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PostPosted: Fri, Aug 1 2008, 10:00 am EDT    Post subject: Total eclipse provides rare delight Reply with quote

If you have not seen a total eclipse, here is one caught on tape:

From iReports:

Americans Watching Full Eclipse in Siberia:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-54621

Eclipse in Siberia:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-54612

From CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/08/01/eclipse.earth/index.html
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PostPosted: Fri, Aug 1 2008, 11:33 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Total eclipse provides rare delight Reply with quote


A view of the solar eclipse from the Jiayuguan fort on the Great Wall of China on Friday.

By REUTERS
Published: August 1, 2008

Eclipse Ends Journey Across Earth in China

JIAYUGUAN, China (Reuters) - Darkness fell over the last outpost of the Great Wall of China on Friday, where a rare total solar eclipse ended its journey across the earth, delighting skywatchers one week before the Olympics open in Beijing.

The stellar spectacle - when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth - began in Canada, tracked across Greenland and crept into Siberia, before ringing in the momentous month of August in China, when it will host the Games.

In northwest China, cheers went up from the Jiayuguan Fort as hordes of tourists welcomed the eclipse.
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/news-eclipse.html
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