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Video Of The Day: Partial Solar Eclipse Shadows
May 23rd, 2012 at 6:00PM:
Mark Day is a videographer with an eye for beauty. Instead of lamenting over the fact that he couldn't stare straight into the partially eclipsed sun during the solar eclipse he saw on May 20, he decided to make a video of the surreal shadows cast from the eclipsed sun. I saw the video first on Laughing Squid. The crescent shapes make hard surfaces look like rippling water, reflecting the ...
Video: Solar Eclipse Time Lapse
May 22nd, 2012 at 2:30PM:
Cory Poole put together an impressive time-lapse video of the May 20 solar eclipse. Poole captured 700 images of the solar eclipse from his vantage point in Redding, California. Through a Coronado Solar Max 60 Double Stack telescope, Poole caught the beautiful images. Accompanying the video is music that appears to be his own, noted as having been made using Ableton Live. If you missed the ...
Catch The May 20 Solar Eclipse From A National Park
May 11th, 2012 at 8:00AM: Later this month, North America will witness its first solar eclipse in more than 18 years. On May 20, the moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out most of the light from our star and blanketing much of the western United States and Canada in darkness. For astronomy buffs it promises to be quite a celestial event and most will want to take it all in while surrounded by a ...Partial solar eclipse highlights the 2011 Antarctic travel season
Sep 23rd, 2011 at 8:00AM: A visit to Antarctica is high on the list of "must see" places for travelers looking to get off the beaten path. It is the highest, coldest, driest continent on the planet, and yet it still holds an undeniable allure for many adventure seekers. They come to kayak amongst the massive ice flows, visit penguin colonies, and to step foot in a place that few people ever get to see. This year, a few ...Weekend travel media top five
Jul 12th, 2010 at 8:30AM: This weekend's most interesting travel stories include a look at Egypt's seldom explored coast west of Alexandria, a long weekend guide to Singapore, a travel guide to solar eclipse runs, a profile of Boracay, the Philippines' popular holiday island, and a 12-day Great Australian Aircruise.
1. In the Guardian, Belinda Jackson takes a road trip from Alexandria to Marsa Matruh and on to the ...Chase a solar eclipse in unique style this summer
May 4th, 2010 at 8:00AM: On July 11th of this year, the moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun, creating a total solar eclipse that will cast portions of the planet in complete darkness for up to 4 minutes. The best place to view this astronomical phenomenon will be in the South Pacific, with prime viewing locations along a few atolls in French Polynesia and on remote Easter Island. Actually, those places will be ...Chasing A Solar Eclipse in Mongolia
Jan 21st, 2009 at 10:30AM: The Washington Post has published an interesting article on the lengths that some people will go to to experience a total solar eclipse. In this case, the author of the story traveled all the way to Mongolia, venturing far into the countryside for the two minute and four second long experience of watching the moon pass over the sun, casting it's shadow on the Earth below. Writer Pamela West ...Coming Eclipse
Jan 10th, 2006 at 2:29PM: Truly ambitious travelers in search of a cool event
might be interested to know that coming March 29th, there will be a near total eclipse of the sun. The Globe and Mail
has an article about the event and how the astronomically hard-core are heading to North Africa and Turkey to view
it. They are saying this is one of the longest and most accessible eclipses in years, and the fact that it is ...
