A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Europe, East Africa, West and Central Asia on Tuesday, October 25.
In a statement, the director of International Astronomy Center, Engineer Mohammad Shaukat Uday, said that the solar eclipse always starts from the western regions and gradually moves towards the east.
He added that for the world, the eclipse will begin from northwest Europe near Iceland at 8:58 am GMT, then the eclipse will gradually move towards North Africa and then west Asia, at 11:00 am. It will reach its peak at 12:00 p.m. and end in the middle of the Arabian Sea at 1:20 p.m., with 86 percent of the total eclipse visible in Russia.
According to the report, for Arab countries, the solar eclipse will be most visible in northern Iraq, followed by the Levant and the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, then Egypt and the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and then Libya, Tunisia.
The International Center for Astronomy will broadcast the eclipse live from the Astronomical Cell Observatory in Abu Dhabi and these broadcasts will be available on various channels on the Center’s social media.
Experts have warned against looking directly at the sun during an eclipse, warning that doing so could damage the eyes and even lead to permanent blindness.
It should be noted that some filters used to view the solar eclipse were thought to be safe, simply because the sun’s rays through the filter are not harmful, even medical x-rays and sunglasses are used. Non-secure filters include: