Monday, July 27, 2009

Solar Eclipse

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I saw a solar eclipse on July 22. According to Wikipedia it was the longest total solar eclipse that will occur during the 21st century. The path of totality spanned from parts of northern India, to Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China (unfortunately, DJ, my good friend living in Shanghai, was unable to see it because of cloud cover), Japan, and the Philippines. The papers here in Rajasthan said that it was witnessed by more people than any previous solar eclipse in history, which makes sense given the location. Here, we did not get the full, diamond ring, umbra. At peak the sun was about 85% eclipsed. Still, pretty epic.

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5 comments:

  1. Vow. Most of us just sat in front of our sorry flat screens and keyed in numbers... while the rest of India was watching the longest solar eclipse in all its magnificence.

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  2. I saw a solar eclipse in Switzerland/France in 2003. Shit is bananas.

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  3. Ben, this is so amazing. I'm real sad the eclipse wasn't visible here in Mongolia. Your journeys sound amazing!

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  4. Ben, you are a great writer and photographer. I hope you keep up both when you return home. Andrea White

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  5. Great View * This photo and all the others you have taken are wonderful.


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