solar eclipse
On Friday, 2008 August 01, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half the Earth. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in Canada and extends across northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia, and China. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes northeastern North America, most of Europe and Asia.
The Sun will be completely hidden by the Moon for 2 minutes, 27 seconds (the maximum duration at the greatest eclipse point) beginning at 10:21:08 GMT, in northern Russia.
The end of the central eclipse will occur at 11:18 a.m. GMT and the end of the total eclipse occurs at 11:21 a.m. EDT. The end of the general eclipse occurs at 12:38 p.m. GMT.
The total solar eclipse on August 1, 2008, classified as a magnitude of 1.039, has a maximum width of about 150 miles (240 kilometers).
After beginning in the far northern reaches of Canada, the total solar eclipse will go northeast across northern Greenland and the Arctic, followed by a southeastern passage through the middle of Russia, Mongolia, and China.
In Russia’s Siberia, the total solar eclipse will pass through the cities of Novosibirsk, Nadym, Nizhnevartovsk, Barnaul, and Biysk.
For any given location on Earth, a total solar eclipse happens about once every 375 years.
A partial solar eclipse will be seen across most of northeastern North America, most of Europe and much of Asia.
Partial solar eclipses happen about seven times per decade, on average, for any geographical location on Earth.
It is unsafe to observe a solar eclipse because of the damage the rays of the Sun can cause on human eyes.
When the photosphere of the Sun is completely covered by the Moon, then "totality" begins. Just before totality, the last flash of sunlight occurs, what is called the diamond ring effect.
During a totality, the corona, chromosphere, solar prominences, and maybe even a solar flare can possibly be seen, when using proper equipment.
I wish I could have been there!
posted by Chuchy at
11:12 AM
3 Comments:
Your sky pictures are beautiful! I wish that you could have been able to view the eclipse too. It was great seeing you guys last week....hope to see y'all again soon!
Those are great pictures of the eclipse. Remember to site your source for the article. Go ahead and edit it now, so people will know, okay. I totally wish you could have witnessed it too. It's an unbelievable site, isn't it? Love ya.
OK well I got the pics and some of the article from yahoo and I part of the article from I really don't know. I will try to find it.
OOOPPSS!!
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