Total solar eclipse

Indonesia is one country that will be passed Total Solar Eclipse in some areas on March 9, 2016 which is expected to be a lot of local and foreign tourists to enjoy the natural beauty that will happen again in 250 years.

"Extreme weather events, it is very lagka and beautiful so we will pack into something that is interesting to be able to bring in foreign and local tourists, let alone the total solar eclipse that next year will only happen in Indonesia," said Coordinating Minister for maritime Indroyono Susilo told reporters, Tuesday.

According to him, natural phenomena exotic total solar eclipse (GMT) will be passing through the area, namely Palembang (with a maximum of 1 minute 52 seconds), Billiton (2 minutes 10 seconds), Balikpapan (1 min 9 sec), Luwuk (2 minutes 50 seconds), Sampit (2 minutes 8 seconds), Palu (2 minutes 4 seconds), Ternate (2 minutes 39 seconds), Bangka (2 minutes 8 seconds), Palngkaraya (2 minutes 29 seconds), Poso (2 minutes 40 seconds), and Halmahera (1 min 36 sec).

Partial solar eclipse can also be enjoyed in Padang (95.43 percent), Bandung (88.76 percent), Denpasar (76.53 percent), Kupang (65.49 percent), Surabaya (83.08 percent), Banjarmasin (98 percent), Manado (96.66 per cent), Jakarta (88.76 percent), Pontianak (92.96 percent), Makassar (88.54 percent) and Ambon (86.90 percent).

"Finally, a natural phenomenon that has ever happened and passed through Indonesia occurred 30 years ago, on June 11, 1983 and will happen again in 250 years to come," he said.

Besides Indonesia eclipse that will take place in the morning when the sun rose from the eastern horizon, he said, a total solar eclipse will cross the Pacific Ocean.

"The order certainly hope that local governments and agencies GMT traversed w

Lapan said the head of Thomas Jamaluddin, a solar eclipse occurs when the moon disc cover most or all of the disk of the sun and the appearance of the eclipse depends on the distance of the moon, sun and observation positions.

"Total solar eclipse or GMT only be observed from the umbra shadow crossed the sun, while the partial solar eclipse (GMS) can be seen from some other areas," he said.

Of scientific research, he said, during a century-20 (1900-1999) has occurred 224 and 224 lunar eclipse solar eclipse and some of them can be seen from Indonesia, one of which on June 11, 1983.
isata could exploit this natural phenomenon as possible to attract tourists as much as possible, "the minister said.