Millions of people across a wide swath of North America will be looking skyward to witness the total solar eclipse. However, this astronomical view will not be available in Pakistan or India.
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, the solar eclipse will be visible in Western Europe, North America, North of South America, Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic.
“Of course, this scenario will not be seen in Pakistan,” the agency added.
Meanwhile, Hindustan Times reports that the total solar eclipse will not be visible in India either.
The solar eclipse, whose visibility depends on weather conditions, will appear near an astronomical path starting in Mexico, crossing the United States and appearing in Canada.
Eclipse enthusiasts are gathering in areas around the ‘Path of Totality’. Among those locations is the central Texas city of Fredericksburg, where the total eclipse will occur shortly after 6:30 GMT.
That’s where Michael Zeller from New Mexico, who has seen 11 eclipses around the planet so far, plans to get to.
According to Zeller, “First-time viewers of a total eclipse will be awestruck by the sight, and it will be one of the highlights of their lives.”
Lasting 4 minutes and 28 seconds, the eclipse will last longer than the 2017 eclipse that dominated much of the United States. The total duration of the US eclipse was 2 minutes 42 seconds.
According to NASA, a total eclipse can be visible for 10 seconds to 7 and a half minutes.
Some of the cities located along the “Path of Totality” include Mazatlan, Mexico, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas, Texas, Indianapolis, Indiana, Cleveland, Ohio, Erie, Pennsylvania, both Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls. , Ontario, including the famous Falls of Montreal, Quebec.
A partial eclipse will also be visible outside North America, the “Path of Totality.”
About 32 million Americans live in the “path of totality,” while federal officials say another 5 million people will travel far and wide to reach the area.
This will be the ninth total eclipse for Anthony Aveni, author of In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses and a professor at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.
The eclipse will be “a bit out of nature’s way,” says Ovini. An extraordinary event that will blow your mind.”
Weather experts say that the weather may be cloudy in a large part of the “path of totality”.
Zeller, who is well-versed in astronomy, says he will study satellite images taken before the eclipse and, if necessary, accelerate his car toward the clear sky in critical hours. Will try to go.
It is Zeller who created the Great American Eclipse website, which is full of eclipse maps and data.
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2024-04-22 20:17:34