Travel with us to the 2019 Total Solar Eclipse in Chile!
It’s sure to be an intense and emotional experience, and one best shared. So join us for the ultimate experience in travel – a Great South American adventure starring the Great South American Eclipse!
The most arresting and emotional astronomical event of them all, a Total Solar Eclipse will occur for 2 minutes and 18 seconds in the late afternoon of Tuesday, 2 July 2019 above Chile’s Elqui Valley.
This is a rare opportunity to view this celestial wonder – and you can do it all with WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com as your guide!
In conjunction with Grand American Adventures – which offers small group adventures across North, South & Central America – we’re offering three fabulous tours of Chile and Bolivia that culminate in the Elqui Valley, Chile, for guided eclipse viewing. In La Serena, the night before the eclipse, Jamie Carter, editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com will deliver a pre-eclipse briefing.
Carter is a science and travel journalist and author with a passion for eclipses. His articles about solar eclipses and astronomy have appeared in The Telegraph, The Guardian, BBC Sky At Night magazine, Sky & Telescope, Scientific American, All About Space, BBC Focus, Travel+Leisure, and the South China Morning Post.
The next day we’ll head out of town to a dedicated viewpoint in the Elqui Valley, where we can set up camp in prime position. We’ll have the best viewing spot available – weather dependent – and a private vehicle will deliver us to the centerline of the eclipse track. Carter will be on hand to offer advice on the eclipse, solar safety glasses, and will also be conducting some fun experiments by projecting the crescent Sun during the partial phases.
If you want to join any of these trips, please quote WhenIsTheNextEclipse:
Solar Eclipse Chile Explorer (7 days) – Code #S2Z/WhenIsTheNextEclipse
Solar Eclipse Chile & Atacama (9 days) – Code #S1Z/WhenIsTheNextEclipse
Solar Eclipse Chile & Bolivia (12 days) – Code #S3Z/WhenIsTheNextEclipse
Remember, if you want to join any of these trips (Jamie will be on the Solar Eclipse Chile & Bolivia (12 days) tour, please quote WhenIsTheNextEclipse.
So why travel with us to see the Solar Eclipse?
The most arresting and emotional astronomical event of them all, a Total Solar Eclipse will occur for 2 minutes and 18 seconds in the late afternoon of Tuesday, 2 July 2019 above Chile’s Elqui Valley.
This rare celestial event occurs only when a New Moon crosses the Sun as we see it, throwing a Moon-shadow onto the planet. If you stand under the path of that shadow, all of the Sun’s rays will be blocked out for a few minutes, and you’ll experience darkness in the day.
However, under clear skies the few minutes of Totality are about a lot more than darkness. During Totality you can remove your solar safety glasses (which we will provide) to see a mind-blowing ‘hole in the sky’. As you gaze at the Sun’s powerful, pulsing corona visible as a wispy white ring around the edges of the Moon, you’ll see huge explosions on the Sun’s surface. A few minutes later, beads of sunlight pour through the valleys of the Moon as the Sun emerges, eventually causing a jaw-dropping flash of light called the ‘diamond ring’. It’s over, and the adrenalin subsides … with the help of some local Chilean wines from our beautiful surroundings in the Elqui Valley.
In Chile, the Totality occurs at 16:38pm, just over an hour before sunset, so you’ll comfortably view Totality about 15 degrees above the western horizon. Even better, the Moon will appear to ‘kiss’ the Sun goodbye at 17:56, the precise point of sunset.
It’s sure to be an intense and emotional experience, and one best shared. So join us for the ultimate experience in travel – a Great South American adventure starring the Great South American Eclipse!
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