Sadly we won't be able to see the eclipse on the 1st August 2008
as we have other commitments
in New Zealand and only a limited amount of holiday time
(sadly.) However, I have included some information which, I
hope, will be of use to others hoping to view the eclipse.
I have concentrated my investigations on the Russian segment
of the eclipse as this is the bulk of the period of totality
and is where the point of greatest eclipse occurs.
Eclipse 2008 in Russia
There are numerous possibilities to view the eclipse from
Russia. I've included some commentary on what I've found out
so far about getting to these places. No information on the
climate has yet been included and I cannot provide more specific
location information than what I've given below.
Nadym - Nadym, in
the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in northern Russia, is
the closest place of any significant inhabitation that I've
identified thats close to the point of greatest eclipse.
Nizhnevartovsk - Nizhnevartovsk should
afford totality of around 2 minutes 25 seconds and is fairly
close to the centre line of the eclipse.
Novosibirsk - Totality in Novosibirsk should
be around the 2 minute 20 second region. Novosibirsk seems
to be more accessible than the other destinations I've outlined
here as it's on the Trans-Siberian Railway and, therefore,
accessible with an entry to Russia in Moscow, St Petersburg
or Vladivistok. Novosibirsk is also about as close to the
centre line of the eclipse as you're likely to get.
Barnaul - Barnaul offers
a shorter eclipse than Novosibirsk at around the 2 minutes
17 seconds mark but seems to have had an
interesting history which may provide for some interesting
sight-seeing when the sun comes back!
Eclipse path
The 1st August 2008 eclipse will reach a maximum duration
of 2 minutes 27 seconds over Russia. The path of the eclipse
starts in Nunavut (Canada), the eclipse will continue through
Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia and China.
The 1st August
2008 eclipse will reach a maximum duration of 2 minutes
27 seconds over Russia. The path of the eclipse starts in
Nunavut (Canada), the eclipse will continue through Greenland,
the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia and China.
There are numerous sites on the web which deal with eclipses. Some
deal with the subject in general, whilst others offer extensive
technical details. I've tried to include a broad cross-section
of sites here.
2008 Total Solar Eclipse travel information
Sadly we won't be able to see the eclipse on the 1st August 2008 as we have other commitments in New Zealand and only a limited amount of holiday time (sadly.) However, I have included some information which, I hope, will be of use to others hoping to view the eclipse. I have concentrated my investigations on the Russian segment of the eclipse as this is the bulk of the period of totality and is where the point of greatest eclipse occurs.
Eclipse 2008 in Russia
There are numerous possibilities to view the eclipse from Russia. I've included some commentary on what I've found out so far about getting to these places. No information on the climate has yet been included and I cannot provide more specific location information than what I've given below.
Eclipse path
The 1st August 2008 eclipse will reach a maximum duration of 2 minutes 27 seconds over Russia. The path of the eclipse starts in Nunavut (Canada), the eclipse will continue through Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia and China.
The 1st August 2008 eclipse will reach a maximum duration of 2 minutes 27 seconds over Russia. The path of the eclipse starts in Nunavut (Canada), the eclipse will continue through Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia and China.
Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC
We have also republished detailed NASA maps of the eclipse path in Arctic Canada, Arctic Canada and Greenland, Svalbard & Frans Josef Land, Noyaya Zemlya (Russia), Nadym (Russia), Central Siberia (Russia), Novosibirsk (Russia), China, Russia & Mongolia, China & Mongolia, China (Wuwei), China (Xian)
Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC Maps were reproduced from NASA. Textual commentary is by Mark Sukhija who is not from NASA.
Information on the 2008 Eclipse
There are numerous sites on the web which deal with eclipses. Some deal with the subject in general, whilst others offer extensive technical details. I've tried to include a broad cross-section of sites here.
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