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Re: [OM] Partial Solar Eclipse

Subject: Re: [OM] Partial Solar Eclipse
From: Mark Marr-Lyon <mark.marrlyon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 19:04:41 -0700
I'll have to drive for this one, but I fully intend to since I've never
seen a total eclipse. I can't complain too much, as I only had to drive
about a mile for an excellent view of the last annular eclipse.

Mark

On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Wow!  I didn't realize this was to be a total solar eclipse.  Not far
> from you to the north and not far from Murrells Inlet to the south.  I
> hope to be in Murrells Inlet by the middle of next year.  I saw the
> total eclipse of March 1970 by driving 600 miles to Greenville, North
> Carolina.  I went prepared to take photos using a small reflector
> telescope with a projection screen but as soon as totality hit I was so
> overcome with awe that I just stood there staring at it.  There were
> thousands of people there but during totality you could have heard a pin
> drop in the grass.  The birds and animals also stayed perfectly quiet.
> The sky suddenly goes black above, the stars come out, the sun's corona
> becomes a glowing blue/red halo much larger than the sun and there's a
> sunset/sunrise going on for 360 degrees around you.  If you were from a
> primitive culture you'd be terrified.  Let's hope for good weather.  It
> is truly the most awesome thing I've ever seen in my life.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
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