Greatest Eclipse: Russia
The eclipse reached the Russian mainland at 10:10 UT, with a path 232 km wide and a duration of 2 minutes 26 seconds. The greatest eclipse occurred shortly after, at 10:21:07 UT at coordinates 65°39′N 72°18′E / 65.650°N 72.300°E / 65.650; 72.300 (close to Nadym), when the path was 237 km wide, and the duration was 2 minutes 27 seconds. Cities in the path of the total eclipse included Megion, Nizhnevartovsk, Strezhevoy, Novosibirsk and Barnaul. Around 10,000 tourists were present in Novosibirsk, the largest city to experience the eclipse.
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The eclipse over Russia, Norway, and the Arctic Ocean as seen from NASA's Terra satellite.
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Partial eclipse from Saratov
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Partial eclipse from Moscow
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Partial eclipse at Novosibirsk, one minute before the total eclipse
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Total eclipse at Novosibirsk
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from Novosibirsk (Akademgorodok) Russia
Read more about this topic: Solar Eclipse Of August 1, 2008
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