Crescent Sunset 24

Posted by michael on Tuesday June 04, 2002 @02:00PM from the awesome-photo-opportunity dept.

nick_davison writes "According to those ever helpful folks at NASA, next Monday's (10th) sunset should be a "crescent". Depending on where you live, as much as 80% of the sun should be obscured by the moon, leaving just a glowing cresent shape. If you are lucky enough to be in the middle of the Pacific ocean at the time, the moon will pass dead-center. Though too small to cause a full eclipse, the annular eclipse should create a "ring of fire" as the sun shines around it."

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Damn! (Score:2, Informative)

by PhysicsGenius ( 565228 ) writes:

I thought I was going to have a chance to show the little one a (partial) eclipse but apparently the east coast won't see any action. "Only west of Atlanta" it says.
- Re:THAT SUCKS!! (Score:1)
  
  by littlerubberfeet ( 453565 ) writes:
  
  Yeah, I was bummed too. But thats what I get for living in a swamp Filled with bugs and bugs (politicians). Oh well
Welding glasses my tailpipe... (Score:2, Funny)

by watashiwananashidesu ( 563740 ) writes:

I stare at the sun every now and then, and even though I'm nearsighted and have mild problems with some colors, I can still see. What's staring at one during an eclipse for a few seconds going to hurt? I'll just see spots for a few minutes...

And yes, I KNOW I'm being stupid. But it'd be nice if someone could show me just why.
- Re:Welding glasses my tailpipe... (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by Fantanicity ( 583135 ) writes:
  
  Here's why [erdb.org.au]
  - Re:Welding glasses my tailpipe... (Score:1)
    
    by rthille ( 8526 ) writes:
    
    That site is at least partially wrong. They state that it's the IR and UV that damages your eyes, not the visible light. The IR won't damage your eye, it's even lower energy than visible light.
    - Re:Welding glasses my tailpipe... (Score:2, Informative)
      
      by bcrowell ( 177657 ) writes:
      
      Nope, they're right. You're thinking of the energy per photon, which is relevant if you're worried about getting cancer from it, but irrelevant here, since the danger is from heating.
  - - Re:Smoked glass? (Score:1)
      
      by hplasm ( 576983 ) writes:
      
      You have to account for the incredible dimness of people. If smoked glass was said to be *ok*, then imagine the lawsuits when thousands of blinded ijits said "..but They said smoked glass was ok..."
- Be very careful (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by jesterzog ( 189797 ) writes:
  
  Be very careful if you ever do this. The retina in your eye doesn't have proper nerve endings, so it's quite possible for your eye to be wasting away without it immediately hurting. You may not notice all the damage until much too late.
Not all of us live in Detroit, MI, you know... (Score:2, Funny)

by anthony_dipierro ( 543308 ) writes:

How west-of-Atlanta-centric of slashdot to post this story.
- - Re:Not all of us live in Detroit, MI, you know... (Score:2)
    
    by anthony_dipierro ( 543308 ) writes:
    
    I guess my tongue-in-cheek [everything2.com] statement would have been more obvious if I had explicitly mentioned that I lived on the eastern coast of the U.S. Thanks for pointing this out.
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (Score:1, Offtopic)

by dimator ( 71399 ) writes:

Love Is A Burning Thing
And It Makes A Fiery Ring
Bound By Wild Desire
I Fell Into A Ring Of Fire

CHORUS:
I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher

And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher

And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire

The Taste Of Love Is Sweet
When Hearts Like Ours Meet
I Fell For You Like A Child
Oh, But The Fire Went Wild

CHORUS
I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher

And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher

And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire

And It Burns, Burns, Burns

The Ring Of Fire

The Ring Of Fire
- OT - Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (Score:1)
  
  by Mr. Slippery ( 47854 ) writes:
  
  This song has got to have some sort of record for most diverse group of bands to cover it - I've heard the Johhny Cash, Social Distortion, Wall of Voodoo, and Frank Zappa versions, and this page [wiw.org] lists several more.
- Re:Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (Score:1)
  
  by JanneM ( 7445 ) writes:
  
  I cannot get over the idea that the song originally is about hemorroids...
  
  /Janne
Eclipse Map (Score:4, Informative)

by LearningWell ( 577990 ) writes: on Tuesday June 04, 2002 @03:13PM (#3640009) Homepage

The best eclipse map [space.com] I've seen is in this May 20th article at space.com [space.com].

- Pacific Rim Sunrise (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by mgarraha ( 409436 ) writes:
  
  Taiwan, the Philippines, and New Guinea will see the eclipse at sunrise on June 11. This Sky and Telescope article [skyandtelescope.com] has another map [skyandtelescope.com].
Time to... (Score:1)

by TweeKinDaBahx ( 583007 ) writes:

Take acid and make donuts!
Annular Eclipse (Score:3, Informative)

by martyn s ( 444964 ) writes: on Wednesday June 05, 2002 @02:12AM (#3643577)

The story says that in the middle of the pacific, the sun is a ring of fire. I just wanted to point out that such eclipses are about as common as total solar eclipses, and they are called annular eclipses. Since the angular size of the sun varies over a period of a year, it causes about half of 'dead on' eclipses to be annular eclipses instead of total eclipses.

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Damn! (Score:2, Informative)

Re:THAT SUCKS!! (Score:1)

Welding glasses my tailpipe... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Welding glasses my tailpipe... (Score:3, Informative)

Re:Welding glasses my tailpipe... (Score:1)

Re:Welding glasses my tailpipe... (Score:2, Informative)

Re:Smoked glass? (Score:1)

Be very careful (Score:3, Informative)

Not all of us live in Detroit, MI, you know... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Not all of us live in Detroit, MI, you know... (Score:2)

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (Score:1, Offtopic)

OT - Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (Score:1)

Re:Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (Score:1)

Eclipse Map (Score:4, Informative)

Pacific Rim Sunrise (Score:3, Informative)

Time to... (Score:1)

Annular Eclipse (Score:3, Informative)

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