This is how PM Modi responded when a Twitter user said his picture was ‘becoming a meme’

However, it was what happened around an hour later that almost “eclipsed” the PM’s original tweet.

“Like many Indians, I was enthusiastic about #solareclipse2019. Unfortunately, I could not see the Sun due to cloud cover but I did catch glimpses of the eclipse in Kozhikode and other parts on live stream. Also enriched my knowledge on the subject by interacting with experts,” Modi tweeted, along with his pictures.

A Twitter user, who goes by the name of Gappistan Radio, later posted one of the pictures without tagging the Prime Minister, saying: “This is becoming a meme.”

Surprisingly, PM Modi retweeted the post, adding: “Most welcome….enjoy :)”.

The PM’s move seems to have won some hearts on Twitter. Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri was among the first to respond to his tweet, saying: “Wow. Cool”.

The picture has also led to a flood of memes on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/coldkoffy/status/1210085086449635328
https://twitter.com/shanalaunda/status/1210095817316421632

https://twitter.com/AakanshaRao_1/status/1210074378089594881

The annular eclipse, like today’s, takes place when the moon is farthest from the Earth and only partially covers the sun. The eclipse could be seen in Saudi Arabia, India, Sumatra, Borneo Asia. In India, it started roughly around 8:00 am with a partial eclipse.

The maximum eclipse started at 10:47 am when the Moon was closest to the centre of the Sun. It ended by 12:30 pm, after which the moon is to leave the edges of the Sun, ending the partial eclipse by 1:35 pm. In this type of an eclipse, the moon does not block the sun completely, but looks like a “dark disk on top of a larger sun-colored disk” forming a “ring of fire”.

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