2008 Solar Eclipse Path by Mark Sukhija

By: Mark Sukhija

The 1st August 2008 eclipse will reach a maximum duration of 2 minutes 27 seconds over Russia. The path of the eclipse starts in Nunavut (Canada), the eclipse will continue through Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia and China.

Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC

Title/Description NASA Map
Arctic Canada Yes
Arctic Canada and Greenland Yes
Svalbard & Frans Josef Land Yes
Russia - Noyaya Zemlya Yes
Russia - Nadym Yes
Russia - Central Siberia Yes
Russia - Novosibirsk Yes
China, Russia & Mongolia Yes
China & Mongolia Yes
China (Wuwei) Yes
China (Xian) Yes

Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC Maps were reproduced from NASA. Textual commentary is by Mark Sukhija who is not from NASA.

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About Mark Sukhija

Mark Sukhija is a travel and wine blogger, photographer, tourism researcher, hat-touting, white-shirt-wearing, New Zealand fantatic and eclipse chaser. Aside from at least annual visits to New Zealand, Mark has seen eclipses in South Australia (2002), Libya (2006), China (2009) and Queensland (2012). After twelve years in Switzerland, Mark moved back to London in 2012. You can follow Mark on Twitter or Facebook