At 10:55 Universal Time (5:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time), a few seconds before totality, sunlight shone through valleys at the edge of the moon's limb. This amazing effect, a cosmic light show known as the "pearl necklace phenomenon" is seen here, along with fine protuberances....[More]
PEARL NECKLACE
At 10:55 Universal Time (5:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time), a few seconds before totality, sunlight shone through valleys at the edge of the moon's limb. This amazing effect, a cosmic light show known as the "pearl necklace phenomenon" is seen here, along with fine protuberances.
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Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope, Nikon F601, exposure 1/1000 sec. Place: Side, Turkey
DEEP SHADOW
Originating in western Africa, the moon's umbra (shadow) sped toward the Mediterranean at a velocity of about 2,800 kilometers (1,700 miles) per hour. Ten thousand observers in Libya, Egypt and Turkey awaited the total eclipse with bated breath....[More]
DEEP SHADOW
Originating in western Africa, the moon's umbra (shadow) sped toward the Mediterranean at a velocity of about 2,800 kilometers (1,700 miles) per hour. Ten thousand observers in Libya, Egypt and Turkey awaited the total eclipse with bated breath.
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MAKING CONTACT The diamond ring and the inner corona shortly before second contact, taken at Side, Turkey. [Link to this slide] Sebastian Voltmer--105 millimeter Traveler EDF (f /6) with Canon EOS 20D
ZOOM OUT This photograph taken in Side, Turkey, during the total eclipse realistically reproduces the colors of the sky. [Link to this slide] Herbert Stary, Fabian Gross, Stefan Traubenberger--Fuji Provia 100 F, f=20 millimeter, stop 8, 2 sec exposure
TIME'S UP No sooner had the observers begun to take in this magnificent solar corona than the diamond ring announced the end of this unique spectacle. [Link to this slide] Stefan Seip--80 millimeter TMB apochromate (f/6), at f/4.8, Canon EOS 5D
REWIND A second pearl necklace phenomenon became visible at the end of totality at 10:59 UT (5:59 A.M. EST). A few seconds later, the points of light appeared to meld into a thin sickle. [Link to this slide] Left: Wolfgang Strickling--Russentonne, f=1000 millimeter, stop 10, Fujicolor Sensia 100 Right: Thomas Helms--Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope, Nikon F601, exposure 1/1000 sec. Place: Side, Turkey. Time: 11:02 UT (6:02 A.M. EST)
DIAMOND RING The "diamond ring" effect accompanied by light protuberances was seen shortly before the total eclipse. [Link to this slide] Herbert Stary, Fabian Gross, Stefan Traubenberger--Celestron 8, f=2 meter, 1/250 sec.
SOLAR SICKLE The narrowing solar sickle with groups of sunspots may be seen on this image taken at 9:33 Universal Time (4:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time) in Side, Turkey. [Link to this slide] Jens Hackmann--Refraktor 80 Meter from Vixen (f=910 millimeter), c-3 solar filter from Intercon Spacetec.
STEP BY STEP This is how the solar eclipse looked over Belbidi, Turkey. [Link to this slide] Patrizio Calderari, Mauro Luraschi--Hasselblad lens (f=500 millimeter), Nikon 10D, exposure times: 1/125 sec to 1 sec.
CORONAL WINGSPAN The corona around the eclipsed sun, seen here from Libya, has a diameter of at least eight solar radii. [Link to this slide] Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol--Telephoto lens, f=400 millimeter, stop 9. Combination of photographs at 1/500 sec to 8 sec.
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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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take things at face value,if so and so said it then it must be true , personally i'd like to think of myself as a human being capable of thinking for myself ,
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Add Comment"Eclipse", not ellipse, of course. Jesus Christ instructed GW Bush to tell me of my spelling goofup.
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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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Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisbook of the earths history ,the good lord's word has never yet been proven wrong in any instance ,archaeological findings when using biblical direction correctly have not been steered wrong ,many learned people over the years have tried to dismiss biblical writings as tom foolery but it has come back and bit them in the ass. one has to stand for something or you'll fall for anything and being such a gullible society we
take things at face value,if so and so said it then it must be true , personally
i'd like to think of myself as a human being capable of thinking for myself ,
research is at our very finger tips today , bibles have been around a lot longer then the internet though.