A total solar eclipse will occur this November 3, 2013. It is a hybrid eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.0159. Total eclipse will be visible from the northern Atlantic Ocean (east of Florida) to Africa (Gabon (landfall), R. Congo, DR Congo, Uganda), with maximum of 1 minute and 39 seconds visible from the Atlantic Ocean south of Ivory Coast and Ghana. This solar eclipse will happen simultaneously with 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and it will be possible to observe a partial solar eclipse in Abu Dhabi before the sunset while the F1 race take place.
This eclipse is special because it is a hybrid eclipse (also called annular/total eclipse) shifts between a total and annular eclipse. At certain points on the surface of Earth it appears as a total eclipse, whereas at other points it appears as annular. Hybrid eclipses are comparatively rare.
In Abu Dhabi, this rare solar eclipse will last for seconds to minute only. So, for the amateur astronomers and photographers grab your cameras run into cornice side and wait till sunset. The scenery of the sunset will give a beautiful subject plus the magic of the eclipse added.
The group will be gathered near gate 1 (public beach) in cornice.
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