At 08:57 PM Tuesday 3/28/2006, Dave Land wrote:
On Mar 28, 2006, at 6:22 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Webcasts start at 5 AM EST, 4 AM CST, 3 AM MST, 2 AM PST . . . (10
AM UT)
<<http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/eclipses/ article_1701_1.asp>>
I remember looking up this eclipse early this year when I first heard
about it, and thinking how remote was the area of maximum duration of
totality. And I suppose it wouldn't be exactly safe, at least not for
Americans, as it crosses over from Niger into Libya.
One of the best places to watch will be occupied by only a few
people at the time: the ISS will be over the Mediterranean, so they
will be able to see the moon's shadow move across the earth.
Here's a picture of an eclipse from space:
http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_031125.html
It looks like what it is: a shadow of one round thing on another.
Dave
Here you go:
March 29, 2006
Joe Pally
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-7239
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111
MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-053
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CAPTURES IMAGES OF SOLAR ECLIPSE
Crew members onboard the International Space Station captured images
of this morning's solar eclipse, as they witnessed the spectacle from
their unique vantage point 230 miles above the Earth. Video of the
eclipse from the station will be available on the NASA TV Video File
on the Media Channel starting at noon EST.
Cameras mounted outside the 200-ton orbiting laboratory recorded the
video at about 5:50 a.m. EST, as the eclipse passed over Turkey.
Photos were taken by the crew as the station passed over Lebanon.
Imagery is available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/eclipse
NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal
polarization. For digital downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
The station's crew members, astronaut William McArthur and Russian
cosmonaut Valery Tokarev, are completing their six month mission. For
information about the station on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home
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--Ronn! :)
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country
and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER
GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that
would be eliminated from schools too?"
-- Red Skelton
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