The two best places to fully experience the total eclipse on Friday are the Faroe Islands, where the moon covers the sun completely for two minutes 45 seconds, and Svalbard, 800 kilometers north of mainland Norway, where it will be 15 seconds shorter.
In Spain, can be seen in the Canary Islands from 7:44 am Greenwich Mean Time. While the rest of the world will see the Internet.
Many pages promoted in the world streaming, which can be seen at 3 in the morning Colombian hour.
In the Faroe Islands
The limited accommodation in remote Arctic islands Faroe been booked for months, even years, for fans who do not want to miss an astronomical phenomenon that will last just three minutes. Now only hope that the clouds let them fully experience the brief solar eclipse.
The Faroe Islands, an archipelago semiautonomous Danish, and Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, both in the Arctic Ocean are the only two places the world where the solar eclipse if the absence of clouds permitting, may be observed.
Dozens of eclipse chasers and astronomers have invaded the Faroe Islands, armed with telescopes, cameras and safety goggles Solar vision before the big event.
The weather is even better over 2,000 kilometers northeast in Svalbard, where the forecast is that there will be a clear sky.
The eclipse only look on a narrow strip of the northern hemisphere. In the case of the Faroe Islands, the phenomenon will begin at 0945 GMT on Friday.
“This is our tenth the total eclipse. We love them and being able to look with your eyes crown in the middle of eclipse It is really an exciting time, experiencing the ‘Diamond Rings’ coming and going, “said Les Anderson, a 60-year-old resident of California, and who is already in Torshavn, capital of the Faroe.
The population of the 18 rocky islands in the waters between Scotland and Iceland, is about 48,000 souls, but in recent days has increased by 10,000.
“Never, never had been so many people in the islands, “said Theresa Kreutzmann, head of the tourism office in Torshavn
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