I am very very looking forward to the Solar Eclipse this Wednesday, 22nd July 2009 at 10:37am Brunei time.
Reproduced From Solar Eclipse Glasses (http://www.eclipseglasses.co.uk/):
On Wednesday 22 July 2009 a Total Eclipse will be visible from the Arabian Sea just off the west coast of India at sunrise, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Japanese Islands, near Kiribati and Gilbert Islands, near French Polynesia, mid-Pacific at sunset. This will be an extremely long Total Solar Eclipse - 6 minutes 39 seconds.
A Total Eclipse beginning in India will be visible on Wednesday 22 July 2009. The path of the eclipse then crosses Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. From mainland Asia, the total eclipse crosses Japan's Ryukyu Islands and the Pacific Ocean. With the duration of totality reaching a maximum of 6 minutes 39 seconds this is the longest total eclipse anyone will see for over hundred years.
Major towns and cities from which to see the total eclipse are: - Bangladesh : Rangpur
- Bhutan : Thimphu
- China : Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Nanchong, Neijiang, Ningbo, Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuhan, Wuhu, Wuxi
- India : Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Patna, Shiliguri, Surat, Vadodara, Varanasi
- Nepal : Biratnagar
For anyone in the following parts of eastern Asia and Indonesia there will be a partial eclipse visible:
Afghanistan, American Samoa, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Guam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Is., Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk I., Northern Mariana Is., Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russian Federation, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Hawaii, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna Is.
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