The Mexican resort of Mazatlán on the Pacific coast was the first popular sighting site of the rare phenomenon.
Tens of millions of people in North America had the opportunity to admire on Monday 8/04 the total solar eclipse.
The unique experience to admire the solar phenomenonin the clouds, had the passengers on the long-awaited “eclipse flights” on Mondayflying, as we see in the video above, with the American Airlines from Lexington, Kentucky to Dallas.
The Mexican resort Mazatlan on the Pacific coast was the first popular observation site of the rare phenomenon.
Thousands of people had gathered along the promenade, wearing special glasses.
Many they waited comfortably on sunbedswhile an orchestra played the music from the motion picture “Star Wars” (“Star Wars”).
The solar eclipse phenomenon
Solar eclipse is called the phenomenon in which the Moon intervenes between the Sun and the Earth, resulting in some areas of the Earth receiving less light than usual. It can be partial, total or annular.
At least two solar eclipses occur every yearwhile the maximum number of solar eclipses that can occur in a year is five.
A total solar eclipse is a rare celestial phenomenon during which the lunar disk comes into internal contact with the solar disk, obscuring all traces of sunlight for several minutes. This is because, in the firmament, the two bodies appear to be exactly the same size. This is a cosmic coincidence, since the Sun-Earth distance is about 400 times greater than the Moon-Earth distance, but at the same time the Sun is about 400 times larger than the Moon.
At the climax of the act, everyone burst into applause and cheers.
Lourdes Coro, 43, made the 10-hour drive to Mazatlán to be among the first to witness the spectacular solar eclipse. “The last one I saw was when I was 9 years old”he said.
The total solar eclipse was visible in the US today for a much longer period than in 2017.
Today the maximum duration reached 4 minutes and 28 seconds in places, while seven years ago it was 2 minutes and 42 seconds.
The solar eclipse was visible in 15 US states, from Texas to Maine, before it was the turn of the eastern Canadians. Small rural towns — like Advance, Missouri, population about 1,300 — received thousands of visitors.
Tim and Gwen Wurst traveled there from Kansas, having consulted the forecasts of meteorologists.
Weather conditions were not favorable everywhere, as for example in Texas, where it was cloudy.
American authorities had warned those who wanted to admire the phenomenon that they should wear special glasses before looking up at the sky in order to avoid damaging their eyes.
The next total solar eclipse is expected in August 2026but will be visible mainly in Iceland, Portugal, Spain and parts of Russia.
CBS-APE
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