Posted on 07/10/2010 3:57:06 PM PDT by combat_boots
A group of astronomers are now on the mysterious Easter Island, one of the few solid places to stand on Earth where a total solar eclipse will be visible on July 11, 2010. The majority of the eclipse's path is over the ocean, so this will be one of the least observed eclipses ever. "This is one of the most interesting things that is possible for anyone on Earth to see in one of the most interesting places on the Earth that people can go," said Jay Pasachoff from Williams College, who is the Chair of the International Astronomical Union's Working Group on Eclipses. This will be his 51st eclipse.
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The second was in Landstuhl, Germany.
Some dude was driving his car at the time, put his head out of the window, veered across the road and had his head severed as he slid by an old stone overpass.
He DID make it into the Darwin Awards.
True story.
What is coming up this year?shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiachAv 1 - August 1, 2008 - partial eclipseIn the Jewish calendar, they are all on the first of Av, the day when Jews
Av 1 - July 22, 2009 - total eclipse
Av 1 - July 11, 2010 - partial eclipse
lament the destruction of their temples. As the story goes, Moses caught
the people worshiping the Golden Calf on Tammuz 17. Therefore, the three weeks
from Tammuz 17 to Av 9 are called “the dark time” and “between the straits.”
It is the most sorrowful time of the year for Jews. From Av 1-9, no bathing
is allowed; no comforts; no clean clothes; the Jew takes his shoes off; sits
on an overturned chair and reads the book of Lamentations.
I wont even ask for the 1st experience..
Total eclipse of the heart?
I hate to say it. That’s actually a pretty funny story, in a darkly humorous, eclipse sort of way. ;> Islam is related to the moon god, after all.
Supposedly there is also going to be a CME that day, as well.
Well, this might be interesting........
“In 1977, a CME knocked out a communications satellite and silenced pagers all over the world.”
http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/cmes.html
1989, same thing. We lost power and phones for 6 hours in Western Massachusetts.
On 13 March 1989, the voltage of Quebec’s power grid began to fluctuate alarmingly. Seconds later, the lights went out across the entire province. Some 6 million people were without electricity for nine hours. Within two days, NASA had lost track of some of its spacecraft and the northern lights were glowing in the sky south of London.
Yeah, tell that to
Of course results may vary according to the degree of one's psychotropic drug consumption.
But none the less, that dude loves him some double rainbow!
That dude is tripping his brains out.
I saw a double and it was awesome but did not have that effect on me.
Is the Sun now scheduling them in advance?
Cool...
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