13/12/2000
A partial solar eclipse is expected to thrill North Americans on Christmas Eve; In northern Canada, 72 percent will be covered from the sun, and in southern USA 20 percent; The next eclipse to come with Santa Claus: only in 300 years
The residents of North America will receive a special heavenly gift this coming Christmas: on December 25, a partial solar eclipse will be visible in almost all parts of the continent.
Viewers will be able to watch the bites from the sun that will be created as a result of the moon's passage between it and the earth. Dark shadows will also form on the ground. In northern Canada, about 72 percent of the sun will be covered, which will occur around midnight, while in the southern United States only 20 percent of it will be covered. Even in Central America and the Caribbean, it will be possible to glimpse a small solar eclipse, as written in the magazine "Sky and Telescope".
Experts warn those who contract the eclipse against direct viewing of the sun, and claim that this may cause irreversible damage to vision. The experts recommend looking at the eclipse through filters that protect the eye.
The last solar eclipse to occur on December 25 was in 1954, another Christmas eclipse is not expected to occur until 2307.
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