Eclipse watching tourists ride dog sleds outside of Longyearbyen, Svalbard, an archipeligo administered by Norway on March 19, 2015 ahead of the March 20 total solar eclipse in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, an archipeligo administered by Norway. Thousands are gathering here as the only land the total eclipse will be seen from is on Svalbard and the Faoroe Islands off Iceland. Photo – AFP / Lehtikuva.The sun will partially darken in some parts of the country today. The solar eclipse will be longer the further the north one goes.
According to Astronomical Association Ursa, almost 90 per cent of the sun disk will darken in the northern town of Kilpisjärvi.
Depending on the location, the solar eclipse will begin at around 11:00 a.m. and will end at 1:30 p.m.
The eclipse can be tracked from everywhere as long as the sky is clear enough.
A complete blackout will occur along a narrow strip which runs across the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean and ends at the North Pole.
A partial solar eclipse was last visible in the country three years ago, and the next partial solar eclipse will be seen in August.
