According to NASA, this morning from 5:28am to about 7:40am, the moon would cast its shadow over the sun creating an eclipse that could be seen in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. In some areas in India - Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar - a total solar eclipse would be visible for six minutes and 39 seconds. But here in Orissa, we would only be able to see a partial eclipse.
We had heard that the peak of the eclipse would be from 6:26 to 6:30. So even though we had a late night last night, we set our alarms for 6am for what was billed as the longest solar eclipse that we would be able to see in our lifetimes.
After some small hiccups, including waking up the warden to unlock the gates of the nunnery and walking around in circles trying to figure out which way was east, we found the best place possible to watch the eclipse. Unfortunately,the best place possible had some buildings obstructing our view, but it wasn't a big deal. The big deal came around 6:20 when we noticed dark storm clouds coming towards us - completely eclipsing our eclipse.
More than a little disappointed, we made our way back to the hostel and climbed back into our respective beds for a few more hours of sleep.
"Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can do - a total eclipse of the heart"
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I was getting ready to be so jealous, but now I'm really bummed that you missed it.
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