15 January 2010
The longest annular solar eclipse of the century.
Read more about it here and here.
The longest annular solar eclipse of the century.
Read more about it here and here.
I know that there will be one today coz I've read about it on the AOL page yesterday. Got totally consumed with other things that I forgot to research more regarding it thus almost missing it this afternoon. When I got up on our rooftop to check, the sun is already low and preparing to set. T'was hard to look at it with naked eyes if the eclipse is still ongoing so I hurriedly got back to my room to get my sunglasses to aid me better. Obviously I missed the ring part where the moon was exactly in front of the sun but it was still amazing! I catched upon the sun when it was like a waning crescent or a letter C in shape. I was mesmerized coz it was the first time for me to witness such cosmic event. And before I could even snap a decent pic the clouds eclipsed the show! My lil bro missed it. The pictures above were evidences of my lack of preparations. Yeah I know, should have used an xray film or sunglasses even in front of the camera lenses coz it's really hard to see it with naked eyes plus it can be harmful to stare at it directly. Now I know what to do come next solar eclipse on May 20, 2012.
