The Maldives hosting the greatest gathering of pendulum specialists ever

The longest lasting annular solar eclipse of the millenium will occur on 15th January 2010. In fact, this will be the longest annular eclipse until the year 3043!
The Maldive Islands will receive a longer period of eclipse than any other country with over 10 minutes and 50 seconds of annularity.
During solar eclipses, there have been [...]

January 15th 2010, Solar Eclipse viewing, Maldives

DATE: Friday, 15 January 2010
TIME: 10:00 – 14:30
LOCATION:  Back of Dharubaaruge, (Usfasgandu)

The longest lasting annular solar eclipse of this millennium will occur on 15 January 2010. It will also be the longest annular eclipse until the year 3043. It is not only the longest Annular eclipse, but also the longest solar eclipse for the next ten centuries, [...]

Announcement: Ordering eclipse viewing glass

The Maldives Science Society has a limited stock of special eclipse viewing glasses which we are putting up for sale to the public at a special price of MRF 35 MRF 80. If you wish to purchase this eclipse glasses please fill the eclipse glass order form. MSS will contact you sometime this week to [...]

Ten Minutes of Perspective – The longest lasting annular solar eclipse of this millennium

The annular solar eclipse (also known as a ring-formed eclipse) occurs when only a ring of the sun can still be seen around the edge of the moon. This happens when the moon’s orbit is farther away from the Earth than average, making it appear too small to cover the sun completely.