Members of the Astronomical Society of Seltjarnanes, the astronomy website Stjörnufræðivefurinn, and Hótel Rangá have begun to distribute roughly 52,000 eclipse glasses to Icelandic school children. The glasses will allow the children and their teachers to safely view the solar eclipse that will occur on Friday next week. The magnificent phenomena can be viewed in Iceland and is the first solar eclipse visible from the country in 61 years.
Read more: Hótel Rangá is one of the best places for star gazing
School children who attend Rimaskóli, located in the Reykjavík suburb of Grafarvogur, told Morgunblaðið's news reporters that they were very excited, yet little fearful, for the event.
Read more: A near-total solar eclipse will be visible from Iceland on March 20th
The near-total eclipse will begin at 8.38 am, when the Moon touches the Sun’s edge. The maximum eclipse will occur at 09.37 (9.37 am). According to the website Astronomynow.com the Moon’s umbra will “race across the North Atlantic Ocean at supersonic speed, narrowly skirting the south-eastern corner of Iceland and making landfall at only two places – the Faroe Islands and the Svalbard archipelago.”
Members of the Astronomical Society of Seltjarnanes, the astronomy website Stjörnufræðivefurinn, and Hótel Rangá have begun to distribute roughly 52,000 eclipse glasses to Icelandic school children. The glasses will allow the children and their teachers to safely view the solar eclipse that will occur on Friday next week. The magnificent phenomena can be viewed in Iceland and is the first solar eclipse visible from the country in 61 years.
Read more: Hótel Rangá is one of the best places for star gazing
School children who attend Rimaskóli, located in the Reykjavík suburb of Grafarvogur, told Morgunblaðið's news reporters that they were very excited, yet little fearful, for the event.
Read more: A near-total solar eclipse will be visible from Iceland on March 20th
The near-total eclipse will begin at 8.38 am, when the Moon touches the Sun’s edge. The maximum eclipse will occur at 09.37 (9.37 am). According to the website Astronomynow.com the Moon’s umbra will “race across the North Atlantic Ocean at supersonic speed, narrowly skirting the south-eastern corner of Iceland and making landfall at only two places – the Faroe Islands and the Svalbard archipelago.”
