Comments on: March 2006 Solar Eclipse Photos

March 2006 Solar Eclipse Photos

brownpau — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:26:06 -0800

There was a lovely total solar eclipse over parts of Africa, Europe, and Asia yesterday. See the photo galleries from Spaceweather, BBC, various Flickr users, and the International Space Station.

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:33:30 -0800

Beautiful.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:01:02 -0800

Meaning no disrespect, brownpau, but isn't it still March 29 where you are? (DC, I presume?) And yes, great pics and links.

By: borborygmi

borborygmi — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:45:03 -0800

I love a nice eclipse, but those space station shots appear so ominous. It looks like the monoliths on Jupiter in the movie 2010.

By: gubo

gubo — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:57:13 -0800

I have always wanted to see what the earth looked like from space during a solar eclipse. That is frickin' amazing.

By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:58:23 -0800

My God... it's full of stars! actually they're just artifacts in the image, they're not even cities... but hey, let's pretend...

By: blastrid

blastrid — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:27:28 -0800

quite inspiring. I try to witness as many astronomical 'events' observable by the naked eye as possible; my town is so inclined, in that respect. buncha stargazers, Tucsonians are.

By: fcummins

fcummins — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:57:41 -0800

Anyone know how to predict when teh next eclipse for a given location will be?

By: haikuku

haikuku — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:13:33 -0800

Thanks!

By: Songdog

Songdog — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:05:38 -0800

fcummins, that's an surprisingly complicated problem. Jean Meeus's books on numerical methods of astronomy cover it well. Start with Astronomical Algorithms if you want to learn to do the computations. If you'd rather look up when eclipses are going to be then check out Fred Espenak's Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses or Meeus's Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets. Annual almanacs are also published (with more detailed information in eclipse years) in collaboration by Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office and the US Naval Observatory, and the many astronomy magazines and websites provide excellent resources as each eclipse date approaches. brownpau, those shots from the space station are incredible. I've never seen eclipse photos from that perspective. Thank you!

By: keijo

keijo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:56:08 -0800

Thanks, it was gray and snowing here so no chance of seeing anything.

By: mhh5

mhh5 — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:34:46 -0800

Thanks Songdog! This is an interesting table for those who don't want to work out the calculations on their own.. http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/solar.html

By: Songdog

Songdog — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:50:46 -0800

That's a great page, mhh5. Thank you!