Do you notice that in the view below it appears very similar to the flag of Turkey ?
Tourist picture : Eric Escalera
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The second 2024 Total Solar Eclipse,
in Argentina: we've been there too !
Some alignements are better than others... When it happens with the Sun, the Moon, and Earth, you can get two eclipses in a row, 14 days apart.
It all began on September, 17th, with a partial eclipse of the Moon, visible all over Chile.
At its maximum, the Earth shadow covered some 20% of the Moon disk : can you see the curved shape of the shadow ?...
But the main show came on October, 2nd, with the annular eclipse of the Sun. It was visible from all over Patagonia, both Chilean and Argentinean sides, although we choose to watch it from Puerto San Julian, Argentina, on the Atlantic coast, that same place where the Spanish expedition led by Fernando de Magallanes docked, in route for the first world tour in history.
The afternoon was clear, the solar disk was nice,adorned with a large series of sunspots, and so we witnessed the First Contact :
The grandeur of the eclipse was 0.94, meaning that the apparent diameter of the Moon was significantly smaller than that of the Sun, as it can easily be appreciated on the view below :
A few minutes before totality, we can appreciated the very unusual solar crescent, spanning almost over 3/4 of the limb :
Totality : the Moon is entirely superimposed over the Sun. Unlike the annular Sun eclipse held in Coyhaique 7 years ago, we decided this time not to go to the exact central point, knowing that the solar ring will be large enough to produce nice pictures even if not perfectly centered :
Third Contact : the lunar limb is exactly tangent to the solar one, and the ring is broken...
Final partial phase in progress, showing again the "closed" solar crescent.
Do you notice that in the view below it appears very similar to the flag of Turkey ?
And then the clouds came denser, and more numerous, which made us miss the Last Contact : isn't there an incentive to go and see the next eclipse ?...
After the show, why not visit the replica of the ship of Magallanes that sits proudly on the dock of Puerto San Julian ?...
Eclipse pictures : Cristian Valenzuela, September 17 (Moon), and October 2 (Sun), 2024
Tourist picture : Eric Escalera
Do you notice that in the view below it appears very similar to the flag of Turkey ?
Tourist picture : Eric Escalera