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Partial Solar Eclipse Friday

Posted by timothy on from the you-can-go-down-a-few-spf-numbers dept.

Pankaj Arora writes "To those in the South Pacific (USA) and certain parts of the Americas, Friday, April 8th marks the day of the first solar eclipse of 2005. From the article: "It will be a partial eclipse rather than a total one, in which the Earth is cast into darkness. But it will be the last partial solar eclipse visible from the continental United States until May 20, 2012." Also, see other related stories."

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  1. Not Total? by CodeMonkey4Hire · · Score: 2, Insightful
    From the article:
    It will be a partial eclipse rather than a total one, in which the Earth is cast into darkness.
    followed later by:
    For a while, the sun will be blotted out completely as the eclipse moves across the open Pacific, but it will be visible only to people at sea.
    Sounds like a total eclipse to me. Do some people call it partial just because it can't be seen as total on land?
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