This is your chance to see not only an amazing solar phenomenon but also to view it from the spectacular Perito Moreno National Park in Patagonia, Argentina.
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Perito Moreno National Park, Patagonia, Argentina
Part of the larger Patagonia area, Perito Moreno is famed for its diverse landscapes, including a 100 square-mile glacier and high basaltic plateaus, plus an array of wildlife, such as the endangered Andean condor and guanacos, a wild cousin to llamas.
Throughout the week leading up to the event, Parque Patagonia will be hosting events, ranging from scientific presentations to telescope demonstrations, in the park itself and in the towns of Perito Moreno, Los Antiguos, and Lago Posadas (where there are also options for camping and lodging). Visitors can also explore the Cañadón Pinturas Gateway, with more than 20 miles of nature trails, and Cueva de las Manos Provincial Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site with an impressive collection of 8,000-year-old rock art. El Calafate Airport is the closest airport—there are daily three-hour flights from Buenos Aires.
The October solar eclipse will occur here between approximately 4 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. local time, and the maximum eclipse will take place at around 5:25 p.m.
Easter Island will make for a dramatic setting to view the upcoming solar eclipse.
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Easter Island, Chile
Rapa Nui National Park is on Chile’s Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. The UNESCO World Heritage site is renowned for the enormous stone statues known as moai. Carved by the island’s early inhabitants, who had come from Polynesia between the 13th and 16th centuries, the statues represent their ancestors and are scattered throughout the park. The entire island is within the eclipse’s path, although the duration will differ depending on where you’re located. At Ana o Heu, the northernmost point, it will last 5 minutes and 59 seconds, while the eclipse will be visible for 6 minutes and 28 seconds at Orongo, the most southerly point. Rapa Nui is a five-hour flight from Santiago, Chile. Organizations like Sky & Telescope and Eclipse Traveler offer tours for those who would rather not travel independently.
The event will begin at around 12:23 p.m. and will ends at approximately 3:52 p.m. on October 2, with the maximum coverage of the sun occurring at 2:07 p.m.
Upcoming eclipses
Mark your calendars. After the October 2024 event, the next annular solar eclipses will occur on February 17, 2026 (in Antarctica); February 6, 2027 (in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria); January 26, 2028 (in the Galápagos Islands, mainland Ecuador, Brazil, French Guiana, Portugal, Morocco, and Spain); and June 1, 2030 (in Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Türkiye, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, and Japan). The next total solar eclipse, which will be visible in Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia, and a small area of Portugal, will occur on August 12, 2026.
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