Alaska flight changes course to view eclipse

Mar 10, 2016, 11:23

Reuters reports the total eclipse stretched across three time zones and 12 provinces of Indonesia and could be seen by about 40 million people.

Thousands of people cheered or knelt in prayer as a total eclipse of the sun plunged Indonesia into darkness. Other parts of Asia, including Cambodia and India, saw a partial eclipse. The next total eclipse will occur in August 2017 and be visible over a slice of North America.

"I'm not one for hyperbole, but you don't just see an eclipse, you experience it with every fiber of your being", Small said.

A dozen Americans boarded a flight from Anchorage in Alaska to Honolulu to take advantage of a sweet spot for viewing the eclipse north of Hawaii. "It is the most spectacular naturally occurring event that anyone could witness in their lifetime".

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A rare sight was seen in the sky over Indonesia Wednesday.

In Singapore a crowd of about 400 people, including students and families, gathered at a university sports field to watch the partial eclipse, while groups of enthusiasts also converged on beaches and outside their highrise apartments to gaze upwards.

The video is great, mostly because you hear astronomer Mike Kentrianakis, an eclipse veteran, say "oh my God" 22 times in three-and-a-half minutes.

This picture shows the moon passing in front of the sun during a partial solar eclipse in Manila on March 9, 2016.

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By local clocks, in western Indonesia, the Moon will begin creeping across the disk of the Sun starting at around 6:20 a.m. and will completely leave the disk of the Sun around two hours later, peaking about an hour into the eclipse (at ~7:30 a.m. WIB).

The MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the total solar eclipse moving across the south Pacific Ocean at 03:05 UTC on March 9, 2016.

Budi Romadhoni told Anadolu Agency by phone that he witnessed 80 percent of the total eclipse in Semarang, the port city of Central Java.

Thousands of eclipse-chasers flocked to Indonesia from overseas and the government, which has been the promoting the event for more than a year, forecast a substantial tourism boost. So, the scientists are testing out their observation methods in Indonesia, to make the most of that upcoming opportunity.

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