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richard-courtney wrote on 2/20/2008, 7:52 PM
Saw it with my son! Too bad so cold.
craftech wrote on 2/20/2008, 7:53 PM
Worth the butt freeze. Looks amazingly cool.

John
Laurence wrote on 2/20/2008, 8:21 PM
Just checked it out. Thanks for the heads-up.
rmack350 wrote on 2/20/2008, 8:43 PM
Very cool! luckily the clouds have cleared and it's only Oakland cold.

Rob Mack
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 2/20/2008, 9:39 PM
saw it on my way to the grocery store, but it's -14 F or so and I had no great desire to stand around too long out side :).

Dave
TheHappyFriar wrote on 2/21/2008, 6:01 AM
I just want to point out to all the northern hemisphere folks, it was MUCH warmer during the August '07[/url] one. :D

Here's a list of the ones over the next several years: here

Solar Eclipses: here

Nasa's awesome. :D
TheHappyFriar wrote on 2/21/2008, 6:02 AM
I just want to point out to all the northern hemisphere folks, it was MUCH warmer during the August '07[/url] one. :D

Here's a list of the ones over the next several years: here

Solar Eclipses: here

Nasa's awesome. :D
riredale wrote on 2/21/2008, 10:31 PM
Didn't catch this one, but I can vividly remember previous lunar eclipses where the moon was a dim blood-red.

I also have strong memories of a near-total eclipse I saw in Cape Cod back in 1970. We (a very large and joyful crowd) were on the beach, as far away from the mainland and towards the path of totality as we all could go. It was a real party atmosphere. I was shocked at how quickly the atmosphere chilled as the eclipse progressed.

We were right on the edge of totality, so when the event actually happened it was though one took a room light dimmer, slid it down to nearly off and then back on again over the span of maybe 10 seconds. What was the most fascinating observation of the entire event was the appearance of "waves" of light on the ground, racing in various directions. I assume it was diffraction from light spilling over the mountains and valleys on the edge of the moon blocking out the last few slivers of sunlight.

I can see why primitive societies reportedly went nuts from such an event. It was spooky to me, and I could show charts and diagrams explaining what was actually happening.

Here is a really cool web page linking to Google Earth tracks of past and future events. I'm looking forward to the big eclipse in the USA in 2017.