Longest Annular Solar Eclipse of the Millennium January 15, 2010

This is the longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium, and the longest until December 23, 3043, with a maximum length of 11 mins and 7.8 seconds. (The solar eclipse of January 4, 1992 was longer, at 11 minutes, 41 seconds, occurring in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

After 108 years it just Happened.

Sounion, Greece. Jan. 15, 2010




Manila Philippines


Manila Bay, Philippines


Dehkade, Karaj, Iran


Weishan Lake, Shandong, China


Bangalore, Karnataka, India


Bükk mountains of Hungary


Degania A, Israel


Lijiang, China


Kerman, Iran


Sizihwan, Kaoshung City, Taiwan


Esfahan, Iran


Solar eclipse Jan 15, 2010 in Chiang Mai, Thailand


A view of a partial solar eclipse over Gaza City.


Bagan, Myanmar


Rawalpindi, Pakistan A crescent on the minaret of a mosque is reflected in the eclipse


Kaifeng, China


Bangkok, Thailand The moon starts its path across the sun, obscuring a portion of it.


Nairobi, Kenya


The best place to view the eclipse from India is Dhanushkodi in Pamban Island off Tamil Nadu coast.


Best Place to watch the eclipse of 2010 in India: Dhanushkodi in Pamban Island off Tamil Nadu coast


Solar eclipse 2010 in India on Jan 15, Fire Ring event once in a blue moon

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