A ‘hybrid’ total solar eclipse will be visible in Australia next week. Here’s when and where you can see it | Tanya Hill for the Conversation
by Tanya Hill for the Conversation from Science | The Guardian on (#6ASCG)
A total solar eclipse will be experienced in WA's Ningaloo region, while a partial eclipse on display in the rest of the country
On Thursday 20 April, the Ningaloo region of Western Australia will experience a total solar eclipse. Eclipse chasers from around the world are converging on the town of Exmouth in hopes of experiencing the profound awe of standing in the moon's shadow as it quickly races by.
Only a narrow path across Earth, which includes Exmouth and Barrow Island in WA, eastern parts of Timor-Leste and also parts of Papua in Indonesia, will experience totality - when the moon fully blocks the light of the sun.
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