Total Solar Eclipse on Sunday July 11: Best places to see
On Sunday July 11, the Moon covering the Sun will be best visible from the Cook Islands at 8:22 local time, the Easter Island, Patagonia and southern Chile and Argentina.
ON SUNDAY July 11, the Moon covering the Sun will be best visible from the Cook Islands at 8:22 local time, the Easter Island, Patagonia and southern Chile and Argentina. On Easter Island, the first total solar eclipse to cross the island in 1,400 years. The eclipse will last the longest for 5 minutes 20 seconds over open Pacific waters at 3:33 p.m. ET on Sunday July 11.
People are hoping to get a view of the totally eclipsed sun from Easter Island which will be seen by several thousand individuals. According to the reports, about 4,000 tourists have traveled to the tiny Pacific Ocean outpost to view Sunday's rare total eclipse of the sun. Scientists, professionals and amateur astronomers from worldwide are already started to reach Easter Island to see the totally eclipsed sun.
On January 15, 2010, the longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium, and the longest until December 23, 3043, with a maximum length of 11 mins and 7.8 seconds was visible across central Africa, Maldives, South India, Sri Lanka and parts of Bangladesh, Burma and China.A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth. The moon blocks the light from the sun and casts a shadow on Earth.
Scientists have recommended that people avoid looking directly with the naked eye. They should wear special viewing glasses during a total solar eclipse. The next visible solar eclipse will be visible from Australia, starting in the Kakadu National Park and traveling east over Cairns and into the Coral Sea on November 14, 2012.
On January 15, 2010, the longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium, and the longest until December 23, 3043, with a maximum length of 11 mins and 7.8 seconds was visible across central Africa, Maldives, South India, Sri Lanka and parts of Bangladesh, Burma and China.A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth. The moon blocks the light from the sun and casts a shadow on Earth.
Scientists have recommended that people avoid looking directly with the naked eye. They should wear special viewing glasses during a total solar eclipse. The next visible solar eclipse will be visible from Australia, starting in the Kakadu National Park and traveling east over Cairns and into the Coral Sea on November 14, 2012.
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