The
solar eclipse that will take place on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 will be a total eclipse of the
Sun with a
magnitude of 1.080 that will be visible from a narrow corridor through northern
India, eastern
Nepal, northern
Bangladesh,
Bhutan, the northern tip of
Myanmar, central
China and the
Pacific Ocean, including the
Ryukyu Islands,
Marshall Islands and
Kiribati. The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century has sparked tourist fever in eastern China and India.
[1][2][3] Totality will be visible in many large cities, including
Surat,
Vadodara,
Bhopal,
Varanasi,
Patna,
Dinajpur,
Chengdu,
Nanchong,
Chongqing,
Yichang,
Jingzhou,
Wuhan,
Huanggang,
Hefei,
Hangzhou,
Wuxi,
Huzhou,
Suzhou,
Jiaxing,
Ningbo and
Shanghai, as well as over the
Three Gorges Dam.
[4][5] According to some experts,
Taregana[6][7] in
Bihar is the "best" place to view the event. A partial eclipse will be seen from the much broader path of the
Moon's
penumbra, including most of
South East Asia (all of India and China) and north-eastern
Oceania. The eclipse is part of series 136 in the
Saros cycle, like the record setting
Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991.
This is second in the series of three eclipses in a month. There was a lunar eclipse on July 7 and now a solar eclipse on July 22 and then a lunar eclipse on August 6.
This solar eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the twenty-first century, and will not be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132. Totality will last for up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds, with the maximum eclipse occurring in the ocean at 02:35:21
UTC about 100 km south of the
Bonin Islands, southeast of
Japan. The
North Iwo Jima island is the landmass with totality time closest to maximum.
I want this to awaken a sleeping sea monster in the ocean somehow. It be Kool....
And be sure to have your love of your life by your side when you say that.
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