Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Solar Eclipse on Jan 15, 2010

According to a post on the site of NASA: 'On Jan 15, an annular eclipse of the sun is visible from within a 300-km-wide track that traverses half of earth. The path of the moon's antumbral shadow begins in Africa and passes through Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia.

'After leaving Africa, the path crosses the Indian Ocean where the maximum duration of annularity reaches 11 minutes 8 seconds. The central path then continues into Asia through Bangladesh, India, Burma (Myanmar) and China.'

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