<span style="color: #222222;">The country witnessed a rare celestial event, an annular solar eclipse today. The annular 'ring of fire' solar eclipse, wherein the Sun appears like a ring of fire, is visible in different parts of the country. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The solar eclipse took place on the summer solstice, which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The rare celestial event occurs, when the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth and the shadow falls on the surface of the Earth.<br />''<br />'' The Sun is entirely covered by the Moon for a brief period. Those places that are engulfed by the dark, dense umbral shadow of the Moon experience the total solar eclipse. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">People in different parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttarakhand could see the annular phase and people in rest of the country witnessed a partial eclipse.</span><br />''