Solar Eclipse | 8 March 2016 | Images

The regions of Indonesia and Micronesia were blessed with mostly clear skies during the recent solar eclipse. The track of the umbra shadow shows a purple marker where the duration of total eclipse was the longest at just over 4 minutes. The island of Woleai was in the ideal location near that marker. The eclipse was in the morning of 9 March for them, but in the evening of 8 March east of the dateline.

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This video, images courtesy of Japan Meteorological Agency with data courtesy JMA and NOAA, shows the progress of the shadow of the Moon seen from the Himawari-8 weather satellite. The colors are true. Cloud movements are also visible.


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