Astro Event for July 29th-August 4th, 2008: an Arctic Eclipse.
July 28, 2008 by David Dickinson
Filed under Weekly Astro-events
Path of the August 1st Eclipse.
(Credit: NASA & Fred Espenak)
Eclipses rarely happen over civilized areas. It seems as the shadow of the moon is extremely shy, avoiding your local suburbia and instead forcing eclipse chasers to risk life and limb, often courting terminal illness and kidnapping to see this elusive spectacle. The total eclipse [...]
