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Total Solar Eclipse at Ceduna, South Australia

Posted by michael on from the connecticut-yankee dept.

moooooooo writes "The total Solar Eclipse on December 4 is fast approaching with Ceduna in South Australia being one of the better places to observe this rare event. Accomodation was thought to have been booked out but a new site has been set up where you can find more information on the event. Information can be found here and accomodation info is at the bottom of the page. I heard on the radio that they will be setting up a "tent city" for those of us who want to camp out." There's a very impressive eclipse page describing the orbital conditions necessary for an eclipse and listing solar and lunar eclipses coming up.

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  1. Contray to popular belief.. by Metallic+Matty · · Score: 4, Funny

    staring directly at a solar eclipse is not a good idea..

    1. Re:Contray to popular belief.. by bobtheprophet · · Score: 3, Funny
      Haiku.

      It still seems stupid
      to stare at the sun, whether
      it's eclipsed or not.

      --
      Don't give me none of this "nature theme" business.
  2. Oh boy! Oh boy! I can't wait!!! by GeckoFood · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...they will be setting up a "tent city" for those of us...

    Now all I need it the airfare to get there, and I'm all set! Oh...I almost forgot...better get permission from the wife...

    Damn. She said no. :-(

    --
    Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
    1. Re:Oh boy! Oh boy! I can't wait!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      how do I write the sound of a whip

  3. To the owner.. by jamesjw · · Score: 3, Funny


    To the owner of a Blue Mitsubishi Eclipse licence plate ERQ-1343, you left your lights on.

    --
    -- If at first you don't succeed, lie!
  4. Tent City? by Will_Malverson · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't those crazy foreigners know that it's almost WINTER?

  5. Re:An answer to the "But why Ceduna?" question by Soft · · Score: 2, Funny
    it's so far from the city that there is no chance of any "light interference"

    Especially as a solar eclipse must happen during the day...

  6. False. It is not approaching fast. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The total Solar Eclipse on December 4 is fast approaching...

    December 4th is approaching at the same rate it always does. One day per day.

  7. Re:Double-edged sword of nature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hey, he said he studied metrology at MIT. So he's gotta be an expert, ya know.

    In actuality, I believe he once watched the Weather Channel on a sunny day while staying in a motel near Cambridge.

    Hence the qualifications.

  8. Re:Double-edged sword of nature by iabervon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not even sunglasses can block the longitudinal waves of harmful gamma radiation, which penetrates the skin and malforms cells into cancerous, replicating destroyers.

    Obviously, this has nothing to go with looking at it. And it's even worse without the moon blocking some of the radiation. That's why I've been hiding in a lead-lined room in the basement for the last ten years...

  9. obligatory jack handy quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I"m surprised no-one has said this yet:

    "Wouldn't it be great, if in the future you had a time machine. Then you could go back in time and show up in front of a bunch of neanderthals right before a solar eclipse. Then you could tell them that you were going to put the sun out. When the eclipse occurs, they'd probably try to kill you or something. But then you'd explain about the rotation of the moon and earth and everyone would have a good laugh."

    --Jack Handy

    Just paraphrasing from what I remember.

  10. Re:If you intend to go by PaganRitual · · Score: 2, Funny

    coopers sparkling ale IS urine ;)