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Travel to Turkey for the 2006 Total Solar Eclipse
Kriss Hammond
Wednesday March 29th 2006 will be a very special day in Turkey. Shortly before
two o'clock in the afternoon local time an eerie darkness will descend across
the land. Birds will begin to roost and streetlights will flicker on as the
sun slips behind the moon in the first European total solar eclipse this millennium.
Standing in the path of a total solar eclipse is a dramatic and awe-inspiring
experience. To watch the light fade from the sky and to see the last fiery wisps
of the sun's disk be engulfed by the black moon is a stunning spectacle that
stays with you forever. Adding to the thrill is the fact that the path of a
total solar eclipse beats a track through Europe very rarely. The last was in
1999 when the path of totality passed through Cornwall (SW England); the next
will be in 2026 when totality touches Northern Spain.
The eclipse begins across Turkey at around 12:45 in the afternoon, more than
an hour before totality is reached. These early stages of the eclipse will go
largely unnoticed. It is not until some 25 minutes before totality, when the
sun's disk is more than half-covered, that it becomes noticeable that the light
is fading. The ensuing half an hour is then nothing short of magical.
At t-minus 20 minutes the air is filled with the sounds of birds settling down
for the night. A chill starts to circulate in the air and although the sun shines
high in the sky, an eerie gloom reminiscent of a dull winter's afternoon establishes
itself. The light only fades slowly at first, but with 5 minutes to go the onset
of darkness becomes ever more apparent. By this time the birds have gone quiet
and little in the way of daytime wildlife stirs. In the last minute the light
falls more rapidly as if it were late twilight, and with only seconds to go
a huge dark shadow sweeps in at speed engulfing you in almost complete darkness,
although the horizon all around you appears lighter. Looking at the sun, wisps
of fire can be seen around the dark disk; close-by stars shine out from an ink-black
background. Then, all too soon, the sun reappears in a dazzling display and
totality is over.
For the best views of the total solar eclipse in Turkey, you'll need to locate
yourself in the path of totality - a 100-mile wide swathe of darkness that runs
northeastwards from Antalya on the Mediterranean coast to Samsun on the Black
Sea. Outside this zone the eclipse will still be visible, but it will never
reach totality.
International travelers should arrange their flights into Istanbul from where
internal flights to Ankara and Antalya can be caught. The path of totality crosses
the land to the south of Ankara and can be reached in less than an hour by hire
care from the airport. Car rental can be booked in advance for pick-up at Antalya,
Ankara or Istanbul airport through http://www.your-carhire.com
About the Author
Seb Jay is a professional copywriter specializing in the creation of original
web content for http://www.your-carhire.com
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