Introduction
On Thursday, 1998 February 26, a total eclipse of the Sun will
be visible from within a narrow corridor which traverses the Western
Hemisphere. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in the
Pacific, continues through northern South America and the Caribbean
Sea (Figure 3),
and ends at sunset off the Atlantic coast of Africa.
A partial eclipse will be seen within the much broader path of
the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes parts of the United
States and eastern Canada, Mexico, Central America and the northern
half of South America
(Figures 1 and
2).
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