadow crept slowly upward, taking a small bite out of the glowing yellow orb about an hour and a half before sunset. Tourists rose from their beach chairs, restaurant employees abandoned their posts and beach vendors set down their wares as small crowds gathered on the shore to watch a partial...