On March 9, 2016, a total solar eclipse can be seen from 12 provinces in Indonesia.
Things that make solar eclipse is special this year, only Indonesia's land area to be traversed by the celestial phenomena, the rest is the Pacific Ocean.
That's why, residents in the area are ready to watch the eclipse passes the seconds when the bright morning suddenly dark as twilight, when the Sun blackened shadow of the Moon.
Thousands of tourists from a number of countries did not miss the rare momentum. They visited a number of areas the country to watch it from the mainland.
However, there is another observation location to watch the solar eclipse 'spectacular'. Namely, in the air.
Those who take a particular flight route will get a special surprise. Because, they get the best position in the world to witness the total solar eclipse.
Not only is this time. The concept fly to see the eclipse phenomenon had never been done before in 1887.
At that time, the Russian inventor named Dimitri Mendeleev, want to watch the eclipse without cloud interference. He also it gave the idea to ride a hot air balloon when such a rare occurrence, as reported by the Daily Mail.
Therefore, recently, astronomers and IT manager in a multinational company France, Xavier Jubier, has made observations on a number of commercial flights to be traversed locations total solar eclipse.
"The best side to view the eclipse (total eclipse phase in the 4th minute and 9 seconds) were in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, east part of Indonesia, where 10 million people are under the track," wrote on its website.
Meanwhile, over the air, Jubier revealed that the flight Honolulu to Jakarta to be the most ideal to watch the solar eclipse.
Flight GA 649 Garuda Indonesia
Garuda Indonesia airline passengers, GA 649 with B737-800NG aircraft that traveled to Jakarta from Ternate became one of the most fortunate.
"If the flight path somewhat modified, passengers can see the total solar eclipse for 2 minutes and 27 seconds on the left side of the plane with the elevation of the Moon at 38 degrees, while it was on the right side of the passenger can watch this phenomenon for 3 minutes 3 seconds," he said.
The opportunity to see the eclipse is also available on domestic flights Alaska Airlines AS870 towards Hawaii, from Anchorage toward Honolulu on March 8, 2016 local time.
"The flight path does not need to be modified, but only his departure that need to be speeded up, about 23 minutes. This could give passengers the opportunity to see a total solar eclipse for 59 seconds on the left side of the plane when the elevation of the Moon at 10 degrees," he wrote.
Personal Flight Paths - Falcon 7X Eclipse
Meanwhile, for those who have more funds, can choose to do a private flight with jet aircraft Dassault Falcon 7X.
During the flight for 80 minutes, passengers can watch a total eclipse for 3 minutes 34 seconds-- when the moon blocking the sun disc.
Through its website, Jubier said, "that passengers can take the second option to take a trip to the western part of Indonesia for 8 hours, to see an eclipse of the sun at 19 degrees."
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