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The July 22, 2009 eclipse is the longest solar eclipse of 21st century. It lasted a maximum of 6 minutes and 39 seconds and can be tatolly seen off the coast of Southeast Asia, particularly in China, India and Nepal. Many tourist have gathered to this country to witness this natural phenomenon.

Not to be surpassed until June 2132, the eclipse was the the second in the series of three eclipses in a one-month period, being book-ended by two minor penumbral lunar eclipses, first on July 7 and last on August 6.

Thousands of pilgrims gathered on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India to experience the eclipse as a religious or spiritual event. Some people expected that there would be a relationship, either positive or negative, between their health and the occurrence of the eclipse. Indian scientists observed the solar eclipse from an Indian Air Force plane

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