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    Solar Eclipse in China Today

    By Nick | August 1, 2008

    Today a solar eclipse was visible from china.  Check out the video here.  Super cool.

    I’d like to witness a Solar Eclipse someday.

    Topics: Missions, Travel | 5 Comments »

    5 Responses to “Solar Eclipse in China Today”

    1. Christy Says:
      August 1st, 2008 at 1:49 pm

      I remember the one in 1976, we made viewers at school to look at in as a reflection so as not to melt our little retina’s. It was very cool. I snuck a look anyway…probably explains that spot on my eye…

    2. Ron Says:
      August 3rd, 2008 at 11:00 am

      I rememeber that one if ’76 too. We went roller skating that night and I remember hearing the radio say it would be decades before we’d see another one in our area and I thought how old I’d be…I remember they closing the blinds at school so no one would look at it, and I just remember it getting dark..

    3. davmo Says:
      August 3rd, 2008 at 4:52 pm

      I don’t remember the one in 1976. But then again it was the 70s.

    4. Ron Says:
      August 6th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

      You know now that I think about it…
      Having seen some of the pre-Olympic coverage in China this week…are we SURE they had a solar eclipse and it wasn’t just the smog blocking out the sun??

    5. Ron Says:
      August 8th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

      You have to love that Beijing, the city of the worst smog in modern times, has a giant flame buring for the next 3 weeks AND had about a 20 minute fireworks extravaganza that sent so much smoke into the air it could be seen on Pluto…

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