An annular sunlight based obscuration, prevalently known as the “Ring of Fire”, will be noticeable the nation over on Sunday (tomorrow).
As indicated by the Met department, the sunlight based obscuration will be obvious in the nation for a few hours.
“An annular sun based obscuration happens when the Moon covers the Sun’s middle, leaving the Sun’s external edges to frame a ‘ring of fire’, or annulus, around the Moon,” Nadeem Faisal, who heads the Met department’s atmosphere information preparing focus, told Dawn.
He said the obscuration would be obvious in Pakistan and parts of Africa, northern India and China. “The fractional shroud will start at 8:46am and end at 2:34pm (PST). It will be at its top at 11:40am,” he said.
In Sukkur, the sun will be covered up the most — 98.78 percent — by 11:07am. It will be trailed by Gwadar, where the moon will cover the sun 97.8pc by 10:48am.
The overshadowing will be obvious in Islamabad from 9:50am to 1:36pm (top at 11:25am), in Karachi from 9:26am to 12:46pm (top at 10:59am), in Lahore from 9:48am to 1:10pm (top at 11:26am), in Peshawar from 9:48am to 1:02pm (top at 11:21am), Quetta from 9:35am to 12:49pm (top at 11:06am), Gilgit from 9:
