Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[CHUCK REICHEL]

Hi Eat,
Is the rumor going around true that when the "totality" occurs that the mother 
ship will be revealed today?
Rumor from Ancient illegal Aliens .com
GOD for U is the Creator of the engineers that produced Apple!
C.R.


On Aug 21, 2017, at 10:49 AM, E.T. wrote:

>   NOVA is streaming this live today and PBS will air it tonight.
> 
>   The following link takes you to an eclipse calendar for any location in the 
> world.
> 
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html>
> 
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 8/21/2017 1:42 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>> Hi Donna,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sorry to hear it’s been a bad weekend,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Yeah I’m finding it kind of funny from this end as it’s a 7 minute
>> blackout that’s happening coast to coast across the usa,
>> 
>> And everyone is making such a big thing out of it,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Yet if you can sset things up quickly enough NASA are streaming it so
>> you could copy that streem and have it for prosperity
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> New Zealand gets our next total eclipse in I think it’s 2028
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> But good luck tomorrow or in the morning in my case.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Approx. 7 hours till darkness falls in the middle of the day.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *From:*macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Donna Goodin
>> *Sent:* Sunday, 20 August 2017 3:25 PM
>> *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> *Subject:* Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Simon,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This is a very fun story about a small town in the U.S. that suddenly
>> finds itself in the limelight.  As best i understand it, the longest
>> duration of the eclipse is in a small town in Illinois where many of my
>> in-laws live, and where my husband and I lived till this past April.
>> Truth be told, this has been a rough weekend.  I'm sad I'm not there.
>> The  university is closed Monday, and there are lots of parties that we
>> would be attending if we still lived there.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://eclipse.siu.edu
>> 
>> Donna
>> 
>> ,
>> 
>> Donna
>> 
>>On Aug 19, 2017, at 4:57 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com
>><mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>Hi Janina,
>> 
>>Yes it was a story on our evening news tv show last night.
>> 
>>The town in Oregon that is the centre of the eclipse  has a
>>population of approx. 6500 people but they are expecting 25 to
>>arrive over the next day or so to watch the eclipse
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>-Original Message-
>>From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
>>[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
>>Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2017 6:55 AM
>>To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>><mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>Subject: Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
>> 
>>Simon,
>> 
>>Where I live just outside Washington, DC, it will approximately 80%.
>>It's full further west in the U.S. Hotels out west are full. People
>>are sleeping in their cars, I imagine! 
>> 
>>Janina
>> 
>>Simon Fogarty writes:
>> 
>>I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?
>> 
>>So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or
>>only partial?
>> 
>>And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day, Or at
>>least
>>night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the
>>sun so that the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun
>>is eclipsed from seeing it,  and it gets very dark on that
>>furtherest away side.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>-Original Message-
>>From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
>>[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
>>Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
>>To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>><mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
>> 
>

Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[E.T.]

   NOVA is streaming this live today and PBS will air it tonight.

   The following link takes you to an eclipse calendar for any location 
in the world.


<https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html>


From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 8/21/2017 1:42 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote:

Hi Donna,



Sorry to hear it’s been a bad weekend,



Yeah I’m finding it kind of funny from this end as it’s a 7 minute
blackout that’s happening coast to coast across the usa,

And everyone is making such a big thing out of it,



Yet if you can sset things up quickly enough NASA are streaming it so
you could copy that streem and have it for prosperity



New Zealand gets our next total eclipse in I think it’s 2028



But good luck tomorrow or in the morning in my case.



Approx. 7 hours till darkness falls in the middle of the day.





*From:*macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Donna Goodin
*Sent:* Sunday, 20 August 2017 3:25 PM
*To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
*Subject:* Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible



Hi Simon,



This is a very fun story about a small town in the U.S. that suddenly
finds itself in the limelight.  As best i understand it, the longest
duration of the eclipse is in a small town in Illinois where many of my
in-laws live, and where my husband and I lived till this past April.
 Truth be told, this has been a rough weekend.  I'm sad I'm not there.
 The  university is closed Monday, and there are lots of parties that we
would be attending if we still lived there.



http://eclipse.siu.edu

Donna

,

Donna

On Aug 19, 2017, at 4:57 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com
<mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:



Hi Janina,

Yes it was a story on our evening news tv show last night.

