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This eclipse took place outside of Russia, but for the first time for its observation mission was organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences, headed by O.V.Struve in Spain. The band of the total phase began in North America, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the Mediterranean coast of Africa and ended in Egypt. Maximum bandwidth - 198 km and duration - 3 min. 38 seconds (in the Atlantic).
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 Total solar eclipse, 1860. Series of images of the Sun during the totality of a total solar eclipse. The disc of the Moon is covering the disc of the Sun so that only the Sun's corona (atmosphere) is visible. This photograph, taken by the British astronomer Warren de la Rue, proved that the flares around an eclipse were solar in origin. The moment of totality lasts for only a few minutes. Total solar eclipses usually occur less than once a year and can only be seen from a small area of the Earth's surface. Photographed in Spain on 18th July 1860.

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