Zambia
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Weather forecasts indicated an excellent probability of
cloudless skies for the eclipse, but one worry was obscuration
due to smoke from the winter burning of fields widely practiced
in southern Africa. Indeed, when we flew into Mfuwe airport in
Zambia the day before the eclipse, the sky was murky with it,
with several pillars of smoke rising into the sky, including
this one from a burn near the airport. Fortunately, eclipse
day had been declared a holiday in Lusaka, and there was little
or no smoke in the air at our viewing site.
by John Walker
July, 2001
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