{"id":4817,"date":"2023-04-23T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/?p=4817"},"modified":"2023-04-23T08:02:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T08:02:07","slug":"eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/travel\/eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eclipse that came to Kosrae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;re always plenty of things to do in Kosrae, but there was one event last week that eclipsed all others.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"37\" height=\"37\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smile.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-406\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>On Thursday afternoon April 20, for the first time in recorded history, Kosrae experienced a total solar eclipse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the totality path of this eclipse crossed a lot of empty ocean, few people witnessed this rare <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solar_eclipse#Types\" target=\"_blank\">hybrid eclipse<\/a>.  Besides Kosrae, this eclipse was only visible on Australia\u2019s Northwest Cape, the east end of Timor Leste, and part of Indonesian Papua.  Although other islands in Micronesia observed a partial eclipse, they saw nothing as impressive as what we saw on Kosrae.  And yes, thankfully, Kosrae had reasonably clear skies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EclipsePath.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EclipsePath-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EclipsePath-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EclipsePath-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EclipsePath-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EclipsePath.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>To experience this extraordinary event, the College of Micronesia and the government of Kosrae jointly coordinated an Eclipse Cruise.  About 70 people boarded eight boats to cruise five miles south of Kosrae in order to witness Totality.  At 5.2\u00b0N latitude, we were exactly in the middle of the path of the moon&#8217;s umbra as it swept across the ocean at 800+ mph.  We were not disappointed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please watch this 10 minute video to see what an amazing and unforgettable adventure this was for everyone involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Total solar eclipse, Kosrae, FSM April 20, 2023\" width=\"910\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U5THAsNtXLU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As an encore to this spectacular solar eclipse, there will be a lunar eclipse on the night of May 5-6.  Although not as dramatic as a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse can be viewed by everyone on the night side of the earth.  The lunar eclipse of May 5-6 will be visible in eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, Indonesia &#8230; and Kosrae &#8212; at 4:00 am.  (The College of Micronesia is not planning a 4:00 am field trip for the lunar eclipse!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Witnessing a total solar eclipse at sea is a real highlight of my visit to Kosrae.  Now, I have only three more weeks on this beautiful, peaceful, friendly island.  Between now and then, I&#8217;ll submit final grades, pack my bags, hug all the wonderful people here and post one more set of photos about Kosrae.  When I go to the airport on May 15, I won&#8217;t be saying &#8220;goodbye.&#8221;  I&#8217;ll say &#8220;osun!&#8221;  (see you again!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;re always plenty of things to do in Kosrae, but there was one event last week that eclipsed all others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4817"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4838,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817\/revisions\/4838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}