Acknowledgments

Information on these pages is gleaned from many eclipse sites all over the world.  Thanks to them, and especially to Fred Espenak of the Goddard Space Flight Center.  Fred has unarguably the best eclipse resource on the Internet - be sure to visit his page. Click here to go there in a new window.

Please feel free to e-mail me with any comments or criticisms.  Also, if you want any further information on the eclipses of 2001 & 2002, e-mail me.

All artwork for the Africlipse Logos on this web site are by kind favour of good  friends at Online Advertising,  Click here to e-mail them!

The Total Solar Eclipse of 2002 December 4

The total solar eclipse of 04 December 2002 will start at Sunrise close to the equator at the Greenwich Meridian and the early morning path of totality will traverse the Atlantic Ocean, making it’s first landfall Angola, followed by the very south western tip of Zambia,  Botswana, Zimbabwe, the Northern Province of South Africa (including the northern part of the world-famous Kruger National Park), and Mozambique.  The eclipse will then sweep across the South Indian Ocean and make its next landfall in the great Australian Bight, ending at Sunset in the middle of the Australian outback.  The maximum duration of this eclipse is 2 min 4 sec, which is fairly short for a solar eclipse which can have a maximum duration of only 7.5 minutes.  The umbral shadow will cover mainly sparsely populated areas.  In contrast with the 2001 Eclipse, good vehicular access is possible to all parts of the African path from Botswana onwards.  Good possibilities exist for those determined to see the second total solar eclipse of the new millennium.

Umbral path and limits of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2002 December 04

Map graphics generated using Wineclipse Ver 1.5 from Heinz Scsibrany.

Greater detail of the eclipse path through Africa is shown below.

For a global projection of the eclipse path, click here (126 KB).

 More Information

Full details of this eclipse can be found at Fred Espenak´s special site devoted entirely to this eclipse. http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/TSE2002/TSE2002.html

A .gif animation of this eclipse is at http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/TSE2002/T02animate.html.  The place to be is right underneath the moving black dot!

The Great African Safari

While in Africa, don´t lose sight of the wonderful opportunities to take in Africa´s greatest experience - the SAFARI!.  There are many establishments catering to this market, but some are better than others.  Click here for a selection of the better safari lodges in the region.

[Safari!] [Maps of 2002 path]

World Maps of African Eclipses from 2001 -2030

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