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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Live video: Total solar eclipse in Australia
The first total solar eclipse for two years is set
to happen in Australia early on 14 November local time, but thanks to
the large time difference will be taking place this evening UK time.
Live video feeds (below) of the eclipse are being
jointly provided by Nasa, the Astronomical Association of Queensland and
Tourism Queensland from three locations - Mareeba, Port Douglas and
Fitzroy Island.
As the moon moves between the earth and sun, blocking
out the sunlight, darkness will fall across the northern tips of
Queensland and Northern Territory.
In these areas, there will be two minutes of totality, where the sun is completely obscured. The path of eclipse head will then head eastwards over the Pacific Ocean, not passing over any more land for the rest of its duration.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting that there is likely to be some cloud around at the time of the eclipse, but are hopeful that it will be broken, allowing it to be viewed by the thousands of people who have travelled to see it.
In these areas, there will be two minutes of totality, where the sun is completely obscured. The path of eclipse head will then head eastwards over the Pacific Ocean, not passing over any more land for the rest of its duration.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting that there is likely to be some cloud around at the time of the eclipse, but are hopeful that it will be broken, allowing it to be viewed by the thousands of people who have travelled to see it.
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