The last total solar eclipse occurred on March 20, 2015, only visible from the Faroe Islands and Norway s Arctic Svalbard archipelago.
Advertisement
We’ll actually be able to see a total solar eclipse soon!
Thousands of eclipse-chasers have come from overseas. (Photo: AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin)A partial solar eclipse behind a star and crescent symbol atop a mosque in Kuala Lumpur.
The eclipse begins over Indonesia (where Slooh is broadcasting from) and will travel 8,800 miles northeast over Borneo, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Ocean. On Aug. 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will be visible from a swath of the north-central United States stretching from OR to SC. Including those that have already taken place, a total of only 146 solar eclipses is expected to be visible from Singapore between 1700 and 2100. (Photo: AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)The eclipse seen at about 8.30am, with about 90 per cent of the sun covered.
Hassan said she and other residents use bowls filled with water to view the eclipse.
Cloudy skies in parts of Indonesia dampened the spectacle for some.
An Indian fisherman prays to a partial solar eclipse seen in the sky over Bay of Bengal in Konark, 60 kilometers from eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar, Wednesday, March 9, 2016.
Even with the somewhat unusual timing and rather inconvenient path (for those of us in Canada), we can still watch the eclipse, no matter where in the world we happen to be. See the moon pass directly in front of the sun.
Under no circumstances should an eclipse be viewed directly through binoculars or a telescope, according to NASA, as the lens could intensify the sun’s rays and injure the viewer’s eyes. On land the durations were mostly between 1 and 3 minutes. The eclipse, which from the vantage point of Jakarta produced an impressive crescent, was also streamed on monitors around the planetarium.
Advertisement
As usual, NASA warns people not to look directly at the sun during the eclipse.
