Total Solar Eclipse - Jul 11 2010 UTC

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Total Solar Eclipse - Jul 11 2010 UTC

Post #1by Chuft-Captain » 10.07.2010, 14:04

Here's a news item about a Total Solar Eclipse traversing the Pacific Ocean this Monday morning local time (Sunday evening UTC) :
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/7563989/heavenly-spectacle-not-visible-from-nz
Incidentally, according to the article, the umbra first touches earth 14 minutes before kick-off in the World Cup final, and finishes 37 minutes after full-time.
(Not sure if this is an omen for either team. :lol: )

Here it is as seen from somewhere near Tahiti in Celestia:
cel://SyncOrbit/Sol:Earth/2010-07-11T18:14:59.77251?x=DM7QJSY72////////////w&y=KPeLLh/38v///////////w&z=BancTVXAFA&ow=-0.143695&ox=0.853211&oy=-0.48304&oz=0.134371&select=Sol:Earth&fov=6.66861&ts=10&ltd=0&p=0&rf=85383&lm=32912&tsrc=0&ver=3
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