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Images of the eclipse from around the world
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People watch the solar eclipse in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Friday, August 1, 2008. Millions of Chinese along the ancient Silk Road gathered Friday to gaze at a total solar eclipse, an event traditionally fraught with superstitious meaning coming one week before the start of the Beijing Olympics....[More]
A view of the partial solar eclipse of the sun of August 1, 2008, from Hyde Park in London. (NOTE: The dark sky is a result of a very fast shutter speed and a small aperture needed to expose the sun correctly.)...[More]
A child looks through protective glasses at the total eclipse of the sun as its projection is displayed on a card during a total solar eclipse seen near the Bulgarian town of Varna on the Black Sea, east of the capital Sofia, on Friday, August 1, 2008....[More]
A member of the public looks at a partial solar eclipse in Hyde Park, London, on Friday, August 1, 2008. The eclipse occurred over the whole of the U.K. and Ireland....[More]
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Add CommentIn China, We learn enough of the formation of solar eclipse and it doesn't mean any thing uncomfortable! Solar eclipse has nothing related to 2008 Beijing Olympics. Welcome to China and watch the Olympic games, it'll be owesome!
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI THINK IT�S BEAUTIFUL PHENOMENON THAT BE USED TO LEARN ABOUT COSMOS PHISIC.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisTHE TRUTH ABOUT CELESTIAL WONDERS If ancient myhts of the nations were permeated by superstitious beliefs, an ancient, yet reliable record dually existed : the Bible. Concerning celestial wonders, the Bible foretold in the book of Acts of Apostles, chapter 2, verse 20 : The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and illustrious day of Jehovah arrives. Recent studies show the sun is not totally immobile. Better, it is turning left and right with an angle less than 30 degrees. In that way, the small dark region in the sun is often exposed, thus allowing complete darkness in the night. As sun thermonuclear energy is running out, this dark region will become sizable, at the appointed time of the reaction. The sun will thus be turned into darkness, and the moon, not receiving enough light from the sun, will rather display infrared light from the nearer planet (Earth), thus being turned into a bloodlike aspect. Similarly, Joshua of old asked for the smaller dark face of the sun to be hidden. Since the moon could step in the miraculous longer day and thus create a disturbing eclipse, Joshua equally asked for the moon to be halted. Another instance of the sun being set to its darker position is when Jesus Christ expired. Darkness covered the region for about one hour.
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