ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
CHUNGKING, September 22. The Associated Press correspondent states that astronomers in the Lantao Kansu province say that the sky was clear throughout the total eclipse of the sun. Ten reels of motion pictures were taken, some from an aeroplane. The corona is said to have been elongated east to west rather than being in the form of a true circle. The Chinese beat gongs and shot off fire-crackers in honour of the ancient custom of driving off the legendary wild dog attempting to devour the sun.
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Southland Times, Issue 24548, 24 September 1941, Page 5
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90ECLIPSE OF THE SUN Southland Times, Issue 24548, 24 September 1941, Page 5
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