The town in Oregon that is the centre of the eclipse  has a
population of approx. 6500 people but they are expecting 25 to
arrive over the next day or so to watch the eclipse



-Original Message-
From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2017 6:55 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Simon,

Where I live just outside Washington, DC, it will approximately 80%.
It's full further west in the U.S. Hotels out west are full. People
are sleeping in their cars, I imagine! 

Janina

Simon Fogarty writes:

I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?

So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or
only partial?

And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day, Or at
least
night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the
sun so that the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun
is eclipsed from seeing it,  and it gets very dark on that
furtherest away side.



-Original Message-
From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Hi,

People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse
might want to look into a special app intended to help blind and
visually impaired people experience this upcoming celestial event:

https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impa
ired.html

The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes
Appstore.
I haven't checked, though.

Enjoy!

Janina


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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Donna Goodin]

Speaking only for myself, it's not the eclipse that I'm bummed out about 
missing.  In fact, we are in the path of the eclipse where I live now.  It's 
the fun parties! lol

I believe the eclipse to which you refer is in 2027.  I know that Illinois is 
in the path of that one, too.

Take care,
Donna

> On Aug 21, 2017, at 3:42 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Donna,
>  
> Sorry to hear it’s been a bad weekend,
>  
> Yeah I’m finding it kind of funny from this end as it’s a 7 minute blackout 
> that’s happening coast to coast across the usa,
> And everyone is making such a big thing out of it,
>  
> Yet if you can sset things up quickly enough NASA are streaming it so you 
> could copy that streem and have it for prosperity
>  
> New Zealand gets our next total eclipse in I think it’s 2028
>  
> But good luck tomorrow or in the morning in my case.
>  
> Approx. 7 hours till darkness falls in the middle of the day.
>  
>  
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin
> Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2017 3:25 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
>  
> Hi Simon,
>  
> This is a very fun story about a small town in the U.S. that suddenly finds 
> itself in the limelight.  As best i understand it, the longest duration of 
> the eclipse is in a small town in Illinois where many of my in-laws live, and 
> where my husband and I lived till this past April.  Truth be told, this has 
> been a rough weekend.  I'm sad I'm not there.  The  university is closed 
> Monday, and there are lots of parties that we would be attending if we still 
> lived there.
>  
> http://eclipse.siu.edu <http://eclipse.siu.edu/>
> Donna
> ,
> Donna
> On Aug 19, 2017, at 4:57 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com 
> <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:
>  
> Hi Janina,
> 
> Yes it was a story on our evening news tv show last night.
> 
> The town in Oregon that is the centre of the eclipse  has a population of 
> approx. 6500 people but they are expecting 25 to arrive over the next day 
> or so to watch the eclipse 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] 
> Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2017 6:55 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
> 
> Simon,
> 
> Where I live just outside Washington, DC, it will approximately 80%.
> It's full further west in the U.S. Hotels out west are full. People are 
> sleeping in their cars, I imagine! 
> 
> Janina
> 
> Simon Fogarty writes:
> 
> I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?
> 
> So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?
> 
> And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day, Or at least 
> night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun so that 
> the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from seeing 
> it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>]
> Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
> 
> Hi,
> 
> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to 
> look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
> experience this upcoming celestial event:
> 
> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impa 
> <https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impa>
> ired.html
> 
> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
> I haven't checked, though.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Janina
> 
> 
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> 
> Janina Sajka,  Phone: +1.443.300.2200
> 
> sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net <sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net>
> Email:jan...@rednote.net 
> <mailto:jan...@rednote.net>
> 
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:  http://a11y.org 
> <

RE: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Simon Fogarty]

Hi Donna,

Sorry to hear it’s been a bad weekend,

Yeah I’m finding it kind of funny from this end as it’s a 7 minute blackout 
that’s happening coast to coast across the usa,
And everyone is making such a big thing out of it,

Yet if you can sset things up quickly enough NASA are streaming it so you could 
copy that streem and have it for prosperity

New Zealand gets our next total eclipse in I think it’s 2028

But good luck tomorrow or in the morning in my case.

Approx. 7 hours till darkness falls in the middle of the day.


From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Donna Goodin
Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2017 3:25 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Hi Simon,

This is a very fun story about a small town in the U.S. that suddenly finds 
itself in the limelight.  As best i understand it, the longest duration of the 
eclipse is in a small town in Illinois where many of my in-laws live, and where 
my husband and I lived till this past April.  Truth be told, this has been a 
rough weekend.  I'm sad I'm not there.  The  university is closed Monday, and 
there are lots of parties that we would be attending if we still lived there.

http://eclipse.siu.edu
Donna
,
Donna
On Aug 19, 2017, at 4:57 PM, Simon Fogarty 
<si...@blinky-net.com<mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:

Hi Janina,

Yes it was a story on our evening news tv show last night.

The town in Oregon that is the centre of the eclipse  has a population of 
approx. 6500 people but they are expecting 25 to arrive over the next day 
or so to watch the eclipse



-Original Message-
From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2017 6:55 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Simon,

Where I live just outside Washington, DC, it will approximately 80%.
It's full further west in the U.S. Hotels out west are full. People are 
sleeping in their cars, I imagine! 

Janina

Simon Fogarty writes:

I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?

So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?

And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day, Or at least
night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun so that the 
side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from seeing it,  and 
it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.



-Original Message-
From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Hi,

People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to look 
into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
experience this upcoming celestial event:

https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impa
ired.html

The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
I haven't checked, though.

Enjoy!

Janina


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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Donna Goodin]

Hi Simon,

This is a very fun story about a small town in the U.S. that suddenly finds 
itself in the limelight.  As best i understand it, the longest duration of the 
eclipse is in a small town in Illinois where many of my in-laws live, and where 
my husband and I lived till this past April.  Truth be told, this has been a 
rough weekend.  I'm sad I'm not there.  The  university is closed Monday, and 
there are lots of parties that we would be attending if we still lived there.

http://eclipse.siu.edu <http://eclipse.siu.edu/>
Donna
,
Donna
> On Aug 19, 2017, at 4:57 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Janina,
> 
> Yes it was a story on our evening news tv show last night.
> 
> The town in Oregon that is the centre of the eclipse  has a population of 
> approx. 6500 people but they are expecting 25 to arrive over the next day 
> or so to watch the eclipse 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2017 6:55 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
> 
> Simon,
> 
> Where I live just outside Washington, DC, it will approximately 80%.
> It's full further west in the U.S. Hotels out west are full. People are 
> sleeping in their cars, I imagine! 
> 
> Janina
> 
> Simon Fogarty writes:
>> I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?
>> 
>> So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?
>> 
>> And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day, Or at least 
>> night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun so that 
>> the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from seeing 
>> it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to 
>> look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
>> experience this upcoming celestial event:
>> 
>> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impa
>> ired.html
>> 
>> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
>> I haven't checked, though.
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> 
>> Janina
>> 
>> 
>> --
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>> Janina Sajka,Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
>>  sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net
>>  Email:  jan...@rednote.net
>> 
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>> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:http://a11y.org
>> 
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

['Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries]

Hi, Chuck:

My not quite so perfect pitch was ruined years ago from playing Bb
instruments. Actually, it was really ruined during the year I spent
playing a Sousaphone which is pitched Bb, but scored in C. Every since,
I need a reference note! 

I'm with you on the Big Banger, though. The cosmologists who don't like
that implication have been falling all over themselves inventing every
more fantastic theories to avoid that conclusion, all without the
tiniest shred of evidence. Now, I ask you, who's relying on myths?

Janina

CHUCK REICHEL writes:
> Hi Janina,
> good observation. :)
> any body for the "a 432" tuning out there?
> My wife has switched to the a 432 tuning & it is so much more healing!
> As for the big bang radiation.
> Behind the big bang is the ultimate big banger! :)
> Nothing from nothing = nothing!
> GOD for U is the Creator of the engineers that produced Apple!
> C.R.
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 19, 2017, at 2:52 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote:
> 
> > Great points, Scott. I would add only that it was sound that tipped off
> > the discovery of the Big Bang. Everywhere Penzias and Wilson pointed
> > their radio telescopes they found the same background noise pattern,
> > which pointed to the same background em radiation:
> > 
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_cosmic_microwave_background_radiation
> > 
> > 
> > I find this fact particularly important to convey to blind children who
> > should know their ears alone could just discover something really, really
> > important.
> > 
> > There's, of course, no sound in space, as we humans know sound. But the
> > vibrations discoverable throughout the univers can certainly be mapped.
> > Make good musical choices in those mappings and you would indeed get
> > something quite hauntingly beautiful. So, Scott, please post some links!
> > 
> > Janina
> > 
> > Scott Granados writes:
> >> This topic came up on an Apple list as well and I’d just like to bring to 
> >> the attention of our group here all the wonderful sounds from space that 
> >> are available.  An audio representation of the eclipse is a great idea but 
> >> have you ever heard the sound of the rings of Saturn?  How about the 
> >> Northern and Southern lights?  The sounds of pulsars are startling in 
> >> their almost artificial sound and yes it’s totally possible to hear the 
> >> echoes of the Big Bang from the microwave spectrum.  As a young child I 
> >> remember being under attack by all sorts of invisible man in the sky 
> >> believers and to counter this my parents encouraged me to learn about 
> >> Science.  I befriended a local science teacher who taught me astronomy (I 
> >> was about 9 years old at the time) and also a fellow from the local phone 
> >> company who taught me electronics where my father’s abilities left off.  I 
> >> mention this here because one of the first things I did was scrounge up a 
> >> huge dish from an old satellite ground station and modify it to become a 
> >> small radio telescope in my back yard.  One of the first things I picked 
> >> up was the Smoot radiation from the big bang and actually hearing the 
> >> echoes of the creation of the universe hooked me for life. I then started 
> >> to write software on an old Apple 2E to decode that radiation and generate 
> >> both numeric and visual representations of the background radiation which 
> >> could paint a picture of how the massive ripples of the expansion of space 
> >> and time echoed across over 13.5 billion years.  It’s such a good way for 
> >> a blind person, especially children to connect with the wonders of nature 
> >> and science which sometimes can be painfully visual.   If there’s any 
> >> interest and nobody objects about it being off topic I would be happy to 
> >> post links to some of this audio and big thanks to Janina for pointing 
> >> this out.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:40 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
> >>>  wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Hi,
> >>> 
> >>> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
> >>> to look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired
> >>> people experience this upcoming celestial event:
> >>> 
> >>> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
> >>> 
> >>> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
> >>> I haven't checked, though.
> >>> 
> >>> Enjoy!
> >>> 
> >>> Janina
> >>> 
> >>> 
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[E.T.]

   The path of totality starts in Oregon and goes through South Carolina.

From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 8/19/2017 11:55 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote:

Simon,

Where I live just outside Washington, DC, it will approximately 80%.
It's full further west in the U.S. Hotels out west are full. People are
sleeping in their cars, I imagine! 

Janina

Simon Fogarty writes:

I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?

 So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?

And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day,
Or at least night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun 
so that the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from 
seeing it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.



-Original Message-
From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Hi,

People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to look 
into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
experience this upcoming celestial event:

https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html

The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
I haven't checked, though.

Enjoy!

Janina


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RE: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Simon Fogarty]

Hi Janina,

Yes it was a story on our evening news tv show last night.

The town in Oregon that is the centre of the eclipse  has a population of 
approx. 6500 people but they are expecting 25 to arrive over the next day 
or so to watch the eclipse 

 

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Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2017 6:55 AM
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Subject: Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Simon,

Where I live just outside Washington, DC, it will approximately 80%.
It's full further west in the U.S. Hotels out west are full. People are 
sleeping in their cars, I imagine! 

Janina

Simon Fogarty writes:
> I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?
> 
>  So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?
> 
> And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day, Or at least 
> night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun so that 
> the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from seeing 
> it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
> Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
> 
> Hi,
> 
> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to 
> look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
> experience this upcoming celestial event:
> 
> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impa
> ired.html
> 
> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
> I haven't checked, though.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Janina
> 
> 
> --
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[CHUCK REICHEL]

Hi Janina,
good observation. :)
any body for the "a 432" tuning out there?
My wife has switched to the a 432 tuning & it is so much more healing!
As for the big bang radiation.
Behind the big bang is the ultimate big banger! :)
Nothing from nothing = nothing!
GOD for U is the Creator of the engineers that produced Apple!
C.R.



On Aug 19, 2017, at 2:52 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote:

> Great points, Scott. I would add only that it was sound that tipped off
> the discovery of the Big Bang. Everywhere Penzias and Wilson pointed
> their radio telescopes they found the same background noise pattern,
> which pointed to the same background em radiation:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_cosmic_microwave_background_radiation
> 
> 
> I find this fact particularly important to convey to blind children who
> should know their ears alone could just discover something really, really
> important.
> 
> There's, of course, no sound in space, as we humans know sound. But the
> vibrations discoverable throughout the univers can certainly be mapped.
> Make good musical choices in those mappings and you would indeed get
> something quite hauntingly beautiful. So, Scott, please post some links!
> 
> Janina
> 
> Scott Granados writes:
>> This topic came up on an Apple list as well and I’d just like to bring to 
>> the attention of our group here all the wonderful sounds from space that are 
>> available.  An audio representation of the eclipse is a great idea but have 
>> you ever heard the sound of the rings of Saturn?  How about the Northern and 
>> Southern lights?  The sounds of pulsars are startling in their almost 
>> artificial sound and yes it’s totally possible to hear the echoes of the Big 
>> Bang from the microwave spectrum.  As a young child I remember being under 
>> attack by all sorts of invisible man in the sky believers and to counter 
>> this my parents encouraged me to learn about Science.  I befriended a local 
>> science teacher who taught me astronomy (I was about 9 years old at the 
>> time) and also a fellow from the local phone company who taught me 
>> electronics where my father’s abilities left off.  I mention this here 
>> because one of the first things I did was scrounge up a huge dish from an 
>> old satellite ground station and modify it to become a small radio telescope 
>> in my back yard.  One of the first things I picked up was the Smoot 
>> radiation from the big bang and actually hearing the echoes of the creation 
>> of the universe hooked me for life. I then started to write software on an 
>> old Apple 2E to decode that radiation and generate both numeric and visual 
>> representations of the background radiation which could paint a picture of 
>> how the massive ripples of the expansion of space and time echoed across 
>> over 13.5 billion years.  It’s such a good way for a blind person, 
>> especially children to connect with the wonders of nature and science which 
>> sometimes can be painfully visual.   If there’s any interest and nobody 
>> objects about it being off topic I would be happy to post links to some of 
>> this audio and big thanks to Janina for pointing this out.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:40 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
>>> to look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired
>>> people experience this upcoming celestial event:
>>> 
>>> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
>>> 
>>> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
>>> I haven't checked, though.
>>> 
>>> Enjoy!
>>> 
>>> Janina
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
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>>> Email:  jan...@rednote.net
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

['Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries]

Simon,

Where I live just outside Washington, DC, it will approximately 80%.
It's full further west in the U.S. Hotels out west are full. People are
sleeping in their cars, I imagine! 

Janina

Simon Fogarty writes:
> I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?
> 
>  So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?
> 
> And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day,
> Or at least night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the 
> sun so that the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed 
> from seeing it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
> 
> Hi,
> 
> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to 
> look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
> experience this upcoming celestial event:
> 
> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
> 
> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
> I haven't checked, though.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Janina
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
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>   sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net
>   Email:  jan...@rednote.net
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

['Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries]

Great points, Scott. I would add only that it was sound that tipped off
the discovery of the Big Bang. Everywhere Penzias and Wilson pointed
their radio telescopes they found the same background noise pattern,
which pointed to the same background em radiation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_cosmic_microwave_background_radiation


I find this fact particularly important to convey to blind children who
should know their ears alone could just discover something really, really
important.

There's, of course, no sound in space, as we humans know sound. But the
vibrations discoverable throughout the univers can certainly be mapped.
Make good musical choices in those mappings and you would indeed get
something quite hauntingly beautiful. So, Scott, please post some links!

Janina

Scott Granados writes:
> This topic came up on an Apple list as well and I’d just like to bring to the 
> attention of our group here all the wonderful sounds from space that are 
> available.  An audio representation of the eclipse is a great idea but have 
> you ever heard the sound of the rings of Saturn?  How about the Northern and 
> Southern lights?  The sounds of pulsars are startling in their almost 
> artificial sound and yes it’s totally possible to hear the echoes of the Big 
> Bang from the microwave spectrum.  As a young child I remember being under 
> attack by all sorts of invisible man in the sky believers and to counter this 
> my parents encouraged me to learn about Science.  I befriended a local 
> science teacher who taught me astronomy (I was about 9 years old at the time) 
> and also a fellow from the local phone company who taught me electronics 
> where my father’s abilities left off.  I mention this here because one of the 
> first things I did was scrounge up a huge dish from an old satellite ground 
> station and modify it to become a small radio telescope in my back yard.  One 
> of the first things I picked up was the Smoot radiation from the big bang and 
> actually hearing the echoes of the creation of the universe hooked me for 
> life. I then started to write software on an old Apple 2E to decode that 
> radiation and generate both numeric and visual representations of the 
> background radiation which could paint a picture of how the massive ripples 
> of the expansion of space and time echoed across over 13.5 billion years.  
> It’s such a good way for a blind person, especially children to connect with 
> the wonders of nature and science which sometimes can be painfully visual.   
> If there’s any interest and nobody objects about it being off topic I would 
> be happy to post links to some of this audio and big thanks to Janina for 
> pointing this out.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:40 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
> >  wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
> > to look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired
> > people experience this upcoming celestial event:
> > 
> > https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
> > 
> > The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
> > I haven't checked, though.
> > 
> > Enjoy!
> > 
> > Janina
> > 
> > 
> > --
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[E.T.]

Chuck,
   There are festivals in the totality path, like Oregon. I hear the 
weather is ideal there so run over there and hunker down with a bucket 
load of  legal weed and say "Far Out Man!"


   You do know you plagiarized Carl Sagan, don't you? Far Out Man!

From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 8/19/2017 6:32 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:

Hi EAT,
Thats absolutely amazing how By random chance we can predict with mathematical 
exactness these perfect alignments of the planets & stars.
awesome design!
GOD for you is the Creator of the engineers that produced Apple!
C.R.


On Aug 18, 2017, at 11:01 PM, E.T. wrote:


  The path of totality is narrow but this one will go from the west coast to 
the east coast, in about 2 hours. At any given point in that path totality will 
last less than 2 minutes.

  No it does not happen every day. I'm sure you can find a calendar somewhere 
that will give dates of future eclipses. Someone mentioned another event coming 
in 2024, don't know where.

  There are also lunar eclipses where instead of the sun being blocked, the 
moon is blocked.

From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
 "God for you is where you sweep away all the
 mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
 our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
 and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 8/18/2017 7:48 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:

I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?

So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?

And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day,
Or at least night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun 
so that the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from 
seeing it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.



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To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Hi,

People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to look 
into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
experience this upcoming celestial event:

https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html

The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
I haven't checked, though.

Enjoy!

Janina




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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[CHUCK REICHEL]

Hi Scott,

Yes the Creation of the universe is still broadcasting!
Absolutely stunning! :)
GOD for you is the Creator of the engineers that produced Apple!
C.R.



On Aug 18, 2017, at 8:11 PM, Scott Granados wrote:

> This topic came up on an Apple list as well and I’d just like to bring to the 
> attention of our group here all the wonderful sounds from space that are 
> available.  An audio representation of the eclipse is a great idea but have 
> you ever heard the sound of the rings of Saturn?  How about the Northern and 
> Southern lights?  The sounds of pulsars are startling in their almost 
> artificial sound and yes it’s totally possible to hear the echoes of the Big 
> Bang from the microwave spectrum.  As a young child I remember being under 
> attack by all sorts of invisible man in the sky believers and to counter this 
> my parents encouraged me to learn about Science.  I befriended a local 
> science teacher who taught me astronomy (I was about 9 years old at the time) 
> and also a fellow from the local phone company who taught me electronics 
> where my father’s abilities left off.  I mention this here because one of the 
> first things I did was scrounge up a huge dish from an old satellite ground 
> station and modify it to become a small radio telescope in my back yard.  One 
> of the first things I picked up was the Smoot radiation from the big bang and 
> actually hearing the echoes of the creation of the universe hooked me for 
> life. I then started to write software on an old Apple 2E to decode that 
> radiation and generate both numeric and visual representations of the 
> background radiation which could paint a picture of how the massive ripples 
> of the expansion of space and time echoed across over 13.5 billion years.  
> It’s such a good way for a blind person, especially children to connect with 
> the wonders of nature and science which sometimes can be painfully visual.   
> If there’s any interest and nobody objects about it being off topic I would 
> be happy to post links to some of this audio and big thanks to Janina for 
> pointing this out.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:40 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
>> to look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired
>> people experience this upcoming celestial event:
>> 
>> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
>> 
>> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
>> I haven't checked, though.
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> 
>> Janina
>> 
>> 
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[CHUCK REICHEL]

Hi EAT,
Thats absolutely amazing how By random chance we can predict with mathematical 
exactness these perfect alignments of the planets & stars.
awesome design!
GOD for you is the Creator of the engineers that produced Apple!
C.R.


