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curiousuburb
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Join Date: May 2004
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2004-10-10, 12:29

From the WTF News department. Strange but true.

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So we should note that to see this effect you'd need to be in the N. Pacific, but it sure sounds odd.

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A partial solar eclipse will take place next week, oddly ending the day before it begins.

The eclipse will be visible, weather permitting, from northeastern portions of Asia, including all of Japan, northeastern Mongolia and China, and much of Siberia. Since these regions are located to the west of the International Date Line, the eclipse will take place Thursday, Oct. 14.

To the east of the Date Line, however, the calendar date is Oct. 13. And it will be those lucky skywatchers who live in the western half of Alaska that will be able to see the final moments of the eclipse, when it reaches a spectacular peak just as the Sun sets beyond the west-southwest horizon late Wednesday afternoon.

The eclipse will start on Oct. 14, but it will end on the previous day!
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Too far West for me by a few hours, but Hawaiian, Alaskan, or Japanese members might see it.

*adds to astronomical trivia list*
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GSpotter
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Join Date: May 2004
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2004-10-10, 16:21

Hope they will get better weather than I did, when we had an eclipse here. The centerline was nearly exactly going over our house, we had great weather on the days before ... and on the day of the eclipse, we had heavy rain. Strange feeling watching an eclipse on TV while the world outside goes dark.
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