Ever experienced a total solar eclipse?

in #news7 years ago (edited)

Hello Steemians,

There has been a lot of news lately about the total solar eclipse, I bet a lot of my friends in the USA had the priviledge of expereincing this rare and exciting event.I live in Nigeria and have not experienced a total solar eclipse before and I imagine there are a lot of people like me who would love to experience this someday, well I did what I enjoy doing and went in search of data of previous total solar eclipses and even got data of future solar eclipses. I found this website a great resource in getting the data.


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Total Solar Eclipse over the past 20 years


There were a total of 16 Total Solar eclipse event occuring between 9th of March 1997 and 21st of August 2017.

DateCountry Total Solar Eclipse Seen
Sunday, March 09, 1997Mongolia
Russia
China
Thursday, February 26, 1998Columbia
Venezuela
Curacao
Antingua and Barbuda
Wednesday, August 11, 1999Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Austria
Serbia
Hungary
Romania
Iraq
Iran
Pakistan
India
Thursday, June 21, 2001Angola
Zambia
Wednesday, December 04, 2002Angola
Australia
Monday, November 24, 2003Australia
Newzealand
Argentina
Chile
Friday, April 08, 2005Panama
Wednesday, March 29, 2006Brazil
Ghana
Togo
Benin
Niger
Turkey
Georgia
Russia
Kazakhstan
Friday, August 01, 2008Canada
Russia
Mongolia
China
Wednesday, July 22, 2009India
Nepal
Bhutan
China
Sunday, July 11, 2010Chile
Argentina
Wednesday, November 14, 2012Australia
Sunday, November 03, 2013Democratic Republic of Congo
Uganda
Friday, November 20, 2015Norway
Faroe Islands
Wednesday, March 09, 2016Indonesia
Monday, August 21, 2017USA

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Russia,China and Australia (Regions within these countries)expereinced total solar eclipse the most within the past 20 years,they experienced it 3 times.


Total Solar Eclipse over the next 20 years


If you are like me and have never experienced a total solar eclipse, then you should pay attention to the following dates and location, at least you can strike that out of your bucket list. Depending on your preferred location, you might have to be very patient to experience the next one.The next total solar eclipse would happen in about 2 years on the 2nd of July 2019 and would be seen in regions within Chile and Argentina.There would be a total of 14 total solar eclipse events over the next 20 years, be sure to catch one :). See dates and location below:

DateCountry
Tuesday, July 02, 2019Chile
Argentina
Monday, December 14, 2020Chile
Saturday, December 04, 2021Argentina
Monday, April 08, 2024Mexico
USA
Canada
Wednesday, August 12, 2026Iceland
Spain
Monday, August 02, 2027Spain
Morocco
Gibraltar
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Somalia
Saturday, July 22, 2028Australia
Newzealand
Monday, November 25, 2030Namibia
Botswana
South Africa
Wednesday, March 30, 2033USA
Russia
Monday, March 20, 2034Nigeria
Cameroon
Chad
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Afghanistan
Pakistan
India
Sunday, September 02, 2035China
North Korea
Japan
Monday, July 13, 2037Australia
Newzealand

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Yipee there would be a total solar eclipse here in Nigeria within the next twenty years,It would happen in 2034 which is about 17 years from now, that is a long wait.I do hope someone finds this information useful.


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That picture cracks me up every time.

Trump got eyes that could see the eclipse.

Trump Trump! Wonder what he was thinking though. The boss has got himself solar eyes, i suppose.

I will love to witness total solar eclipse. It appears it is rare in this part of the world.

Ok have never they say it happens one in a life time right