Solar Eclipse Greeted With Cheers Across Southern Mediterranean

March 29 (Bloomberg) -- People cheered across the small Greek island of Kastellorizo and Egyptians danced in the Sahara desert as skies across the southern Mediterranean darkened for a few minutes with the first solar eclipse of the year.

Europe's best view of the eclipse was from Kastellorizo, 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) off Turkey's southern coast. Hellas Sat, Greece's sole satellite operator, broadcast live from Kastellorizo to video screens in Athens's main Syntagma Square.

Street lamps were turned on across the island when the sun was totally eclipsed, and cheers and applause were heard when the sunlight returned. In Athens, the capital, locals and tourists gathered around the giant screens and donned special dark glasses to view the event. The next total eclipse visible from Greece will take place in 2088. The rest

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