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The total solar eclipse on April 8 will be visible from the USA, Canada and some European countries.

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North America, the United States, Canada and many European countries will be able to see the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. reported According to ABC News,

The total solar eclipse on April 8 will be visible from the USA, Canada and some European countries.
North America, the United States, Canada and many European countries will be able to see the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

reported According to ABC News, Ukrinform.

NASA reminds us that a total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth.

The path of the total eclipse in the United States will begin in Texas and pass through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. According to NASA, a total solar eclipse will also occur in small parts of Tennessee and Michigan.

Photo: Mike Gonzalez/Anadolu
Photo: Mike Gonzalez/Anadolu

Parts of North America, including Canada and Mexico, will also be plunged into darkness.

It will also affect parts of Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland and Portugal.

The last total solar eclipse in America was in August 2017, but the 2024 total solar eclipse will be “better” than the 2017 one because it’s almost 60% of the way through, according to Fred Espenak, a former astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. wider and the duration is approximately 60% longer.

Expert solar eclipse cartographer Michael Zeiler said April’s total solar eclipse is projected to be the largest mass tourism event in the United States in 2024, as it will be the last of its kind in North America in the past 20 years.

Ahead of the historic eclipse, a small county in Texas is preparing to declare a state of emergency due to the expected large number of tourists.

It will be possible to watch the broadcast of the eclipse On NASA’s website.

As Ukrinform reports, NASA Parker Solar mission on December 24 It will fly just 6.1 million kilometers from the “surface” of the Sun, making it the closest flyby to a star ever.

Source: Ukrinform

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