An animation of the March 20th eclipse. Credit: NASA/GSFC/AT Sinclair.
Posted on 03/11/2015 5:33:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin
And what a bizarre eclipse it is. Not only does this eclipse begin just 15 hours prior to the March equinox marking the beginning of astronomical spring in the northern hemisphere, but the shadow of totality also beats path through the high Arctic and ends over the North Pole.
... Already, umbraphiles — those who chase eclipses — are converging on the two small tracts of terra firma where the umbra of the Moon makes landfall: the Faroe and Svalbard islands. All of Europe, the northern swath of the African continent, north-central Asia and the Middle East will see a partial solar eclipse, and the eclipse will be deeper percentage-wise the farther north you are
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Solar eclipses just love happening over places that Americans don’t live.
August 21, 2017!!!
“Solar eclipses just love happening over places that Americans don’t live.”
This one occurred at my house: http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1994-may-10
I went home for lunch break & took pictures of light donuts resulting from tree shadows.
There will be a total eclipse of the Sun visible from many parts of the U.S. from Oregon to the southeastern states in August 2017. Not that far away. It is also at a good time of day, starts around 1100h in the Pac northwest and ends in the afternoon in the southeast. As for this one, waste of time to chase it, 90% chance of cloud cover. The 2017 event will be a big deal and millions will be able to drive relatively short distances to be in the path of totality.
I witnessed one in March 1970 from Virginia Beach and it was awesome.
Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD.
I wanted to go there when I was young, now it’s pretty much wanting to go to Hawaii, and then not come back. Hate the effin’ cold. But wow, what a looker!
http://i.imgur.com/0McDmqF.jpg
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1n53p6/the_beauty_of_the_faroe_islands/
That was probably the total eclipse of February 1979. I was in high school in Western WA. It was overcast (of course) so we didn’t see the actual eclipse but I still remember how eerie it was as night fell again, the lights came on and the birds stopped singing...then the day came back.
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