The Science of the Canary Islands Rises to 10,000 Meters to Pursue the Total Eclipse of the Sun
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A team from EL PAÍS travels on the special flight of Iberia in which it has been possible to see how La Luna completely covered the Sun at 10,000 meters high on a sea of clouds
The next 12th of August will take place a total solar eclipse that will cross the Iberian peninsula and that will barely last minute and a half (at best). For that small moment in which the Moon will stand perfectly between us and our star, suddenly turning the day into night, there are those who have been preparing for years. Among them is Miquel Serra-Ricart, scientific director of Light Bridges and researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica d…
Another view that from an airplane will be unique during this phenomenon is that of the shadow of the moon, which will advance at great speed on the ground and clouds
Astronomer Miquel Serra-Ricart, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), will be part of the scientific mission that will follow from an Iberia plane the phenomenon
The Spanish airline Iberia has organized a special flight to observe, at more than 10,000 meters of altitude, the total eclipse of the sun of this Wednesday, [...]
Their seat is one of the most coveted; they have the spectacle assured because they will have left the clouds under their feet. Only one thing will stand between them and the eclipse, which they will see in the front row: the safety on board the plane, which remains the priority of every pilot even though it is being done overnight. Air Nostrum rider Raúl Fernández explains in an interview with EFE that, although not many will be the lucky ones …
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