10] TOMORROW'S SOLAR ECLIPSE WILL BE PARTIALLY VISIBLE FROM GREECE
Thessaloniki, 30 May 2003 (17:03 UTC+2)
The dawn tomorrow will be very impressive as the first solar eclipse of the year will be partially visible from Greece by 60%. This means that a part of the sun will be covered by the moon. The phenomenon will be visible from Greece if weather allows, given the fact that it will be partly cloudy between 6 and 7 am tomorrow morning.
Assistant Physics Professor at Thessaloniki's Aristotle University Mr. Varvoglis stated to Athens newspaper TO VIMA, that the people living in northern Greece will be fortunate to watch about 60% of the solar disc being covered by the moon. The percentage of the solar disc surface to be covered by the moon will be smaller in the southern part of Greece. Mr. Varvoglis stated that Greece will be among the countries that will have the rare opportunity to enjoy a total solar eclipse in March 2006 which will be 100% visible from the southern Aegean island of Kastelorizo.
The countries to enjoy tomorrow's spectacle in its totality will be Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. The people living in those countries will be able to watch an impressive annular solar eclipse namely, the effect will be that of a thin rim of the sun's disc around the outline of the moon.
http://www.hri.org/news/greek/mpab/2003/03-05-30.mpab.html#10
[GR] http://www.astrovox.gr/eclipse2006.html
