On March 8 and 9, a solar eclipse will dominate the sky over the Pacific Ocean, but unfortunately, not too many people are well placed to see it at its totality.
A total eclipse will be experienced over parts of Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi and "a large empty part of the Pacific ocean," Geoff Wyatt, education program producer at the Sydney Observatory, told Mashable Australia in an email. At its greatest, the eclipse will last 4 minutes and 9 seconds.
North and western Australia and parts of eastern Asia, on the other hand, will see a partial solar eclipse, he added. According to Sky and Telescope, the total eclipse will start in the Indian Ocean and end in the Pacific. Hawaii, Alaska, sections of China, Japan and the Philippines will also be able to spot the partial eclipse. Read more...
Source: Mashable http://ift.tt/1UL4iZ1
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