Hey Trevor!

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

Space Weather News for Jan. 23, 2007
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SOLAR ECLIPSE:  On Monday, Jan. 26th, the Moon will pass in front of the sun producing an annular "ring of fire" eclipse.  This is not a total eclipse; the Moon will cover only 93% of the sun's surface.  Nevertheless, the Moon's dead-center transit across the solar disk will produce a sight of rare beauty for observers along the "path of annularity."   Best views are to be had from islands in Indonesia where the ring of fire will appear to sink into the ocean at sunset.   Meanwhile, in Australia, southeast Asia, southern parts of India and South Africa, observers will experience an off-center partial eclipse.  Crescent-shaped sunbeams will dapple the ground while high overhead the Moon takes a curved bite out of the sun.

Please visit http://spaceweather.com

 for eclipse maps, timetables and photos.

Stay near a steel structure, just in case!
-Ed

[Trevor]

Space Weather News for Jan. 23, 2007
http://spaceweather.com


SOLAR ECLIPSE:  On Monday, Jan. 26th, the Moon will pass in front of the sun producing an annular "ring of fire" eclipse.  This is not a total eclipse; the Moon will cover only 93% of the sun's surface.  Nevertheless, the Moon's dead-center transit across the solar disk will produce a sight of rare beauty for observers along the "path of annularity."   Best views are to be had from islands in Indonesia where the ring of fire will appear to sink into the ocean at sunset.   Meanwhile, in Australia, southeast Asia, southern parts of India and South Africa, observers will experience an off-center partial eclipse.  Crescent-shaped sunbeams will dapple the ground while high overhead the Moon takes a curved bite out of the sun.

Please visit http://spaceweather.com

 for eclipse maps, timetables and photos.

Stay near a steel structure, just in case!
-Ed

Thanks Ed ~ one of my bosses who's been in the industry longer than I've been alive ~ said the ideal thing to look at the eclipse with is through colour negative film so that our eyes don't get zapped. 

Thanks also for the heads up ~ otherwise I would see everything go dark on Monday and stagger around saying "What the hell is up?" before going doink into a wall. 

[Derf]

Thanks Ed ~ one of my bosses who's been in the industry longer than I've been alive ~ said the ideal thing to look at the eclipse with is through colour negative film so that our eyes don't get zapped. 

I have actually done this with a film lead (the green or red end of a piece of film that is threaded through the projector). I still have my eyesight, so I guess you could say it works (I could actually see the eclipse). I carried a couple of pieces of film around in my wallet for years, though I only used them once; we just don't get many solar eclipses around here.

[Trevor]

It's 08h34 Central African Time right now and it is dark and cloudy. I guess a ciry environment is not the best place to see an eclipse. 

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

Well, no one can claim that you DIDN'T see it.
_Ed