On Aug 18, 2017, at 11:01 PM, E.T. wrote:

>   The path of totality is narrow but this one will go from the west coast to 
> the east coast, in about 2 hours. At any given point in that path totality 
> will last less than 2 minutes.
> 
>   No it does not happen every day. I'm sure you can find a calendar somewhere 
> that will give dates of future eclipses. Someone mentioned another event 
> coming in 2024, don't know where.
> 
>   There are also lunar eclipses where instead of the sun being blocked, the 
> moon is blocked.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 8/18/2017 7:48 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>> I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?
>> 
>> So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?
>> 
>> And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day,
>> Or at least night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the 
>> sun so that the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed 
>> from seeing it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to 
>> look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
>> experience this upcoming celestial event:
>> 
>> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
>> 
>> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
>> I haven't checked, though.
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> 
>> Janina
>> 
>> 
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Michael Busboom]

Hello Scott,

I can only echo Daniela’s sentiments.  Any links that you could provide and any 
apps that address this issue as well would be greatly appreciated.

Daniela, I am so sorry to hear about the events that have transpired in your 
lovely city.  I have been there many times, and I love the city, as well as its 
people.

Kindest regards from Vienna, Austria,

Mike

> On 19 Aug 2017, at 13:49, Daniela Rubio  wrote:
> 
> Hello all!
> 
> Thanks Scott for posting about these wonders of space and nature. If this is 
> off topic, sorry for the inconvenience, but I would love to know more about 
> this. I love space, universe and science. Could you please post here or send 
> privately those links?
> 
> Thank you, you will make my weekend shine after the horrible days we have had 
> in Barcelona.
> 
> Best
> Daniela
> 
>> El 19 ago 2017, a las 2:11, Scott Granados  
>> escribió:
>> 
>> This topic came up on an Apple list as well and I’d just like to bring to 
>> the attention of our group here all the wonderful sounds from space that are 
>> available.  An audio representation of the eclipse is a great idea but have 
>> you ever heard the sound of the rings of Saturn?  How about the Northern and 
>> Southern lights?  The sounds of pulsars are startling in their almost 
>> artificial sound and yes it’s totally possible to hear the echoes of the Big 
>> Bang from the microwave spectrum.  As a young child I remember being under 
>> attack by all sorts of invisible man in the sky believers and to counter 
>> this my parents encouraged me to learn about Science.  I befriended a local 
>> science teacher who taught me astronomy (I was about 9 years old at the 
>> time) and also a fellow from the local phone company who taught me 
>> electronics where my father’s abilities left off.  I mention this here 
>> because one of the first things I did was scrounge up a huge dish from an 
>> old satellite ground station and modify it to become a small radio telescope 
>> in my back yard.  One of the first things I picked up was the Smoot 
>> radiation from the big bang and actually hearing the echoes of the creation 
>> of the universe hooked me for life. I then started to write software on an 
>> old Apple 2E to decode that radiation and generate both numeric and visual 
>> representations of the background radiation which could paint a picture of 
>> how the massive ripples of the expansion of space and time echoed across 
>> over 13.5 billion years.  It’s such a good way for a blind person, 
>> especially children to connect with the wonders of nature and science which 
>> sometimes can be painfully visual.   If there’s any interest and nobody 
>> objects about it being off topic I would be happy to post links to some of 
>> this audio and big thanks to Janina for pointing this out.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:40 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
>>> to look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired
>>> people experience this upcoming celestial event:
>>> 
>>> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
>>> 
>>> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
>>> I haven't checked, though.
>>> 
>>> Enjoy!
>>> 
>>> Janina
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
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>>> sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net
>>> Email:  jan...@rednote.net
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Daniela Rubio]

Hello all!

Thanks Scott for posting about these wonders of space and nature. If this is 
off topic, sorry for the inconvenience, but I would love to know more about 
this. I love space, universe and science. Could you please post here or send 
privately those links?

Thank you, you will make my weekend shine after the horrible days we have had 
in Barcelona.

