1st September of 2016, we are going to be the lucky guys to witness an
annular solar eclipse!!! A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes
between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image
of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. The annular solar eclipse occurs when
the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most
of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring),
"the ring of fire"! An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over
a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The path of
annularity for this eclipse starts in the South Atlantic Ocean, crossing
central African regions of Gabon, the Congo, the Democratic Republic of
Congo, Tanzania and Mozambique before passing over Madagascar, the
small island of Reunion before ending in Indian Ocean. Here is a map of
its trajectory :
The best viewing is near the point of greatest eclipse in Tanzania,
giving an annularity duration of 3 minutes and 6 seconds, so yes we will
be ready for that here in Katavi and our friends in Mahale!!! Can't
wait to witness this unique event in the middle of the african
savanna!!! Here is the link to the Nasa'site for it!
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