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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. Hybrid and Partial by antares256 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just to be clear...

    http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/HSE20 05/HSE2005.html

    This is also a Hybrid solar eclipse, the path of which runs through Panama. It starts out Annular over the ocean, goes to total over the ocean, and resumes annular through Panama. So parts of the Americas will also see an annular eclipse.

    This is a relatively rare event, the next of which will occurr on Nov. 3, 2013.

    There are several groups webcasting this event from Panama.