Annular solar eclipse tomorrow

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Re: Annular solar eclipse tomorrow

Post by FBM » Sat May 11, 2013 3:10 am

Ah, well. I guess 2016 isn't that far off.
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Re: Annular solar eclipse tomorrow

Post by JimC » Sat May 11, 2013 9:44 am

I saw it on the news...
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Re: Annular solar eclipse tomorrow

Post by Faithfree » Sat May 11, 2013 4:20 pm

FBM wrote:Well, it's a done deal. Any of our antipodean Ratz see it, get pics maybe? Ff?
No photos. It was mostly cloudy here. But in a brief moment of sun I did the pinhole camera thing just to confirm there was a partial eclipse happening.
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Re: Annular solar eclipse tomorrow

Post by Thinking Aloud » Sat May 11, 2013 4:48 pm

FBM wrote:Ah, well. I guess 2016 isn't that far off.
We're hoping to catch the 2017 one somewhere nice.

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Re: Annular solar eclipse tomorrow

Post by FBM » Sat May 11, 2013 4:55 pm

Thinking Aloud wrote:
FBM wrote:Ah, well. I guess 2016 isn't that far off.
We're hoping to catch the 2017 one somewhere nice.

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Best of luck! I would also have to travel a ways to see any of the ones I've seen charted. Korea is out of the loop for a while, seems.
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Re: Annular solar eclipse tomorrow

Post by pErvinalia » Sun May 12, 2013 3:35 am

There won't be a Korea by 2017. It will be a giant glass parking lot. :tea:
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Re: Annular solar eclipse tomorrow

Post by FBM » Sun May 12, 2013 3:36 am

I'll send pics.
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