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Solar eclipse July 22 will be longest of 21st Century

21/07/2009 13:03:00 Kathlyn Stone

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At 6 min, 39 seconds the July 22 total solar eclipse will be the longest of the 21st Century, according to NASA scientists.

The eclipse will be visible along a narrow band traversing half of the Earth’s surface. The eclipse will first be observed at dawn in the Gulf of Khambhat, east of India. Its path includes northern India, eastern Nepal, northern Bangladesh, Bhutan, the north tip of Myanmar, central China, Japan's Ryukyu Islands and the Marshall Islands and Kiribati in the South Pacific.

Mashable has gathered a list of sites where you can watch the eclipse online.

Thanks to the Russian Space Station Mir, we also can see what an eclipse looks like from space. The image below shows the moon passing over the sun on August 11, 1999.

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Comments (1 posted):

2010 winter olympics on 22/12/2009 23:44:05

Truly amazing, I didnt get a chance to see it actually. thank you for capturing the beautiful pictures all across the world. This heavenly body declares the glory of God. The heaven proclaims God's handiworks and even the nature gives praise to God day and night with its beauty. Truly it is indeed a miracle. All glory to God that we were lucky to see this beauty of his.

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