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Pics of the Longest Solar Eclipse of the Century

Posted by samzenpus on from the dark-day dept.

Vinod writes "Yesterday thousands of people around Asia witnessed the longest solar eclipse of the century. Although it was not clearly visible in some parts due to overcast weather, thousands of people gathered to view this spectacular event. Yesterday's solar eclipse lasted for 6 to 7 minutes, making it the longest solar eclipse of the century. Here is a collection of 33 beautiful images of the solar eclipse from around the world."

6 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. Where are my superpowers? by Helmholtz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought eclipses were supposed to cause super powers ... or was it that they took them away? *shakes fist*

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  2. boston dot com by bigdaddyhame · · Score: 5, Informative

    these pics look much bigger nicer over at boston.com's The Big Picture, where they were posted yesterday and no doubt scooped and scaled for your link.

    http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/the_longest_solar_eclipse_of_t.html

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  3. Must be a Slashdotter by jayme0227 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm guessing that the guy with 3 pairs of sunglasses over his regular glasses must have been a slashdotter. Where else would you find such ingenuity (and such nerdiness)?

    Whoever you are, I salute you, my friend.

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    1. Re:Must be a Slashdotter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Especially a solution that, as pointed out earlier in the comments, actually isn't very effective in protecting your eyes. Yep, definitely a slashdotter.

  4. Re:Solar eclipse glasses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would we joke? I imagine them to be amazingly effective at protecting your eyes, and rather affordable. After all... they're made of lead!

  5. Re:What glasses are those? by Sockatume · · Score: 4, Informative

    One of the big chemical companies is churning out a mylenised film that makes for an effective pair of eclipse glasses. It's a really bad idea to look directly at the sun during an eclipse because the iris expands in response to the low mean light level and provides little to no protection from the high peak light level when the photosphere is visible. Wearing the mylenised glasses doesn't make your iris expand any wider, but it does cut down that peak light level dramatically.

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