The moon will
completely cover the disk of the sun, creating a solar eclipse that only
a small part of the world can see.
This eclipse will occur on the 20th of March 2015. the last eclipse was on the 3rd of November 2013. The
dark umbral shadow cone of the moon will trace a curved path primarily
over the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
The shadow will then pass over the Danish-owned Faroe Islands, the
sparsely inhabited Norwegian island group of Svalbard and then it will
hook counterclockwise toward the northwest, where it leaves the Earth’s
surface just short of the North Pole.
An artifact of the total
eclipse will be a large partial eclipse of the sun that will be visible
across all of Europe, northern Africa and much of northern Asia.
Depending on where you are in Europe, you will see anywhere from roughly
50 to nearly 99 percent of the sun’s diameter eclipsed by the moon.
Note: If you’re in the eclipse zone, be very careful. Never look directly at
the sun without special safety equipment; permanent and serious eye
damage could result.
No comments:
Post a Comment