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Report of the solar eclipse: Longest Total Solar Eclipse Report with photos and video coverage.

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On July 22, 2009, Wednesday, a Total Solar Eclipse will occur, beginning from India.

Follow up:

According to NASA, the totality of the Solar Eclipse will be seen best from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, and China. Then it will cross Japan’s Ryukyu Islands.

This will be the longest Total Solar Eclipse of the 21st Century, expected to last up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds at the maximum totality spot. The rest of the Eclipse’s path will witness a Partial Eclipse, which includes most of Eastern Asia, as far as Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean.

You can also check the Google Map Eclipse Path by Xavier M. Jubier, click here.

GSFC NASA Copyright Information:
Eclipse map/figure/table/predictions courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
For more information on solar and lunar eclipses, see Fred Espenak’s Eclipse Web Site: sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html

Sources:
NASA - Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 July 22
NASA - Solar Eclipses: 2001-2010

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Report of the solar eclipse: Longest Total Solar Eclipse Report with photos and video coverage.