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USEFUL INFORMATION EVyT: SPEAK EASY TRAVEL - legajo N°17778. © Esencia Travel
The Phenomenon ECLIPSE Our planet mainly performs 2 movements with 2 certainly marked consequences, rotation and revolution. - It is said that it ROTATES when every twenty-four hours it turns on its axis, consequently we perceive day and night. - We say that it REVOLVES when it orbits around the Sun delaying a year, causing the seasons of the year and the change of what we see in the night sky. The Earth’s natural satellite Moon performs a complete cycle of revolution or sidereal period around the Earth every 27.32 days, and has a synchronous rotation that makes it always “look” at us with the same Lunar face. According to the situation of the Moon with respect to the Sun and the Earth throughout this sidereal period it is perceived from the Earth as Moon Faces.
ECLIPSES
Why are they so rare?
To understand why eclipses don’t happen all the time, it TERMS
is needed to understand the orbital planes of the Earth
and the Moon.
Conditions are favorable for eclipses when
The Earth revolves around the sun in an imaginary plane the Moon is on the line of intersection of its orbit
called the ecliptic plane, very similar to the orbital plane with the plane of Earth’s orbit.
of all the other planets in the Solar System. The Moon
instead orbits in another plane inclined at about 5.2º with
respect to the Earth’s ecliptic plane. When both planes
coincide, at an intersection called the Line of Nodes, we
have a greater chance of eclipses occurring on Earth.
There is cyclically something like a season of eclipses
but they do not always happen and infrequently the luck
of being able to see it from your place in this World is
repeated.
Eclipse Types
MOON
When the Moon is hidden in the shadow cone, or the - It is visible if when the eclipse occurs and you are on the TERMS
umbra, that Earth projects. dark side (night) anywhere on Earth.
- As a result, the Moon hides for a moment, darkens, - This is an eclipse much more frequent and easier to Once the 3 stars are in
dying into a total lunar eclipse under the red light that observe. the Line of Nodes, various
the Earth’s atmosphere generates when sunlight pass- phenomena can happen
es through it. with the shadow of the Earth
or that of the Moon, eclipses
of the Sun or Moon.
Eclipse Types
SUN
By pure astronomical coincidence from Earth, the moon - It gets dark almost like night, Planets and stars begin to
and the sun are perceived with the same size, or have, be seen in the sky, some animals confuse their habits,
as we properly say, the same “apparent size”, this means the temperature drops, and without a doubt the skin of
that when the moon comes before the sun, it completely those who are right in that place bristles.
hides it in the case of total eclipses like the one we will
see in 2020. - They are visible only to people who are under that
shadow cone (Umbra) at that precise moment, so the
- This shadow quickly passes through the earth project- search for the precise place, this time we have it in our
ing a circle of about 90.4 km in diameter that travels Patagonia
from West to East at about 0.666km/s or easier: it trav-
els at about 2400km/h.
What is a total eclipse of the sun?
An unusual phenomenon
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes right between Earth and the Sun, causing the Moon to
partially or totally block sunlight, casting its shadow on Earth and darkening the day for a few minutes.
Sun eclipses are not too frequent. At any specific place on Earth, a total solar eclipse occurs on average
every 400 years1 or so. And it only lasts a few minutes.
PATAGONIA ECLIPSE 2020: Highlights (why us?) WHEN & WHERE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
• Best location spot in the center of the shadow trace. December 14, we chose two sites both located right in
• Low clouds or rain, perfect weather conditions in Dic. the exact middle of the trace that the Lunar Umbra will
Dec 14th 2020
• Glamping & Camping options in the best private farm carry out on the earth, this is calculated accurately and
in the area. shown by applications that combine simulations, maps LON: 70º 04’ 52” O, LAT: 39ª 49’ 32” S
• We have the most qualified astro guides team. and GPS to be able to predict and be in the right place. DUR: 2m 08s - Mag: 1,025 0 sc (%):100
• Super Clear and Dark sky for Stargazing (under the A location is north of Piedra del Aguila at a small village
stars program). called Santo Tomas, 3 hs by bus from Bariloche, san Eclipse begins: 11h 45m 12s 61.5º 63º
• After and before eclipse Activities and lectures. martin or Villa la Angostura Total eclopse begins: 13h 07m 40s 72.5º 21º
• Activities and recreation experiences in the same site Total eclipse: 13h 08m 44s 72.6º 20º
or near. Let’s imagine if the shadow cast is a circle, the place Total eclipse ends: 13h 09m 48s 72.6º 20º
• High elevation eclipse at noon 72º almost above our where the eclipse will last the longest will be on the exact Eclipse ends: 14h 35m 42s 69.1º 318º
heads. center violet line of that pink stripe on the map. That’s why
• Excellent nomad gourmet gastronomy. Our private Eclipse site it´s so perfect!
“La Fortaleza”, Our exclusive eclipse site, is an old farm-
house that combines its own services with our luxury ad-
ditions to combine, perfect place with perfect position,
surrounded by poplars that avoid unwanted winds, the
place has a firm flat ground that allows guests of all kinds
of profiles to pass through it without losing the rusticity of
the Patagonian steppe.MOMENTS
OF AN ECLIPSE
The event starts when the moon “touches the sun” and - Little by little hides the moon from the sun until the be-
begins to cover it till totality, we have the summit of the ginning of totality, SECOND CONTACT (2 min totality)
astronomical event and then we will see the moon go
slowly, until we see the sun in its entirety again. - The whole lasts until with the THIRD CONTACT begins
to discover the Sun and when the Moon finishes trans-
- They are called contacts (visual apparent, of course) iting in front of the sun an hour and 23 minutes later we
when the moon “touches” the sun and begins to hide fear the FOURTH CONTACT that marks the end of the
it, this is FIRST CONTACT (1h 23m to total) astronomical event.Our Sustainability Core Values
Circular Economy: We apply and
support this business model: re-duce,
re-use, re-cycle, because we hardly
Carbon Footprint: Our commitment believe in this long term model.
on generating a lower carbon footprint
with internal environmental policies
in all our programs.
Environmental Impact
Reduction: We separate waste
products, recycle wine bottles, have
our own orchard and compost,
“Km 0” Policy: We use agri-food
our offices have a low impact
goods grown in each region we work
architecture, we provide our guests
at, supporting local productions where
with recyclable water bottles and
the aftermath has this added value in
we measure our expenses in every
quality and freshness.
activity so we can apply our Carbon
Footprint policy.
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