Maps and Figures

Animation of totality trackAnimated representation of the point of totality as it swept across the globe from the tip of Brazil to Mongolia. The view at 10:35 has the spot the nearest to our location.

( Animation derived from sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html
with information from
www.mreclipse.com )
The track of the eclipse as it crossed northern Africa. We were sited at the yellow spot (near the centre of the map), just west of the Libya/Egypt border, at a barren point in the desert called Bi'r al Awyan.

( Map derived from www.eclipse2006.boun.edu.tr )		Track of totality
Latitude30deg 57min 26sec N
Longitude24deg 16min 59sec E
Time of maximum eclipse12:37:46
Duration of totality3min 59.75sec
Altitude of sun62.35deg
First contact11:17:47
Second contact12:35:46
Third contact12:39:46
Fourth contact13:57:58
The details of the duration and timing of the eclipse from the spot at which we viewed it. First contact is when the moon just touches the sun, totality proper lasts from second contact to third contact, and fourth contact is when the moon finally leaves the sun's disc. (all times are local: GMT+2)
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