The prediction of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) that there will be annular eclipse in parts of the country today, September 1, 2016 came to pass and Nigerians have trooped to social media to share photos of their experience of the rare sight.
The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) reported that some people gathered this morning in the Obasanjo Space Center where NASDRA Headquarter is cited in Abuja with their EU certified Eclipse glasses on, to visibly watch the eclipse as it appears.
Disappointingly, the cloud covers the space and people were all left with dismay as the cloud refused to vanish till the time supposedly predicted to witness as expired.
According to the NSARDA, the highest degree of obscurity in Nigeria during the annular eclipse would be in the Southern part of Nigeria, particularly in Lagos, where it was expected to have 80 per cent obscurity, while the lowest degree of obscurity would be about 45 per cent and this would be observed in the Northern part of the country, particularly in Sokoto. in Abuja, the annular eclipse will be observed at about 60%.
