Solar Eclipse 22 July 2009
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Hihi, not sure if there's anyone who shared this news yet.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20090721/tap-639-spore-experience-minimal-effects-231650b.html
Anyone free to catch it please do~
more about the eclispe
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090720/tap-science-astronomy-eclipse-asia-touri-2a5be5e.html
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sadly only about 10%
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Channel U showing at 8 am tomorrow morning
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I'll be in lala land at that time, will just wait another 120 years for the next longest solar eclipse...
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aww. so what time to what time?
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Originally posted by brainerror:
aww. so what time to what time?
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2009-07-22/
Quoted : The partial eclipse will be visible over south-east Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Pacific between 23:58:19 UT on July 21 and 05:12:25 UT on July 22
In short, there is no definite timing, and the above is the estimated time.
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Singapore wnt be affected much right. Chanel 8 or U at 8am got telecast
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who wan go watch wif me!
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mie=)
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Originally posted by Forbiddensinner:
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2009-07-22/
Quoted : The partial eclipse will be visible over south-east Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Pacific between 23:58:19 UT on July 21 and 05:12:25 UT on July 22
In short, there is no definite timing, and the above is the estimated time.
hw many hrs different to our local time?
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Originally posted by brainerror:
aww. so what time to what time?
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Originally posted by Hcxm:
mie=)
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Originally posted by Hello Kitty:
a/s/l pls.male, 19 singapore=)
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see chanel u now=)
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now it's raining heavily how to see eclipse?!
however, at least the channel U got show the giant heaven dog globbling up the sun.
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LOL raining plus clouds does not help seeing the 10% of the eclispe. so sad.
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Overcast and rain throughout Japan.See FK-all.
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Channel U telecast the last area very nice you never see?
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working =( no chance see. maybe a video will be uploaded to youtube or somewhere.
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Magnificient, fabulous! Saw the 3 hour "live" telecast.Those who miss it can catch the repeat telecast at 11.30 pm on Channel U.
The whole of wu han turned dark and immediately the streets lights were lighted. China was so well prepared for the solar eclipse. Can be viewed in Chengdu, Wuhan and Zhe jiang.
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Solar eclipse spreads cloak of darkness over Asia
AFP - 2 hours 20 minutes ago
VARANASI, India (AFP) - - The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century cast a shadow over much of Asia on Wednesday, plunging hundreds of millions into darkness across the giant land masses of India and China.
Ancient superstition and modern commerce came together in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity which could end up being the most watched eclipse in history, due to its path over Earth's most densely inhabited areas.
While the well-heeled took to the skies to watch the phenomenon from specially chartered planes, others took to holy waters to purify themselves as the sun's rays were snuffed out from Mumbai to Shanghai.
The cone-shaped shadow, or umbra, created by the total eclipse first made landfall on the western Indian state of Gujarat shortly before 6:30 am (0100 GMT).
It then raced across India, blacking out the holy city of Varanasi on the banks of the Ganges, squeezing between the northern and southern tips of Bangladesh and Nepal before engulfing most of Bhutan, traversing the Chinese mainland and slipping back out to sea off Shanghai.
Monsoon clouds in India and bad weather over eastern China spoiled the party for millions who had got up early to watch the solar blackout.
In Mumbai, hundreds of people who trekked up to the Nehru planetarium clutching eclipse sunglasses found themselves reaching for umbrellas and rain jackets instead.
Heavy overnight rain turned torrential just as the eclipse was due to start.
"We didn't want to watch it on television and we thought this would be the best place," said 19-year-old student Dwayne Fernandes.
"We could've stayed in bed," he said.
"Maybe, we'll just tell people we did see it," suggested his classmate Lizanne De Silva.
A total solar eclipse usually occurs every 18 months or so, but Wednesday's spectacle was special for its maximum period of "totality" -- when the sun is wholly covered -- of six minutes and 39 seconds.
Such a lengthy duration will not be matched until the year 2132.
Superstition has always haunted the moment when Earth, moon and sun are perfectly aligned. The daytime extinction of the sun, the source of all life, is associated with war, famine, flood and the death or birth of rulers.
Desperate for an explanation, the ancient Chinese blamed a sun-eating dragon. In Hindu mythology, the two demons Rahu and Ketu are said to "swallow" the sun during eclipses, snuffing out its light and causing food to become inedible and water undrinkable.
In the run up to Wednesday's eclipse, some Indian astrologers had issued predictions laden with gloom and foreboding, while superstition dictated that pregnant women should stay indoors to prevent their babies developing birth defects.
A gynaecologist at a Delhi hospital said many expectant mothers scheduled for July 22 caesarian deliveries insisted on changing the date.
For others it was an auspicious date, with more than one million Hindu pilgrims gathering at the holy site of Kurukshetra in northern India, where bathing in the waters during a solar eclipse is believed to further the attainment of spiritual freedom.
Those who could afford it grabbed seats on planes chartered by specialist travel agencies that promised extended views of the eclipse as they chased the shadow eastwards.
Travel firm Cox and Kings charged 79,000 rupees (1,600 dollars) for a "sun-side" seat on a Boeing 737-700 aircraft that took off before dawn from New Delhi for a three-hour flight.
In Shanghai, hotels along the city's famed waterfront Bund packed in the customers with eclipse breakfast specials.
"The clouds move in and out, then all of a sudden you see it," said Glenn Evans, 46, a US executive with a cosmetics company who lives in Shanghai and was viewing the eclipse from a rooftop bar along the Bund.
The last total solar eclipse was on August 1 last year and also crossed China.
The next will be on July 11, 2010, but will occur almost entirely over the South Pacific, where Easter Island -- home of the legendary moai giant statues -- will be one of the few landfalls.
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wats the biggie over an eclipse...want see it just watch heroes...lol.
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Originally posted by loki_chaos:
wats the biggie over an eclipse...want see it just watch heroes...lol.
no biggie to you does not mean others not interested, need u speak with such arrogance???wats the biggie about just watch heros?????? k
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Captain le. Later he ask you fantagf knock it down!