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One of the largest groups of people to watch a solar eclipse would have been the penguins in the southern part of the world. There is a large population of spectators.
During a solar eclipse, the moon moves between the sun and Earth so that it casts a shadow on Earth. The sun, moon and Earth were all lined up perfectly for the eclipse. It happened at 2:44 a.m. When the umbra or the dark part of the moon's shadow covers the face of Earth, totality lasted just 1 minute and 54 seconds.
The people who got to see the solar eclipse were located in the center of the moon's shadow at the time it hit Earth, according to NASA. The sky turned dark as the moon's shadow crept across our planet. If you were in the path of the eclipse, you would have seen the corona, the outer atmosphere of the sun. The outer atmosphere is overshadowed by the face of the sun.
The total solar eclipse will be visible from the Union Glacier in Antarctica on December 4, 2021. Credit goes to Felipe Trueba of the Imagesn Chile/AFP.
The sun is almost always in the sky during the summer time of October to February. According to the World Population Review, up to 5,800 humans could have been on and around the continent as researchers and personnel staff. That might sound like a lot of humans on a cold planet, but they are not outnumbered by the waddling birds that live on the bottom of the world. According to the British Antarctic Survey, there are 20 million breeding pairs of penguins.
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During the winter time, penguins can experience temperatures as low as 14 degrees Fahrenheit on the coast and as high as minus 76 F at the highest points in the interior, so they can watch the sky.
Some people outside of Antarctica were treated to a partial solar eclipse because the sun, moon and Earth were not directly lined up. The partial solar eclipse could be seen from parts of SaintHelena, Namibia, Lesotho, South Africa, South Georgia and Sandwich Islands, Crozet Islands, Falkland Islands, and New Zealand.
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