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All you must know about solar eclipse

August 01, 2008
According to Nehru Planetarium director Rathnasree, the maximum obscuration of the sun will occur at Sibsagar in Assam..

The biggest and last phase of the eclipse will be visible from most parts of the country, except Nagaland and Mizoram, where it ends after sunset, she said.

The southern parts of India will see between 20 to 40 per cent of the sun's diameter while the northern parts of the country will see between 40 to 70 per cent of the sun's diameter.

Image: A combo photograph of the partial solar eclipse.

Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
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