People in Southeast Asia rose early to admire the solar eclipse

Instagrammers through Indonesia shared photos of skygazers looking up towards the eclipse on Wednesday.
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Skygazers across Southeast Asia looked upwards on Wednesday as an eclipse lit the sky across much of the region.

Instagrammers in Indonesia got the best of it, however, and thousands of them were spotted gazing towards the sun through telescopes, cameras and sunglasses.


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