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Partial Solar Eclipse Tonight

Posted by chrisd on from the don't-look-right-at-it-though dept.

grouchomarxist writes "There is going to be a partial solar eclipse tonight. It will mainly be visible by people in the southwest of the United States. People in Mexico will have the best view, there it will approach a full eclipse." Space.com has a nice page on it too. Enjoy this solar event!

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  1. BS by George+Michael · · Score: 3, Funny

    I, for one, don't believe that science can predict when such an event will occur. And certainly not hours in advance.

    1. Re:BS by mjackson14609 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I, for one, don't believe that science can predict when such an event will occur. And certainly not hours in advance.

      Get with the program. The official Bush Administration position has changed to "OK, science can predict eclipses, but there's no point in doing anything about them."
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  2. Re:why? by imta11 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because nerds get laid at least as often as solar eclipses, so all you guys call in sick for tomorrow an go get some nanny...

  3. And the rest of us? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about us Western Europeans? When do WE get a solar eclipse? Why does America have to MONOPOLISE everything?! Why can't Americans learn to share their damn astronomic phenomena instead of greedily keeping them for themselves?! This ABSOLUTELY TYPICAL OF DUBYAHS FACIST REGIME, monopolise the solar eclipses, soon you'll have a monopoly on 10 km radius asteroid strikes and nearby supernovas as well!

  4. Golden opportunity by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love stuff like this.

    to my three-year-old:
    "You better be good boy, or Daddy's going to destroy the sun!"

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  5. Today/tonight? by clinko · · Score: 4, Funny



    Tonight there's a Solar Eclipse?

    The world really is coming to an end.

  6. Re:A solar eclipse at night? by coljac · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, like most nights, the earth will eclipse the the sun tonight. The earth's shadow will sweep across the surface of the planet, covering an area of about half the earth's surface at a time.

    This eclipse is visible from all parts of the earth starting around nightfall. Depending on your lattitude the eclipse will last up to 17 hours.

    By the way, it's safe to look at this eclipse all you like, with no filters at all.

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  7. Remember by Wrexen · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't look directly at the eclipse!

  8. They're not that great. by Sabalon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I looked at my first solar eclipse years ago through my telescope. It was bright and spetacular - but since then, non of them have looked nearly as good as that first one :)

  9. Simulated Time Lapse Eclipse by scott1853 · · Score: 3, Funny

    O(* ) O

    Incredible isn't it.

  10. Apple Newton comes through again! by Corrado · · Score: 3, Funny

    This morning my MessagePad 120 informed me that an eclipse was going to happen today. Just one more thing that my PDA does that yours doesn't. :)

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  11. Or the high tech solution... by Wraithlyn · · Score: 3, Funny

    I plan on trying to capture it with my digital camera. Hopefully the LED screen doesn't have enough power to blind me :) (Or, if it does, I'm going to sue the FUCK out of Sony ;)

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  12. Proper testing procedure... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I would stare at the eclipse for about 2 minutes before using my camcorder to tape the event. If your eyes feel fine after the 2 minute test period, the senstive CCD lenses in your camcorder should be safe to tape the eclipse. Make sure you don't have any filters in front of your eyes or you won't be able to properly gauge the possible harm that might come to your camcorder. Those things are expensive, so testing with your eyes is the best shot to protect that investment.

    So are you going to edit the movie with iMovie?