Best
Daniela

> El 19 ago 2017, a las 2:11, Scott Granados  
> escribió:
> 
> This topic came up on an Apple list as well and I’d just like to bring to the 
> attention of our group here all the wonderful sounds from space that are 
> available.  An audio representation of the eclipse is a great idea but have 
> you ever heard the sound of the rings of Saturn?  How about the Northern and 
> Southern lights?  The sounds of pulsars are startling in their almost 
> artificial sound and yes it’s totally possible to hear the echoes of the Big 
> Bang from the microwave spectrum.  As a young child I remember being under 
> attack by all sorts of invisible man in the sky believers and to counter this 
> my parents encouraged me to learn about Science.  I befriended a local 
> science teacher who taught me astronomy (I was about 9 years old at the time) 
> and also a fellow from the local phone company who taught me electronics 
> where my father’s abilities left off.  I mention this here because one of the 
> first things I did was scrounge up a huge dish from an old satellite ground 
> station and modify it to become a small radio telescope in my back yard.  One 
> of the first things I picked up was the Smoot radiation from the big bang and 
> actually hearing the echoes of the creation of the universe hooked me for 
> life. I then started to write software on an old Apple 2E to decode that 
> radiation and generate both numeric and visual representations of the 
> background radiation which could paint a picture of how the massive ripples 
> of the expansion of space and time echoed across over 13.5 billion years.  
> It’s such a good way for a blind person, especially children to connect with 
> the wonders of nature and science which sometimes can be painfully visual.   
> If there’s any interest and nobody objects about it being off topic I would 
> be happy to post links to some of this audio and big thanks to Janina for 
> pointing this out.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:40 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
>> to look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired
>> people experience this upcoming celestial event:
>> 
>> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
>> 
>> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
>> I haven't checked, though.
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> 
>> Janina
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Janina Sajka,Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
>>  sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net
>>  Email:  jan...@rednote.net
>> 
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>> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:http://a11y.org
>> 
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[E.T.]

   The path of totality is narrow but this one will go from the west 
coast to the east coast, in about 2 hours. At any given point in that 
path totality will last less than 2 minutes.


   No it does not happen every day. I'm sure you can find a calendar 
somewhere that will give dates of future eclipses. Someone mentioned 
another event coming in 2024, don't know where.


   There are also lunar eclipses where instead of the sun being 
blocked, the moon is blocked.


From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 8/18/2017 7:48 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:

I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?

 So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?

And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day,
Or at least night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun 
so that the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from 
seeing it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.



-Original Message-
From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Hi,

People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to look 
into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
experience this upcoming celestial event:

https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html

The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
I haven't checked, though.

Enjoy!

Janina




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RE: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Simon Fogarty]

I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?

 So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?

And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day,
Or at least night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun 
so that the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from 
seeing it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.



-Original Message-
From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Hi,

People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to look 
into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
experience this upcoming celestial event:

https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html

The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
I haven't checked, though.

Enjoy!

Janina


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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Jonathan Cohn]

My understanding is that it is available in the iTunes store. Also, my wife 
said the final story today on Science Friday was about this app.


Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:40 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
> to look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired
> people experience this upcoming celestial event:
> 
> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
> 
> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
> I haven't checked, though.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Janina
> 
> 
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Scott Granados]

This topic came up on an Apple list as well and I’d just like to bring to the 
attention of our group here all the wonderful sounds from space that are 
available.  An audio representation of the eclipse is a great idea but have you 
ever heard the sound of the rings of Saturn?  How about the Northern and 
Southern lights?  The sounds of pulsars are startling in their almost 
artificial sound and yes it’s totally possible to hear the echoes of the Big 
Bang from the microwave spectrum.  As a young child I remember being under 
attack by all sorts of invisible man in the sky believers and to counter this 
my parents encouraged me to learn about Science.  I befriended a local science 
teacher who taught me astronomy (I was about 9 years old at the time) and also 
a fellow from the local phone company who taught me electronics where my 
father’s abilities left off.  I mention this here because one of the first 
things I did was scrounge up a huge dish from an old satellite ground station 
and modify it to become a small radio telescope in my back yard.  One of the 
first things I picked up was the Smoot radiation from the big bang and actually 
hearing the echoes of the creation of the universe hooked me for life. I then 
started to write software on an old Apple 2E to decode that radiation and 
generate both numeric and visual representations of the background radiation 
which could paint a picture of how the massive ripples of the expansion of 
space and time echoed across over 13.5 billion years.  It’s such a good way for 
a blind person, especially children to connect with the wonders of nature and 
science which sometimes can be painfully visual.   If there’s any interest and 
nobody objects about it being off topic I would be happy to post links to some 
of this audio and big thanks to Janina for pointing this out.





> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:40 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
> to look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired
> people experience this upcoming celestial event:
> 
> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
> 
> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
> I haven't checked, though.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Janina
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