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Arrowman · 12-03-2002, 01:48 PM

Today is Solar Eclipse Day for some of us in the southern hemisphere. It begins in just over 10 hours from the time of this post.

<a href="http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/TSE2002/TSE2002.html" target="_blank">http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/TSE2002/TSE2002.html</a>

You can catch a webcast of the eclipse here:
<a href="http://www.csiro.au/helix/eclipse/" target="_blank">http://www.csiro.au/helix/eclipse/</a>

sakrilege · 12-03-2002, 03:03 PM

So, are you gonna go for the total eclipse??

Arrowman · 12-03-2002, 03:18 PM

Sadly I'm stuck at work although I suppose if I'd planned it better I might have made the trip. Well actually it's only about a 6 hour drive so I could almost have made a day trip of it - shit, the more I talk about this the more I realise how easy it would have been.

Still, we get 88% in Adelaide - although it is very cloudy today

It's also cloudy at Ceduna (on the coast) so a lot of people are packing up and driving north east and further inland.

The NASA site I linked to has a calendar/map of future eclipses; there are several in the next 10-12 years in different parts of the world, so maybe that will be an excuse for a holiday in future years.

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Doubting Didymus · 12-03-2002, 03:34 PM

People in those areas of south australia rented out their houses for $3800 for the week, and they were booked a year in advance.

It's just a ball of gas and a rock, people.

Claudia · 12-05-2002, 06:39 AM

I saw the las European total Eclipse. I had the luck to find a place where ther was not too much clouds. Amazing!

12-03-2002, 01:48 PM	#1
Arrowman Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,358	Happy Eclipse Day! Today is Solar Eclipse Day for some of us in the southern hemisphere. It begins in just over 10 hours from the time of this post. <a href="http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/TSE2002/TSE2002.html" target="_blank">http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/TSE2002/TSE2002.html</a> You can catch a webcast of the eclipse here: <a href="http://www.csiro.au/helix/eclipse/" target="_blank">http://www.csiro.au/helix/eclipse/</a>

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12-03-2002, 03:03 PM	#2
sakrilege Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cleveland, OH, USA Folding@Home Godless Team Posts: 6,211	So, are you gonna go for the total eclipse??

12-03-2002, 03:18 PM	#3
Arrowman Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,358	Sadly I'm stuck at work although I suppose if I'd planned it better I might have made the trip. Well actually it's only about a 6 hour drive so I could almost have made a day trip of it - shit, the more I talk about this the more I realise how easy it would have been. Still, we get 88% in Adelaide - although it is very cloudy today It's also cloudy at Ceduna (on the coast) so a lot of people are packing up and driving north east and further inland. The NASA site I linked to has a calendar/map of future eclipses; there are several in the next 10-12 years in different parts of the world, so maybe that will be an excuse for a holiday in future years. [ December 03, 2002: Message edited by: Arrowman ]</p>

12-03-2002, 03:34 PM	#4
Doubting Didymus Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: East Coast. Australia. Posts: 5,455	People in those areas of south australia rented out their houses for $3800 for the week, and they were booked a year in advance. It's just a ball of gas and a rock, people.

12-05-2002, 06:39 AM	#5
Claudia Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: France Posts: 715	I saw the las European total Eclipse. I had the luck to find a place where ther was not too much clouds. Amazing!

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