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Western North America and europe?
Seems a little odd and not in accord with the graphic, is it really eastern north america? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.63.58.240 ( talk • contribs) 5 May 2006
would someone reference this to a saros series? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SiriusAlphaCMa ( talk • contribs) 5 May 2006
A link to a definition of central eclipse. Rich Farmbrough 08:36 29 August 2006 (GMT).
Generally, if willing to travel, where geographically is the best place to view an (this) eclipse? Obviously a dry place probably has a good change of clear skies. But, is it best to be in the middle of the path (in this case Russia, rather than N. Canada or S. China)? Daytime light pollution? Any other considerations? -alexgenaud
Eclipse weather predictions are rarely easy, but currently the average cloudcover for the eclipse path shows a 70 percent chance of clear skies (the highest along the path) in the area around Hami or Yiwu, China. Other areas of north China, eastern Mongolia and southern Russia are looking at 55 to 65 percent or so. Novosibirsk is in the 55-60 percent range. A good site to look at is http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/ CapeCanaveral321 ( talk) 02:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
I removed some external links that seem to only have a commercial intent. Although slightly doubtful, I kept the link to http://www.clocktower.demon.co.uk/eclipse2008t/index.htm despite its promoting a travel bureau near the bottom, because the rest of the page is actually very informative. – gpvos (talk) 21:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Which countries will the eclipse include? How about Israel? Yonidebest Ω Talk 13:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I saw ıt ın turkey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.184.42.94 ( talk) 10:56, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I removed India from the list of countries that will experience total eclipse, as the total eclipse corridor will not pass through it. Cosmos72 ( talk) 09:33, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
"India The eclipse began in far western India(mumbai), at about 16:45 . But it was visible only for around 10 mins as the sky was covered with rain clouds and the sun was in a mood to play hide and seek."
On a related note, I've cut the above unsourced statement for tone ("hide and seek") and 10 minutes of totality as dubious (other countries listed as lasting no more than 2 minutes 27 seconds. Jon ( talk) 13:14, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I saw what appeared to be a shadow in the refraction of light during sunset last night!
it was also abnormally dull and dark alot sooner than usual too, will try to extrapolate photos from my phone later. Murakumo-Elite ( talk) 18:08, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
The east coast of North America is really, really screwed up. Can this be fixed? Zazaban ( talk) 06:54, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Extraordinary as an eclipse is to experience, small still photos fail entirely to capture the phenomenon, and are totally non-specific. In short, when you have seen one orangey/red disc with a black disc superimposed on it, you've seen them all. I would argue that the range and ever increasing number of amateur photos in the gallery in this article add nothing of encyclopaedic value. I would be inclined to say let's have one pic of the annular effect, one of a slither of crescent, and one to illustrate partiality, but I could easily be moved by the argument that there is no way of knowing whether these pictures are actually of the 01/08/2008 eclipse, or an earlier one. Kevin McE ( talk) 17:53, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
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Western North America and europe?
Seems a little odd and not in accord with the graphic, is it really eastern north america? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.63.58.240 ( talk • contribs) 5 May 2006
would someone reference this to a saros series? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SiriusAlphaCMa ( talk • contribs) 5 May 2006
A link to a definition of central eclipse. Rich Farmbrough 08:36 29 August 2006 (GMT).
Generally, if willing to travel, where geographically is the best place to view an (this) eclipse? Obviously a dry place probably has a good change of clear skies. But, is it best to be in the middle of the path (in this case Russia, rather than N. Canada or S. China)? Daytime light pollution? Any other considerations? -alexgenaud
Eclipse weather predictions are rarely easy, but currently the average cloudcover for the eclipse path shows a 70 percent chance of clear skies (the highest along the path) in the area around Hami or Yiwu, China. Other areas of north China, eastern Mongolia and southern Russia are looking at 55 to 65 percent or so. Novosibirsk is in the 55-60 percent range. A good site to look at is http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/ CapeCanaveral321 ( talk) 02:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
I removed some external links that seem to only have a commercial intent. Although slightly doubtful, I kept the link to http://www.clocktower.demon.co.uk/eclipse2008t/index.htm despite its promoting a travel bureau near the bottom, because the rest of the page is actually very informative. – gpvos (talk) 21:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Which countries will the eclipse include? How about Israel? Yonidebest Ω Talk 13:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
I saw ıt ın turkey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.184.42.94 ( talk) 10:56, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I removed India from the list of countries that will experience total eclipse, as the total eclipse corridor will not pass through it. Cosmos72 ( talk) 09:33, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
"India The eclipse began in far western India(mumbai), at about 16:45 . But it was visible only for around 10 mins as the sky was covered with rain clouds and the sun was in a mood to play hide and seek."
On a related note, I've cut the above unsourced statement for tone ("hide and seek") and 10 minutes of totality as dubious (other countries listed as lasting no more than 2 minutes 27 seconds. Jon ( talk) 13:14, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I saw what appeared to be a shadow in the refraction of light during sunset last night!
it was also abnormally dull and dark alot sooner than usual too, will try to extrapolate photos from my phone later. Murakumo-Elite ( talk) 18:08, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
The east coast of North America is really, really screwed up. Can this be fixed? Zazaban ( talk) 06:54, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Extraordinary as an eclipse is to experience, small still photos fail entirely to capture the phenomenon, and are totally non-specific. In short, when you have seen one orangey/red disc with a black disc superimposed on it, you've seen them all. I would argue that the range and ever increasing number of amateur photos in the gallery in this article add nothing of encyclopaedic value. I would be inclined to say let's have one pic of the annular effect, one of a slither of crescent, and one to illustrate partiality, but I could easily be moved by the argument that there is no way of knowing whether these pictures are actually of the 01/08/2008 eclipse, or an earlier one. Kevin McE ( talk) 17:53, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
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