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Post by Enchant on Apr 6, 2005 16:03:08 GMT -5
Solar eclipse on April 8th Tuesday, 5 April, 2005 Solar eclipses are grand cosmic events that no nature-watcher wants to miss -- and an opportunity to see one will occur for most of the southern United States on Friday afternoon, April 8th. This will be only a partial eclipse, which is not nearly as spectacular as a total one. The Sun will never be completely blacked out by the Moon crossing in front of it, and daylight in the U.S. will not dim noticeably. But the eclipse will still provide a fine celestial spectacle -- for those who know how to watch it safely. The farther southeast you are, the deeper the eclipse will be. Along a line from Philadelphia to San Diego, only a slight, barely perceptible dent will appear in the Sun's left edge. But from South Carolina through Texas, the Moon will take a substantial bite out of the Sun.
The eclipse will be total along a thin line crossing the South Pacific and annular (a ring of bright Sun completely encircling the dark silhouette of the Moon) along a line crossing parts of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela. The eclipse will also be partial across all of Central America and much of South America.
(Unexplained Mysteries Newsletter )
Are you all going to try and see it, or is it not a big deal to you?
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Post by --Zoey-- on Apr 9, 2005 10:57:17 GMT -5
If I was in the US i would of watched it, I love the solar eclipses, but being in Australia I doubt I would of been able to see it. The next solar eclipse that will be visible in the United States is May 20, 2012. Anyway, links to information on the april 8th Eclipse: NDTV Report (no photo)MSNBC Report (no photo)
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Post by Aaron on Apr 9, 2005 11:36:01 GMT -5
I'm in Dallas , Texas and there was a partial but to REALLY see it you had to be down in the caribean. Down near Tahete *sp*.
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Post by --Zoey-- on Apr 9, 2005 11:42:12 GMT -5
I'm in Dallas , Texas and there was a partial but to REALLY see it you had to be down in the caribean. Down near Tahete *sp*. Some how I don't think my dad would of even considerd paying for me to go to Tahiti just to see a partial solar eclispe. I should find out when the next one visible from perth is...the last one we had was about 3 years ago i think.
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