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Re: [OM] Partial Solar Eclipse

Subject: Re: [OM] Partial Solar Eclipse
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:59:56 -0500
After you've seen a total solar eclipse the other types are no longer 
very interesting.  There is simply no comparison.  As I said, if you 
were from a primitive culture you'd be terrified.  I knew perfectly well 
what I was watching, knew all about Bailey's beads and shadow bands, 
dropping temperatures, etc.  But when it happened I was still unprepared 
and stood there like a statue with my mouth hanging open.

Chuck Norcutt


On 11/5/2013 9:04 PM, Mark Marr-Lyon wrote:
> 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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