Most eclipse watchers are likely to converge on Cape Range National Park in Western Australia, where totality will last for 62 seconds. The next total eclipse on April 20, 2023, will actually be an unusual annular-total, or "hybrid" eclipse, in which along part of the eclipse path an annular or ring eclipse is seen, while along other parts of the eclipse path the eclipse is total.
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My batting average for eclipse success is 84.7%, so I really have little to complain about - but a bitter defeat nonetheless. the very first dating back to July 1972 only my second cloud-out (the first was 44 years ago in Colombia, October 1977). It is nonetheless hard to take, considering how brilliantly sunny our skies were in the two days prior to the eclipse. I knew when I accepted this assignment to work with Captain Garcia and his staff, that the weather odds were long for success based on long-term climate records for this part of the world. Those who had never experienced a total solar eclipse, were impressed by the dramatic darkening of the sky, but for those like myself, who knew what was hidden from our view behind the cloud deck, it was quite disappointing. we gave it our best shot, but unfortunately came up empty. Related: The stages of the 2021 total solar eclipse explainedĬaptain Etienne Garcia, Master of the Le Commandant Charcot, making last-minute course corrections in an attempt to locate a break in the clouds for a view of the total eclipse. The air temperature hovered at around 0C (32F), but factoring in the winds made it feel noticeably colder. No colors were seen and the end of totality seemed more pronounced as the light seemed to come back quicker than it when it faded away.ĭuring totality, it actually began to drizzle very lightly and a few minutes after third contact it actually started to snow lightly. Rather, just an amorphous darkening of the sky - like someone turning down a rheostat or dimmer switch. No distinct shadow or cone of darkness was noted. Whether they were all reacting to the darkening sky is debatable, but certainly a possibility. (Image credit: Joe Rao)Ī number of petrels - tube-nosed seabirds indiginous to this part of the world -were flying and swooping around the ship as the darkness was coming on and we also caught sight of two whales that breached the sea surface alongside our ship. The sky was clouded out, but is considerably darker and lights can be seen shining on the ship's bridge.
The moment of totality of the total solar eclipse of 2021 from the deck of the Le Commandant Charcot in the sea near the coast of Antarctica on Dec.
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