RTL Today - Inclement weather: Rain threatens to ruin eclipse viewing in Chile's south

Author: AFP|Update: 15.12.2020 00:01
Simon Angel, an astronoma from the Catholic University of Chile, sets up his telescope to view the eclipse / ©
AFP
The hopes of thousands of tourists and residents in Chile's south saw their hopes of watching a total eclipse of the sun shrink as heavy rain fell on Monday just hours before the expected event.
Thousands of tourists and residents in Chile's south saw their hopes of watching a total eclipse of the sun shrink as heavy rain fell on Monday just hours before the expected solar show.
Despite restrictions on movement imposed by authorities to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, almost 300,000 tourists have arrived in the Araucania region around 800-kilometers (500 miles) south of the capital Santiago.

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