Comments on: Friday's Total Solar Eclipse can be Watched on the Internet

By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:16:44 +0000

Cool!
This will be very interesting I remember the solar eclipse in MÃ©xico some years ago, I'll see by internet

By: joel fisler

joel fisler — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:09:33 +0000

sitting in zhongwei somewhere in ningxia, china. not many tourists here, i think we are nearly the only westernern in this city. its in the middle of the desert but its raining like hell. thats not fair. tomorrow should be better though… lets hope so…

rain in the desert… i thought thats what deserts are all about: no rain and a lot of sun

By: Todd Sieling

Todd Sieling — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:37:49 +0000

Sometimes people use eclipse events to organize travel to places they want to see, so it can be a combo attraction of a new place and the eclipse.

I won't be traveling, but I'm glad to find out about the webcam views. Thanks for the links!

By: Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:47:49 +0000

Another group that's doing a webcast is from the University of North Dakota. They are in Xian, China. Their website is:
http://sems1.cs.und.edu/~sems/index.php

By: AshenLoser

AshenLoser — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:51:44 +0000

oh really? wow. I'm going to have to save the video so I can watch it later. oh wait…

By: Jon Hanford

Jon Hanford — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:37:19 +0000

@ Hunnter, even if the sky was perfectly clear, totality occurs with the sun close to the horizon(w-poor atmospheric seeing conditions) & duration of totality is much shorter. As for cloud seeding, even if possible and/or economical, why not try it where totality is longest. I was fortunate enough to see the 1972 total eclipse in Canada, where torrential rain plagued observations until minutes before totality, where the clouds suddenly parted & we were treated to an unobscured view of 2.5 minutes of precious totality. Unlike anything most people have ever witnessed in their lifetimes. Totality fever!

By: Dankwa

Dankwa — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:07:22 +0000

Wow! I wish I was there. I am Ghanaian and experienced the eclipse on 29th March in Accra. It was absolutely terrific.

I'd give anything to see Bailey's Beads again, and again, and again…….

By: Hunnter

Hunnter — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:14:37 +0000

But they control the weather!
Seriously though, for clear weather, they could spread that compound, forgot the name of it, but it causes rain. (think it contains silverS)
But it will probably cost alot of money anyway.

By: Afthought

Afthought — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:00:17 +0000

For spreading the word, it would be helpful if your articles had a "share button" that included Facebook and Yahoo. Buzz.

By: Jon Hanford

Jon Hanford — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:06:54 +0000

Better weather and eclipse circumstances( solar elevation & eclipse duration ) are probably why Dr. Espenak is traveling to China for this eclipse.

By: Hunnter

Hunnter — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:05:03 +0000

"However, dedicated eclipse chasers like NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak will be travelling to northern China to witness the event"
Why??
Doesn't he *live* in USA *and* work for NASA?

"Hello Houston, are ye there? Turns out that, believe it or not, Canada is actually closer. In fact, it is actually touching us…. This might be a problem."

By: fivefourman

fivefourman — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:18:36 +0000

Ian,
the NASA webpage is http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2008/TSE2008.html

cheers