Total Solar Eclipse 11 July 2010

path of totality for total solar eclipse of 11 July 2010

 

On 11 July 2010 there will be a total solar eclipse. The path is almost completely over the Pacific Ocean, passing just South of Tahiti. However, ome islands in Polynesia and also Easter Island will be in the totality zone. At maximum totality will last 5 minutes and 20 seconds. At sunset the eclipse will be visible from Chili and Argentina.

The full eclipse path can be downloaded in Google Earth format. Make sure the save the file as *.kml.
 







Eclipse path by Fred Espenak, NASA GSFC

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