Solar Eclipses
Sara and I are passionate about astronomy, it's only a small step to understand that we try to hunt for a solar eclipse from time to time. To really enjoy a solar eclipse, it is mandatory to watch it in the very small totality zone. This means that we need to travel the world, but as traveling is also one of our passions, hunting solar eclipses is a perfect combination for us!
Once you have seen one total solar eclipse, you want to see another one. After returning home from a solar eclipse trip, you already investigate when and where the next eclipse will be. In the last years, we made a lot of amazing trips, but totality during a solar eclipse stays the most amazing thing we have ever seen.
Sara wasn't lucky during her first solar eclipses, because in Austria in 1999 and in China in 2009 the sky was totally clouded out... Luckily, we could enjoy an amazing blue sky during the solar eclipse of 2017 in the United States, where also Lotte could enjoy her first solar eclipse.
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| Diamond ring and corona during the 2017 total solar eclipse in the USA |
Sara wasn't lucky during her first solar eclipses, because in Austria in 1999 and in China in 2009 the sky was totally clouded out... Luckily, we could enjoy an amazing blue sky during the solar eclipse of 2017 in the United States, where also Lotte could enjoy her first solar eclipse.
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| Composite of the 2019 solar eclipse in Chile. |
Total Solar Eclipses
To see the most amazing spectacle, you need to be in the small totality zone during a total solar eclipse. It only gets really dark in the totality zone and you will be able (weather permitting) to enjoy the amazing diamond ring and corona.
- Mexico - April 8, 2024
- Chile - July 2, 2019
- United States of America - August 21, 2017
- China - July 22, 2009
- Turkey - March 29, 2006
- Austria - August 11, 1999
Annular Solar Eclipses
During an annular solar eclipse, the diameter of the moon is a bit too small to fully cover the sun. This means that it doesn't get dark during the day and that the corona is not visible... Nevertheless, an annular solar eclipse is also worth seeing once, but we prefer not to travel too far to see one.
Partial Solar Eclipses
During a partial solar eclipse, only part of the sun is eclipsed by the moon. This is what you can see if you are not in a totality zone of a total (or annular) solar eclipse. Some eclipses are nowhere on earth total.
See an overview of the eclipses I have seen on the Eclipse Chasers Log.
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