{"id":12040,"date":"2020-06-20T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-to-dim-africa-asia\/"},"modified":"2020-06-20T21:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T18:07:00","slug":"ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-to-dim-africa-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-to-dim-africa-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Ring of fire’ solar eclipse to dim Africa, Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Ring of fire’ solar eclipse to dim Africa, Asia<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n Annular eclipses occur when the Moon is not close enough to Earth to completely obscure sunlight, leaving a thin ring of the solar disc visible
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Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness on Sunday a dramatic “ring of fire” solar eclipse.<\/p>\n

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So-called annular eclipses occur when the Moon\u2014passing between Earth and the Sun\u2014is not quite close enough to our planet to completely obscure sunlight, leaving a thin ring of the solar disc visible.<\/p>\n

They happ<\/a>en every year or two, and can only been seen from a narrow pathway across the planet.
\nWere the Moon just a wee bit closer -\u2013 379,100 rather than 381,500 kilometres away -\u2013 Earthlings would be treated to a total blackout, visible at a given spot on our planet about every 400 years.
\nRemarkably, the eclipse Sunday arrives on the northern hemisphere’s longest day of the year\u2014the summer solstice\u2014when Earth’s north pole is tilted most directly towards the Sun.
\nThe “ring of fire” will first be seen in northeastern Republic of Congo at 5:56 local time (04:56 GMT) just a few minutes after sunrise.
\nThis is the point of maximum duration, with the blackout lasting 1 minute and 22 seconds.
\nArcing eastward across Africa and Asia, it will reach “maximum eclipse”\u2014with a perfect solar halo around the Moon\u2014over Uttarakhand, India near the Sino-Indian border at 12:10 local time (6:40 GMT).
\nMore spectacular, but less long-lived: the exact alignment of the Earth, Moon and Sun will be visible for only 38 seconds.
\n“The annular eclipse is visible from about two percent of Earth surface,” Florent Delefie, an astronomer and the Paris Observatory, told AFP.
\n“It’s a bit like switching from a 500-watt to a 30-watt light bulb,” he added. “It’s a cold light, and you don’t see as well.”<\/p>\n

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\n Map showing the path of the June 21 eclipse across the world
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Good weather key<\/b>
\nAnimals can get spooked\u2014birds will sometimes go back to sleep, and cows will return to the barn.
\nThe full eclipse will be visible at successive locations over a period of nearly four hours, and one of the last places to see a partially hidden Sun is Taiwan before.
\nPeople hundreds of kilometres on either side of the centreline across 14 countries will also see light drain from the day, but not the “ring of fire”.
\nWeather conditions are critical for viewing.
\n“Good weather is the key to successful eclipse viewing,” astrophysicist Fred Espenak, an expert on eclipse prediction, commented on the NASA Eclipse website. “Better to see a shorter eclipse from clear sky than a longer eclipse under clouds.”
\nA solar eclipse always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves into Earth’s shadow. Lunar eclipses are visible from about half of Earth’s surface.
\nThere will be a second solar eclipse in 2020 on December 14 over South America. Because the Moon will be a bit closer to Earth, it will block on the Sun’s light entirely.
\nEven if the day has darkened, looking at a solar eclipse with the naked eye is dangerous.
\nSunglasses\u2014which don’t filter out UV rays\u2014do not offer any protection, Delefie warned.
\n“The Sun is so bright that even when there’s only a tiny portion visible, it is still dangerous for the eyes,” he said.<\/p>\n

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\n \u00a9 2020 AFP<\/p>\n

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\n ‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse to dim Africa, Asia (2020, June 20)
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