The longest day of 2020 shall be marked across much of Asia by an annular solar eclipse. The “Ring of Fire” that is the result shall darken our afternoon skies on Sunday 21 June, making for an exciting end to the weekend for many.
亚洲大部分地区将出现日环食，标志着 2020 年白天最长的一天。由此产生的“火环”将使我们 6 月 21 日星期日下午的天空变暗，为许多人带来令人兴奋的周末结束。
Of the four types of solar eclipse, annular, total, partial and hybrid, the annular is for many the most exciting. With the moon being at apogee, its furthest point from Earth, its disk does not quite cover the sun completely.
在日环食、日全食、日偏食和混合日食四种类型中，日环食对许多人来说是最令人兴奋的。由于月球位于远地点，即距离地球最远的点，它的圆盘并没有完全覆盖太阳。
Beginning in the Central African Republic, the complete eclipse shall be viewable in Congo, Ethiopia, Pakistan and India, before crossing into China in Tibet, traversing Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces, concluding in Taiwan and the southwest Pacific Ocean.
从中非共和国开始，在刚果、埃塞俄比亚、巴基斯坦和印度都可以看到日全食，然后在西藏进入中国，穿越四川、贵州、湖南、江西和福建省，最后在台湾和西南太平洋结束。
Here in Nanjing, we can expect an eclipse magnitude of 0.8. A little after 4pm on Sunday, 21 June, some 80 percent of the sun shall be covered by the moon.
在南京，我们预计将出现 0.8 级的日食。 6 月 21 日（星期日）下午 4 点刚过，大约 80% 的太阳将被月亮遮住。
Zhang Min, Director of the Purple Mountain Observatory Science Department, points out that the period of relative darkness provided by the eclipse shall also afford the public the chance to see the eclipse together with the planet Venus, that shall be a little to the west of the sun and moon in the afternoon sky of 21 June, reports The Paper.
据澎湃新闻报道，紫金山天文台科学部主任张敏指出，日食带来的相对黑暗时期也将让公众有机会在6月21日下午的天空中与金星一起看到日食和金星，金星将在太阳和月亮以西一点的位置。
The Nanjinger reminds never to look directly at the sun or attempt to view an eclipse with binoculars. Remember those experiments where you burned leaves using a magnifying glass? That’s what will happen to your eyes.
南京人提醒千万不要直视太阳或试图用双筒望远镜观看日食。还记得那些用放大镜燃烧树叶的实验吗？这就是你的眼睛会发生的事情。
For those without welding goggles, now would be a good time to make an online purchase of some specialty solar eclipse glasses; a snip at about ¥15 per pair.
对于那些没有焊接护目镜的人来说，现在是在线购买一些专业日食眼镜的好时机；每双约 15 日元。
For families with younger children, this year’s eclipse is also a perfect educational opportunity. The website exploratorium.edu has an excellent guide to making an easy pinhole projector that would keep inquisitive minds busy for a few hours.
对于有年幼孩子的家庭来说，今年的日食也是一个绝佳的教育机会。网站 exploratorium.edu 有一个关于制作简易针孔投影仪的优秀指南，可以让好奇的人忙上几个小时。
According to the website earthsky.org, “Never look at the sun directly without a safe filter in place to protect your eyes. … Do not use sunglasses, polaroid filters, smoked glass, exposed color film, X-ray film, or photographic neutral density filters”.
根据 Earthsky.org 网站的说法，“在没有安全滤光片保护眼睛的情况下，切勿直视太阳。……请勿使用太阳镜、宝丽来滤光片、烟色玻璃、曝光彩色胶片、X 光胶片或摄影中性密度滤光片”。
A solar eclipse occurring on the summer solstice may sound like a staggering coincidence, but that’s not the case. The older of our alert readers may remember one took place in 2001, while our younger readers can look forward to the next two summer solstice solar eclipses, in 2039 and 2058.
夏至发生的日食听起来像是一个惊人的巧合，但事实并非如此。年长的机敏读者可能还记得 2001 年发生的一次，而年轻的读者则可以期待接下来的两次夏至日食，即 2039 年和 2058 年。
