Indonesia was one of the best places to view the total Solar Eclipse. Millions of people across Indonesia and the Pacific have experienced a total solar eclipse. As the eclipse reached totality, the Moon blocked all direct sunlight, turning day into night. The eclipse began at 06:19 local time (23:19 GMT Tuesday).

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The eclipse was total in much of Indonesia and the Central Pacific while parts of Australia and Asia experienced a partial one. From before dawn, about two hundred people gathered at Olivier beach to watch. About thirty foreigners were in the crowd, travelling from Australia and Europe to see it.

Across the island, people prayed in mosques, churches and temples.