WHAT AUCKLANDERS SAW
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, June 9,
The partial eclipse of the sun which occurred this morning was. visible in Auckland under perfect conditions. Not a cloud was present to mar the view obtained by those early astir whose interest in the phenomenon led .them to climb to high localities in an effort to obtain the best possible view. '
Immediately the sun rose at Auckland it was possible to see with the unaided eye that the lower portion of the sun was obscured. ;
Telescopically the solar image was badly distorted at first, became of the great depth of atmosphere through which it was viewed, but conditions improved and before the final stages of the eclipse'some fine sunspots could be witnessed oft the sun's disc;
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1937, Page 9
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