Total Solar Eclipse August 1st

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Not that anyone here is in (or on their way 2 days ago) the Arctic / Northern Canada / Russia to see it but:

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/080725-ns-solar-eclipse.html

[hunhee]

Not that anyone here is going to the Arctic / Northern Canada / Russia to see it but:

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/080725-ns-solar-eclipse.html

My parents are in Alaska.. Maybe they'll take pictures?

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Its all over the net but here is the Google maps path of totality:

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar...gleMapFull.html

(China, Russia, Greenland, Uber North Canada basically)

Really have to have done some serious trekking into no-mans land for the most part. I used to have some friends that would plan trips around (total) solar eclipses. Since most of them occur over the ocean they usually involve a cruise. There is one every year or so, but only a (very) small area of the earth sees it. Total solar eclipses are rare (can look at them with the naked eye) there are are tons of partial eclipses but total ones depend on where you are located so much that they are once-in-a-lifetime things for most people.

Everyone knows what they are but the specifics of them are interesting only to us geeks.

[Der Nister]

There was (what I remember) total or almost total eclipse that took place back in 1994 in July. I got to look at it but I had to wear a welders helmut to do so.

It was incredible and I'm glad I got to actually see it with my eyes rather than the news or pictures on the internet.

[Rev.Reverence]

I dig it Troy...Thanx for the science news!