The solar eclipse - live reports

Live updates from the solar eclipse in Asia and the Pacific. In the broadcast from Shanghai, you can see that the sky has turned completely black. The reporter also reports a drop in temperature

Live broadcast of the eclipse from Japan

Later updates - a miracle in the field in the heart of China
The YNET website says that the Israeli delegation was miraculously saved from the typhoons and clouds that covered the Shanghai area, after they moved to a rural area and saw the eclipse from an isolated area. Miraculously, the sky opened about half a minute before the start of the full eclipse phase, and the clouds covered the place shortly after the peak of the eclipse ended.

04:47 The solar eclipse has now finally left the Asian continent, it will continue and reach its peak in the south of Japan, when in some of the remote islands such as Iwo Jima a total eclipse is expected, but not as long as inside the continent. Like any eclipse, it will follow the sun and end with its setting in the Kiribati Islands area in the heart of the Pacific Ocean.

04:40 - Shanghai is dark, according to the appearance on TV, much more than Antalya was in 2006. So clouds on the horizon reflected the sunlight and the horizon looked pink. In the photograph seen on CNN, the sky was completely black, although in the area where the reporter is there are heavy clouds and they cannot see the sun. The reporter also reports a significant decrease in temperature. The time there is 09:40

- 04: 20
The eclipse is moving towards China, and there are already points where it is visible along the course of the Yangtze River. In about ten minutes he will arrive in Shanghai. The weather forecast shown on the CNN network does not bode well for viewers in Shanghai, the largest city in the path of the eclipse.

03:50 - The eclipse in India has ended

At three o'clock the newspaper Times of India reported on the beginning of the eclipse, and on beautiful observations in the city of Varanasi, despite the clouds. The observation is also attended by tourists who flew in chartered planes from Delhi and they will travel a long way next to the eclipse to extend its duration even more. This is also the longest solar eclipse in the 21st century. A similar report about chartered flights along the path of the eclipse was also given by the CNN reporter on one of the islands near Shanghai.

The eclipse peaked at 03:40 a.m. and now continues its path to China. There he will pass along the Yangtze River. About 300 million people live in the path of the eclipse, making it the most observed eclipse in history.

There are also those who study the eclipse from a scientific point of view, even though it seems that they already know everything about the phenomenon. An astronomer from MIT named Richard Binzel will head a team to investigate the event from Shanghai that includes professional astronomers and a group of eclipse chasers. According to him, the long duration of the eclipse will make it possible to study the Sun's corona in depth.

And there is also the cultural aspect. The Indian authorities ordered pregnant women to stay at home so as not to risk it, due to the local belief that the child may have many birthmarks. Even in China there are still those who fear that the dragon will eat the sun. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that the Chinese cabinet has decided to prepare for cases of inconvenience caused to people due to the solar eclipse. The tourism department advised tourists to avoid panicking during the sightings.