Solar Eclipse today is known as " hybrid " , where the sun's rays will be covered vary throughout the world on Sunday ( 03/11/2013 ) .
Cities across the equator in the African continent , will see a total solar eclipse today, which lasts up to one minute .
While in the area of southern Europe , the Middle East , the east coast of North America , and northern South America will see the annular eclipse , or in part .
Jose Afonso , Director of Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the of University of Lisbon in Portugal said this rare type of eclipse occurs .
" Throughout your life , if you live in the same place , chances are you look like a solar eclipse is likely twice as likely to see a total solar eclipse times or two times , " he said as quoted from Skynews.com .
" This is a very rare event , " he continued . Astronomers warned people not to look directly at the sun without special tools .
Eclipse can be seen through binoculars or a telescope to project the sun onto a sheet of card or paper , or using eclipse glasses that filter the sunlight .
