Overseas Vietnamese describe the moment they saw a “once in a hundred years” solar eclipse with their own eyes.

The total solar eclipse on April 8 in North America is considered one of the largest and most impressive solar eclipses in hundreds of years.

According to NASA, it is estimated that 31.6 million people living within the path of this total solar eclipse, significantly more than the 12 million people of the 2017 total solar eclipse.

Vu Anh Phuong (28 years old) and Her husband, Chance Clark (27 years old), lives in Indiana (USA), witnessed a once-in-a-hundred-year total solar eclipse.”

According to Anh Phuong, more than a million people have flocked to Indianapolis (the capital city of the state of Indiana) to admire this phenomenon. When Phuong and her husband drove from the city center, they saw a traffic jam with vehicles from other localities coming in.

Around 3:00 p.m. (local time) the sun was hot. But after just a few minutes, the whole sky was as dark as night when the Moon covered the Sun and the cicadas chirped for about 5 minutes.

This is probably the most interesting natural phenomenon I have ever seen “I feel so lucky to see this scene,” the Vietnamese girl said, saying that the next total solar eclipse will take place in 2044 (20 years later) but in another state of the US.

Meanwhile, Quyen Le (living in Toronto, Canada) also shared many solar moments total eclipse on social media accounts.

I’m lucky to see a total solar eclipse for the second time in my life because I know this is a super rare natural phenomenon,” Quyen said.</p >

When she was a child in Vietnam, she admired the total solar eclipse with a feeling of anticipation. At that time, the media continuously reported that protective glasses were sold everywhere, many people even instructed them to make their own glasses to watch at home.

This year she was able to watch the second total solar eclipse at a Another country is Canada.

Close to the time of the solar eclipse, she ran to buy specialized glasses At some stores but they weren’t for sale so I decided to go straight to the point to see.

She drove an hour longer than usual from Toronto to Niagara – where the total eclipse was seen most clearly – as a million people flocked here, making the entrances and exits of the highway flat. stuck.

“Because I don’t have a viewing lens, I didn’t look directly but recorded a video using phone and then watch it again. It’s really a very beautiful and interesting phenomenon.

Really It’s worth the effort to come and admire this wonderful natural phenomenon from when it’s bright, then darkens, then completely dark and then brightens again in a few short minutes,” Quyen said.

Japan Total eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, causing the Sun to gradually be completely obscured when viewed from the Earth.

Observers standing within the path of the Sun The total solar eclipse will see a total phase. However, people standing outside this path of travel only saw a partial eclipse. When a solar eclipse occurs, the sky is as dark as sunrise or sunset.

A total solar eclipse takes place mainly on a strip of land running from Mexico to the United States and Canada. Nearby areas will only be able to witness the annular eclipse or not even notice any difference in the sky.