Annual Solar eclipse on this Friday ( 2010/01/15)

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Annular Solar Eclipse of 2010 January 15


On Friday, 2010 January 15, an annular eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a 300-km-wide track that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon's antumbral shadow begins in Africa and passes through Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia. After leaving Africa, the path crosses the Indian Ocean where the maximum duration of annularity reaches 11 min 08 s. The central path then continues into Asia through Bangladesh, India, Burma (Myanmar), and China. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes eastern Europe, most of Africa, Asia, and Indonesia.




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Detailed Maps of the Path of Annularity

The following maps show path of the 2010 annular eclipse in greater detail. They use high resolution coastline, city and highway data from the Digital Chart of the World (DCW). Curves of maximum eclipse are included as well as the outline of the antumbral shadow. Within the antumbral path, curves of constant duration have been plotted for annularity.​


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source- http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/ASE2010/ASE2010.html
 

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    upon purple clouds
    i wish for this night time
    to last for a life time
    the darkness around me
    shores of a solar sea...

    oh how i wish to
    go down with the sun
    sleeping, weeping with you ..lol
     

    tharinda07

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    Solar eclipse in Northern Sri Lanka
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    The solar eclipse on January 15 will be fully visible in the northern sector of the country while it would be partially seen in the southern parts of Sri Lanka.​

    The Southerners living below the Anuradhapura border could view this solar eclipse partially, the Arthur C.Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies said.

    It the solar eclipse was a rare feature and advised viewers to wear protective gear as direct exposure of the eye may lead to total blindness.

    The Centre would be monitoring the eclipse to provide details of this rare feature.​
     

    tharinda07

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    The eclipse is visible to Sri Lanka from about 11.11 a.m. to 3.12 p.m. There will be slight variation of visibility times depend on the location.