Rare Midnight Solar Eclipse in the Arctic

[bradl]

This one flew in under the radar. Hopefully some users here in the Scandinavian region may have some other pictures to show. Either way, I just posted this to /., so hopefully it gets picked up.

Wired Magazine has an article posted regarding a solar eclipse occurring overnight in the Arctic and Scandinavian regions over the night of June 1st and 2nd. They explain:

During the Arctic summer, the sun dips low on the horizon but never sets. That means a solar eclipse is theoretically possible at any time. But this week’s eclipse was the first visible from Scandinavia since 2000, and the deepest since 1985. The next one won’t be for another 73 years.

NASA has the details, while NPR also has a small blurb on it, with Tromsø, Norway resident Rhys Jones adding some pictures to Flikr, and SpaceWeather putting together a gallery.

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[Eclipse278]

Astronomy Picture of the Day just had a wonderful picture of it.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110603.html

 

[Gav2k]

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http://www.twirlit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Solar-Eclipse-2011.jpg