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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Asia Pacific World Total solar eclipse arcs its way across Pacific AFP - 42 minutes ago Send IM Story Print Total solar eclipse arcs its way across Pacific HANGA ROA, Chile (AFP) - – A total solar eclipse began its 11,000 kilometer (6,800 mile) arc over the Pacific Sunday, plunging remote islands into darkness in a heavenly display set to climax on Easter Island. In Tahiti, the effect was so stunning it drew crowds of football-mad Polynesians away from their television sets and the World Cup final to turn their eyes to the skies instead. Some 5,000 astronomers spread out across the atolls of French Polynesia to gaze in rapture through special glasses as the Moon moved in front of the Sun. But thousands more stargazers have gathered on remote, mysterious Easter Island which scientists have tagged as the best spot to see what will be a total eclipse lasting almost five minutes. The eclipse will cast its shadow over the island's ancient, strange stone statues lending a mystical air to events. Beginning at 1815 GMT when the umbra or shadow fell on the South Pacific about 700 kilometers (440 miles) southeast of Tonga, it was zipping in an easterly arc, cloaking remote Easter Island and its giant statues at 2011 GMT and finishing with a pass across southern Chile and Argentina. An estimated 4,000 tourists, scientists, photographers, filmmakers and journalists have flocked to the Chilean World Heritage site of only 160 square kilometers (60 square miles), doubling the barren island's population. Chilean weather forecasters had cast doubts on how visible the seventh total eclipse of the century would be, warning of clouds after days of rain. But as the sun rose Sunday, there were bright blue skies bringing hopes that, despite a brisk wind, the eclipse would be clearly visible. Many visitors here are also equipped with solar eclipse glasses, hoping to be able to stare into the skies at the exact moment that Sun, Moon and Earth align for a fleeting four minutes and 41 seconds. The Sun is 400 times wider than the Moon, but it is also 400 times farther away. Because of the symmetry, the lunar umbra, or shadow, that falls on the face of the Earth is exactly wide enough to cover the face of the Sun. Throughout human history, superstition, awe and dread -- fears for the birth or death of kings, victories or defeats, bumper harvests or gnawing hunger -- have attended the moment when the Moon slides in front of the Sun and the Earth is plunged into daytime darkness. Easter Island authorities have increased security, especially around key heritage sites, including the 3,000-year-old large stone statues, or moai, that put the far-flung ethnic Polynesian islanders on the world culture map. In ancient lore here such an eclipse "would have been seen as a very powerful signal of upcoming upheaval," as their world view was rooted in nature, in "the earth, the sea and especially the sky," said Patricia Vargas of the University of Chile. A French and a Japanese tourist were both arrested Sunday for mounting "platforms where they are not allowed to touch and climb the statues," said police chief Cristian Gonzalez. Mayor Luz del Carmen Zasso said visitors will be told to treat the island with respect. "Easter Island is an open-air museum, and the eclipse is part of this museum," she added. The eclipse has brought a tourist boom to Easter Island and Tahiti, where among the stargazers was film director James Cameron, helping to bring an 8.4 million euro (10.8 million dollar) tourism bonanza to the archipelago. Meanwhile, in the small Patagonian town of El Calafate, just across the border from southern Chile in the snow-capped Argentine Andes, hundreds of people gathered hoping to witness the natural phenomenon. "We are pleased and excited by the interest generated by the eclipse. The five daily flights arriving in El Calafate were full on Friday and Saturday and the climate is excellent for watching," said tourism director Ana Ianni. Forecasters were predicting clear skies with below-freezing temperatures amid the southern hemisphere winter, with all-terrain vehicles needed to brave the snowy mountains. The more adventurous could choose to spend the day in heated tents, high up in mountain spots only accessible with the help of guides but with the stunning Perito Moreno glacier as a backdrop. 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