Next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica: A strange eclipse is happening next week, and it will be unlike anything anyone has ever seen before. Next week, another solar eclipse is happening which will interest skywatchers around the world. The next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica next week will once again bring a view of the moon blocking out the sun. This time however, it's a bizarre image which will catch the attention of many.
The next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica the coming week will have the moon blocking the sun, but leaving a bright ring around the sun. The next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica is also known as the annular eclipse. However, this stunning image of the sun 'ring of fire' can only be seen next week in an isolated and uninhabited region of Antarctica.
As for the other countries of the world, they will be able to see only partial stages of the eclipse. The countries which will get a glimpse of the next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica include the whole of Australia and the southern edge of Indonesia.
Many may think that an annular eclipse is just the same as a solar eclipse, but this is not the case. An annular solar eclipse is entirely different from a total solar eclipse. In a total solar eclipse, the moon completely covers the entire sun, but with an annular eclipse and which one may see on the next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica, the moon will be placing itself on the sun dead-center. This will have the moon at its farthest distance from Earth. This is because the moon isn't large enough to cover the sun completely. The moon on the next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica will appear as a black dot at the center of an amazing ring of fire.
If you aren't living in the area of the world where the path of the annular eclipse is visible and you want to see the next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica, the Slooh Space Camera will broadcast the annular eclipse while it's happening in Australia.
The next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica has recently been dubbed the "Penguin" Annular Solar Eclipse after it being "one of the few annular eclipses that will most likely only be seen by penguins." Bob Berman, a Slooh astronomer, said in an emailed statement that the webcast of the next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica will begin on Tuesday, April 29, at 2 a.m. EDT.
Meanwhile, Fred Espenak of NASA has created a table listing the beginning and end times of the eclipse for different areas in Australia.
Berman said, "This is a thoroughly bizarre eclipse. When SLOOH brings its live feeds from Australia, and we watch in real time as the inky black hemisphere of the Moon partially obscures the Sun, the greatest thrill might be an awareness of what's occurring - unseen by any human - in a tiny region of Antarctica."
Next Solar Eclipse 2014 in Antarctica where the sun can be seen as a ring of fire will surely be a spectacular event. In order to see the path of the annular eclipse this year, skywatchers can use this interactive Google map, marked in blue as a small D-shaped region in eastern Antarctica.
To watch the annular eclipse on Tuesday April 29,2014, click on the free online stream below.
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