A total

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occurred at the Moon’s

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of orbit on Wednesday, August 11, 1999, with a

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of 1.0286. A

occurs when the

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passes between the

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and the

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, thereby totally or partly obscuring the light of the sun for a viewer on earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon’s

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is larger than the Sun’s, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into night. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth’s surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 3.5 days after

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(on August 8, 1999, at 0:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. It was the first total eclipse visible from Europe since July 22, 1990, and the first visible in the

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since June 29, 1927. The path of the

's shadow began in the

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and was later traversing the southern

and part of the British

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, northern

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, southern

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, extreme northeastern tip of

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, and northern

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(

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). The eclipse's maximum was at 11:03 UTC at in

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and it continued across

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, the

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, the northeastern tip of

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, northern

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, southern

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and Srikakulam in

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and ended in the

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. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern

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, the

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, and

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Observations

Because of the high population densities in areas of the path, this was one of the most-viewed total solar eclipses in

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; although some areas in the path of totality (mainly in Western Europe) offered impaired visibility due to adverse weather conditions. Some of the organized eclipse-watching parties along the path of totality set up video projectors on which people could watch the moon's shadow as it raced towards them. There was substantial coverage on international TV stations of the progress of the eclipse shadow. The moon's shadow was also observed from the Russian

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space station; during the eclipse, video from Mir was broadcast live on television. * The

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concentrated its coverage efforts on the first landfall of the shadow across the western end of

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(from St Ives to

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), which was packed with an extraordinary number of visitors, although Cornwall did not have nearly as many spectators as expected leading many organised events to host smaller audiences than anticipated. The veteran amateur astronomer, broadcaster and eclipse-watcher

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was brought in to head a live programme, but the eclipse was clouded out.

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also produced a special version of their Balloon Idents for the event. The BBC did not have a presence at

Goonhilly Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large radiocommunication site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the The Lizard, Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England. Owned by Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd under a 999-year lease from BT Group plc ...

on the

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, one of the few places in Cornwall where the clouds parted just in time for the total eclipse to be visible. There was extensive cloud in Perranporth which parted just in time, allowing the very large crowd that had filled the beach and hillsides to witness the event. * Some of the best viewing conditions were to be had mid- Channel, where ferries were halted in calm conditions to obtain an excellent view. Hundreds of people who gathered on the island of

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also experienced the event. * Also at sea, many of the Fastnet fleet contestants encountered totality crossing the

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on their way to the Fastnet Rock. * A gathering of several thousand people at the airport in

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, which was on the path of totality, were denied all but a few fleeting glimpses of the eclipse through the overcast sky. The clouds cleared completely just a few minutes after the eclipse. * In contrast, the overcast sky in

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, France, where thousands had gathered, cleared only minutes before the eclipse began. * Further inland, viewing conditions were also perfect at

Vouziers Vouziers () is a commune of the Ardennes department, northern France. Vouziers is the burial place of the pioneer First World War fighter pilot Roland Garros, after whom the Stade Roland Garros in Paris (the location of the French Open tenn ...

, a French country town gridlocked by Belgian cars from day-visitors. The patchy cloud covering cleared a short time before the shadow arrived. Some photos from Vouziers were used on the subsequent BBC Sky at Night programme. * The San Francisco

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featured a live webcast from a crowded town square in

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. *

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, the national TV channel in India, broadcast live coverage from Srikakulam, hosted by TV personality Mona Bhattacharya. * A Bulgarian Air Force

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two-seater was used by the

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to study the

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. The MiG-21, flying at 1600–1700 km/h (1000 to 1100 mph) (Mach 1.4-1.5) at an altitude of 13,000 metres (43,000 feet), was able to stay in the moon's umbra for 6 minutes. The photographer, an air force pilot, used two film cameras, both fitted with 200 mm lenses and

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filters, and one

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video camera. * Hungary's most popular tourist destination,

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and its surrounding area, fell into the path of the eclipse entirely, which made the area even more popular for the day. The motorway leading to the city was so crowded that many people had to watch the eclipse while caught in a traffic jam. * One French and two British

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s briefly followed the eclipse with tourists on board. * The

was filming one of its episodes for the TV series ''

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'' that day and, during the show, resident press officers Russell Clisby and Steve Meller took photographs of the eclipse at

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, as well as

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supervisor Jeremy Spake witnessing the eclipse on a special charter flight. * RTS, the national public broadcaster of

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, urged people to remain inside, citing dangers to public health. This caused the streets of all Serbian cities, towns and villages to be entirely deserted during the eclipse (97% of Serbs stayed inside), with many opting to watch it on TV instead. *

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, a month after the eclipse, reported only 14 cases of eye damage from improper viewing of the eclipse - a number lower than initially feared. In one of the most serious cases the patient had looked at the sun without eye protection for twenty minutes, but overall the public health campaign had succeeded.

Gallery

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Notable times and coordinates

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

eclipse season An eclipse season is a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Orbit of the Moon, Moon's orbital plane (orbital inclination, tilted five degrees to the ecliptic, Earth ...

, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a

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Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1999

* A penumbral lunar eclipse on January 31. * An annular solar eclipse on February 16. * A partial lunar eclipse on July 28. * A total solar eclipse on August 11.

Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 31, 2003

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1992 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006

Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 6, 1990 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 16, 2008

Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 1988 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 2010

Solar Saros 145

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1981 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed the "Great American Eclipse" by some media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band that spanned the contiguous United States from the Pacific Ocean, Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic c ...

Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 31, 1970 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028

Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 10, 1912 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 11, 2086

Solar eclipses of 1997–2000

Saros 145

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

Popular culture

* '' Sleeping Sun'' (1999), by the Finnish band

Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neval ...

* ''Les Terriens'' (2000), French documentary directed by Ariane Doublet * ''Les Ensoleillés'' (2002), compilation of around twenty short stories based on the 1999 eclipse, written by Joël Egloff

Notes

References

Eclipse at hermit.org
* "Club Krile Magazine", Vol. 11, 1999, "Air Group 2000" Publishing, Sofia, Bulgaria

Russia expedition
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Bulgaria

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Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999 Romania, shown in Romanian Maximum Card

Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999 Romania, shown in Romanian Maximum Card

Images from Turkey by Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society

APOD 8/17/1999, partial eclipse from

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Sun Block
APOD 8/18/1999, totality from Hungary
Light From The Dark Sun
APOD 8/19/1999, totality from Siofok, Hungary
At The Sun's Edge
APOD 8/20/1999, totality near Bagdere, Turkey
The Big Corona
APOD 4/8/2001, totality by

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Total Eclipse of the Active Sun
APOD 6/20/2001, from Kecel, Hungary
Diamond Ring in the Sun
APOD 6/21/2001, totality from eastern Turkey
Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
APOD 9/26/2004, total eclipse shadow seen from Mir spacestation, chosen as APOD again o
6/10/2007

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