Total Solar Eclipse: August 1, 2008, Xinjiang Uygur, China

#1 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:41 pm

Beautiful astronomical event. Great images and explanation.

#2 Postby **RL3AO** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:54 pm

Only....

4767 days
114426 hours
6865614 minutes
411936847 seconds

until the next total solar eclipse in the US.

#3 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:56 pm

Awesome video. Seeing a solar eclipse is on my to do list for sure!

#4 Postby **RL3AO** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:17 pm

The next solar eclipse (7/22/09) will be the longest of the 21st century. Totality of 6 min 43 sec about 100 mi SE of Japan.

#5 Postby **HURAKAN** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:57 am

A photo of the Total Solar eclipse from Novosibirsk (Akademgorodok) Russia.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Novo ... ePhoto.jpg