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Partial Solar Eclipse of 2018 August 11
in Russia, China, Mongolia, Greenland or Scandinavia

This partial solar eclipse will be mainly visible from Russia and in particular northeastern Siberia in order to get an interesting magnitude. About six months later in the middle of the Siberian winter another partial with a similar magnitude will occur at the Pole of Cold. This is a unique opportunity for some extreme adventure.
The master plan is to observe the first partial from Yakutsk in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), and then to scout for the second partial which will occur under temperatures likely below -50°C (-60F).

You can use this solar eclipse calculator to compute the local circumstances of the eclipse. A time exposure calculator is there to help you choose your camera settings.

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Eclipse circumstances	Map with semi-duration curves	Cloud cover in August (courtesy of Jay Anderson)	Eclipse animation
The sky was partly cloudy on eclipse day, so staying in town made sense. Moreover being able to observe from a high point, the rooftop of the Azimut Polar Star hotel, was great because this eclipse was occuring late afternoon and ending at sunset. Getting access to the rooftop required a special authorization, this type of demand raising a lot of questions… At the beginning I had a security guard looking after me, but he decided to leave as soon as he saw I had everything under control ;-) and I even managed to come back at night and the next day :D 2018 August 11 partial solar eclipse at maximum from Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), northeastern Siberia, Russia
Map of the 2018 August 11 partial solar eclipse from Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), northeastern Siberia, Russia
360-degree panorama from the Azimut Polar Star Hotel during the eclipse in Yakutsk
2018 August 11 partial solar eclipse seventeen minutes after maximum from Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), northeastern Siberia, Russia
The night after the eclipse noctilucent clouds were well visible, ditto during the flight to Yakutsk. Noctilucent clouds from Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), northeastern Siberia, Russia
And now a few pictures of this short 5-day trip. The air service by Aeroflot in Business class was flawless and the crews were really looking after you. As often on those trips you meet interesting people, even during the flights.
Seated in the Airbus 321 to Moscow (SVO)	Welcome drink	Cold starter: trout	Main course: salmon
Ready for landing at Sheremetyevo airport (SVO)	Next flight to Yakutsk (third row middle)	Rublev lounge at Sheremetyevo 2 airport (SVO)	At Sheremetyevo 2 gate for flight to Yakutsk (YKS)
Seated in the Boeing 737 to Yakutsk (YKS)	Planning my next adventure in Siberia	Nearly midway on this 6.5-hour flight to Yakutsk (YKS)	Approaching Yakutsk (YKS)
Preparing for landing above the majestic Lena river	Dassault Falcon 7X private jet at Yakutsk airport (YKS)	Our B737 at gate in Yakutsk (YKS)	Diamonds on sale at Yakutsk airport (YKS)
On the way to my hotel in Yakutsk with my driver	7th floor room at the Azimut Polar Star hotel	Woolly mammoth and its cub on the hotel’s 1st floor	Stormy afternoon with street flooding in Yakutsk
Mammoth museum entrance in Yakutsk	Mammoth skull and tusks	Mammoth skeleton	Woolly mammoth
180-degree panorama inside the mammoth museum in Yakutsk
Melnikov Permafrost Institute in Yakutsk	Entrance of the Kingdom of Permafrost in Yakutsk	Underground tunnels inside the Kingdom of Permafrost	Ice sculptures at the Kingdom of Permafrost
Entrance tickets of the Diamond museum and Kingdom of Permafrost	Monument to Petr Beketov in Yakutsk	Monument to Petr Beketov in Yakutsk	Monument to the Fallen in World War I in Yakutsk
Yakutsk 180-degree panorama looking west
Yakutsk 180-degree panorama looking east
Visitor street sign for monuments in Yakutsk	Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Yakutsk	Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Yakutsk	Holy Transfiguration Cross and Beketov Memorial in Yakutsk
Sculpture of the fortified outpost of Yakutsk	Gradoyakutskiy Saint Nicholas church in Yakutsk	Pushkin Drama Theater in Yakutsk	Lenin statue in Yakutsk
Yakutsk 100-degree panorama of the Beketoc Memorial, Holy Transfiguration Cathedral and Monument to the Fallen of WWI
Healthy breakfast in Yakutsk	Noctilucent clouds from the hotel in Yakutsk	Airport terminal in Yakutsk	VIP check-in at Yakutsk airport
Bye bye Yakutsk, next time will be January 2019 during the Siberian winter!