Total Solar Eclipse 22 Jul 2009 - Clouded Partially Eclipsed Sun
At the end, it didn’t work out. We were only partially sucessful, so to speak. Just a few glimpses of the sun thru the clouds between 1st and 2nd contact, and even heavy rain after 3rd contact. The deep darkness was impressing, nevertheless.
A complete travel report (German only) can be found in my ipernity blog.
Total Solar Eclipse 1 Aug 2008 - Diamond Flash #3
Last preparations, only a few days to go.
Some useful resources for the upcoming total solar eclipse 22 July 2009, the longest one during the 21st century, just a bit short of 6 mins on the east coast of China.
18:10 - 18:25 - 18:44 - 19:05
Only a few days left, the next total solar eclipse on July 22nd is just around the corner. We’ll be heading to a location south of Shanghai.
So this is the perfect time to have a look back at the total solar eclipse of August 1st, 2008.
Resources:
[Update] For the more scientific stuff, have a look at