Freitag, 11. Juni 2021

Nur teilweise in Dunkelheit getaucht....Partial Solar Eclipse on 10 June 2021

 

The spectacle of a solar eclipse is an enthralling affair, however, it is also quite rare. Well, if you live in Earth's northern hemisphere, you were in luck as a solar eclipse was going to take place Thursday with parts of Canada and Siberia privy to the best view of the celestial event. The eclipse was partial, which means the people in its shadow weren't plunged into daytime darkness. Instead, people with the maximum visibility, and necessary protective eyewear, had a few minutes to glimpse the moon's silhouette ringed by the sun. 

In northwest Canada, northern Russia, northwest Greenland and the North Pole, the sun was 88% obscured by the moon. The eclipse was partly visible to observers in northwest North America, parts of Europe including France and the United Kingdom and some of northern Asia. If skies were clear, Londoners were able to see the moon cover 20% of the sun at its maximum, at 11.13 a.m. local time (10:13 a.m. GMT). "The farther southeast people are, the less the sun will be obscured,"so no way for us here in Rodrigues to observe this event. Here however, some pics from around the regions where the eclipse was visible.

 

NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
 
 
A partial solar eclipse is seen as the sun rises behind the Statue of Freedom atop the United States Capitol Building, Thursday, June 10, 2021, as seen from Arlington, Va., Bill Ingalls, source
 

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