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Feature: Chile readies for solar eclipse amid pandemic – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua
SANTIAGO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) — Chileans are preparing for a total solar eclipse that will turn day into night next Monday, amid concerns the rare phenomenon could worsen the country’s already serious COVID-19 pandemic.
The astronomical event will be best seen in southern Chile’s La Araucania and Los Rios regions, a repeat of last year’s solar eclipse, which enthralled Chileans in the north of the country.
Hugo Messias, an astronomer at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the…
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