Faroe Islands Maxicard

FAROE ISLANDS MaxiCard - Total Solar Eclipse, 2015

The Moon orbits Earth and Earth revolves around the Sun. The moon completes its orbit around Earth in just under a month, thus passing between Earth and the Sun 12-13 times a year. This phase is called the new moon. If the Moon is right in front of the Sun in this phase, we have a total solar eclipse. Generally, however, the Moon passes either above the Sun or below the Sun, because the Moon’s orbit around Earth is not in the ecliptic, which is Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

On March 20 the Moon in fact passed right in front of the Sun in a shadow zone, which rapidly moved up The North Atlantic Ocean west of the Faroe Islands. Therefore, the solar eclipse on March 20, 2015 was total in the Faroe Islands. Source

FAROE ISLANDS/FOROYAR - Atlantic Airways, Vagar

My first card from Faroe Islands!  The card shows a view of the western Island of Vagar, one of the biggest of the Archipelogo. Where the main airport is  (the only one where planes can land). Thank you Elena for the stunning card.

"Vágar (Danish: Vågø) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the large islands. With a size of 178 square kilometres (69 square miles) (about 70 sq. miles), it ranks number three, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. The Vagar island shape is very distinct, since it resembles a dog's head."