Thousands of sightseers gathered in Western Australia’s red dirt as a total solar eclipse plunged day into darkness for one minute during the rare celestial event.
The total eclipse fell across the North West Cape in WA’s north at about 11.29 a.m. AWST (1.29 p.m. AEST) when the moon completely blocked the sun for a minute after temperatures dropped suddenly by 5C.
Perth schoolgirl Georgie Gibbs said it felt eerie.
“It’s surreal. It feels like a dream, actually,” she told AAP.
The eclipse lasted about three hours as the moon passed between the sun and earth as a partial then total eclipse, casting a 40km wide shadow over the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo reef region….