During Sunday's total solar eclipse, the moon covered the sun over Easter Island, so that only the faint, white ring of the sun's upper atmosphere, or corona, was visible.

周日发生在复活节岛上的日全食，月亮将太阳覆盖了起来，只有太阳上层大气所形成的一圈微弱的白色圆环或称日冕处于可见状态。

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For the best crab viewing, Australian officials advise tourists (pictured, a Christmas Island visitor in an undated photo) to arrive during the last quarter of the moon in either November or December.

每年十一月或十二月的下弦月是最佳的观蟹时机，澳大利亚官方建议游客们选择这个时间前来圣诞岛观光。

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FOUR hundred years ago a Dutch ship called the Halve Maen (Half Moon), Henry Hudson at the helm, arrived at the tiny island of Mannahatta.

四百年前，由亨利·哈德森掌舵的“半月”号荷兰船只在小岛Mannahatta靠岸。

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Joan Johnson-Freese of the U.S.Naval War College in Rhode Island says that even without a manned Moon mission, the U.S.still will be the biggest player in space.

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