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...this year's complete blotting out of the sun will be visible only in a narrow slice of the Southern Hemisphere.
The spectacle begins at sunrise some 1,200 miles northeast of New Zealand. The moon's shadow will sweep across the South Pacific, darkening skies over the Cook Islands, Easter Island, southern Chile and Argentina. The time of greatest eclipse will occur over open water, lasting 5 minutes and 20 seconds.

Might be a few winterized folks in XI or XII can witness this...
If you're lucky, a partial might be visible in central~northern regions???
Seems it'll be around 1700hrs +/-
Assuming there is no cloud~rain...
But isn't that what happens in southern winter?

What are the chances of a sunny afternoon in Calafate

The best viewing will be from Easter Island and a few lesser known islands near Tahiti. If the weather holds, some lucky folks who made reservations years ago will be treated to 4+ minutes of totality. There is even a tour in Argentina where you can climb a mountain, hike across a glacier, and catch a glimpse of the eclipse just before the sun sets.

Does anyone know whether a partial eclipse will be visible from Santiago? and if it is approximately what time?
Cheers
Tom

twilliamsb wrote:Does anyone know whether a partial eclipse will be visible from Santiago? and if it is approximately what time?

Say what...
You can see the sun~sky in Stgo
But seriously...
subtract about 60-90 minutes from your sunset time...
get up into the hills above the smog...
hope for a reasonably cloud-free western horizon
Actually, a bit of smog might be good...
As the sun sinks into the noxious layers -
It might actually filter it well enough to view the partial with the naked eye

There is even a tour in Argentina where you can climb a mountain, hike across a glacier, and catch a glimpse of the eclipse just before the sun sets.

Hmmm...
An alpine summit, in mid-winter, in Patagonian Argentina...
And they want to see a sunset eclipse...
ROTFL
Perhaps they may see the inside of a cloud... at -15^... with a 70 kmh wind...
And be wishing they were absolutely anywhere else in the world

greg~judy wrote:Hmmm...
An alpine summit, in mid-winter, in Patagonian Argentina...
And they want to see a sunset eclipse...
ROTFL
Perhaps they may see the inside of a cloud... at -15^... with a 70 kmh wind...
And be wishing they were absolutely anywhere else in the world

I believe the price of the glacier eclipse tour was an oh-so-reasonable $6000 US
The fine print gave the probability of cloud cover as 50%.

Video: Solar Eclipse to Darken Easter Island
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/ ... &gt1=42006

Video: What happened to Easter Island's inhabitants?
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/ ... &gt1=42006