About 20,000 eclipse chasers have witnessed a rare solar eclipse plunge part of Australia's northwest coast into brief midday darkness under a cloudless sky.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Under a cloudless sky, 20,000 eclipse chasers crowded a tiny outpost to watch a rare solar eclipse plunge part of Australia's northwest coast into brief midday darkness Thursday while temporarily cooling the tropical heat.
"It's only a minute long, but it really felt like a long time. There's nothing else you can see which looks like that. It was just awesome. Spectacular. And then you could see Jupiter and Mercury and to be able to see those at the same time during the day — even seeing Mercury at all is pretty rare. So that was just awesome," Throop added.
"It was very strong and the temperature dropped so much," she added, referring to a sudden 9-degree-Fahrenheit fall in temperature from 84 degrees Fahrenheit when the moon's shadow enveloped the region. "I am still happy to come even though it is cloudy. It is happy to see how people with high enthusiasm come here to see the eclipse, because it is rare," Azzahra said.
"Timor Leste is one of the unique countries where the experience is less humid, less cloudy, so we are expecting a clear sky, that's why many international astronomers wish to converge here. We are hoping that there is going to be a clear sky," Zahri Bin Ahmad, astrophile from the South East Asia Astronomy Network of Brunei said as they waited Thursday."This is a very new natural phenomenon for Timor Leste.
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