Wikipedia:POTD column/December 27, 2006



The solar eclipse of 1999 August 11, as seen from France. This was the most viewed total eclipse in human history, although some areas offered impaired visibility due to adverse weather conditions. The path of the Moon's shadow began in the Atlantic Ocean, before traversing Cornwall, northern France, southern Germany, Austria, Hungary and northern Serbia .Its maximum was in Romania, and it continued across the Black Sea, Turkey, Iran, southern Pakistan and India.

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