by Travis S.
Question by Robin: what about the scientific meaning of solar eclipse?
Bcs I watched a full solar eclipse today in China. It's really funny. about 5min like night.
Best answer:
Answer by John GA solar eclipse is nothing to worry about. It just means that the moon is passing between the earth and the sun, so that we are in the moon's shadow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse
This week's eclipse is already over and unless you live in Asia or a small part of Hawaii, you will not be able to see this week's eclipse anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_22,_2009
One way the solar eclipse COULD be dangerous is if you look directly at it. Staring at the sun is always dangerous. When there is not an eclipse, people are not tempted to do this. During an eclipse, except for a very small part of the time when the eclipse is at totality, then part of the sun is showing behind the moon. This article explains more about why looking at an eclipse can harm your eyes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Eclipse
To find out when the next eclipse is for your area, and for images of this eclipse, see the NASA eclipse homepage.
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
Q&A: what about the scientific meaning of solar eclipse?
Four Reasons For Apocalypse to Begin in 2009
by RBerteig
Four Reasons For Apocalypse to Begin in 2009
When Christ was asked about the end of the world in Matthew 24, His response included wars, famines and pestilence. But these have been around for thousands of years. We look now at signs for 2009.1. "One day is with the Lord as 1000 years...the day of the Lord will come," 2 Pet 3:8-10. Early Bible scholars like Justin Martyr and Iranaeus believed that God gives man six days (Exod 20: 9) and 6000 years. Time's up... "May 5, 2000: the date that Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will line up with the sun and moon-the first time in 6000 years." TIME Magazine. In the Bible's solar system alignment, the sun, moon and stars made obeisance to Joseph, but it made no sense until after seven years of plenty when his brothers bowed to him in a time of famine. Our alignment seemed of little importance until, after 7 years, the housing woes initiated the sub-prime crisis resulting is the market crash in 2008, right on time with the beginning last fall.When the U.S. Senate met on Oct 1, it was the eve of the 7th new moon counting from spring, Lev 23:24. Every day for 10 days (except weekends) the markets crashed, bringing us to a time of judgment prefigured by the Day of Atonement, Lev 23:27. It happened right on time.2. God asked Ezekiel to lie on his side for 390 days-a day for each year Israel disobeyed, Ezek 4:5,6. But God also said, If you don't learn your lesson, I will punish you seven times over, Lev 26:18,21,24,28. 7 x 390 years = 2730 years. Israel's captivity began in 722 BC. It should end in 2009 because there was no year "0." (Google Assyrian Captivity of Israel, Wikipedia). We should be ready for big things this year. 3. "A minister who promotes the Old Testament roots of Christianity suggests a rare string of lunar and solar eclipses said to fall on God's annual holy days seven years from now could herald what's come to be known as the "Second Coming." Most scholars agree to a 7-year ending. Here's the article at http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=63076 4. And now comes the pope in a modern parallel to historic signs for Jerusalem. Early believers understood Christ's warning in Matthew 24:15 as referring to Rome. When the Roman army under Cestius came, they fled the city and were spared the siege by Titus. Believing that the "appointed times" in Scripture will be prophetic for when end-time events occur (trumpets of Revelation 8 and 9 on the Feast of Trumpets, Leviticus 23), we should watch September 21 as this year's counterpart to last October 1 when trouble seemed to begin. Calamity on that date may seem like a coincidence, but it would have biblical significance that begs further understanding.
Dr. Richard Ruhling is an author and speaker at Bible conferences with a focus on current events and Bible prophecy. For more information, his website is http://www.Exodus2.info and he invites visitors to his blog at http://TheBridegroomComes.wordpress.com Article Source:
http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Richard_Ruhling
Longest solar eclipse of
How high up is the umbra of an annular solar eclipse?
by matsuyuki
Question by : How high up is the umbra of an annular solar eclipse?
From Earth, an annular solar eclipse appears as a solar ring. How high would you have to go up for it to appear as a total eclipse? In other words, how high is the point that that connects the umbra to the antumbra? Let's use the eclipse of May 10, 1994 as an example.
Best answer:
Answer by bikenbeer2000Since the Sun and Moon both appear about 0.5ยบ in diameter in the sky, this is the angle of taper of the Moon's shadow, i.e. about 1/100th of a radian. So for a shadow path width of 100 km on the surface of the Earth, the apex of the cone of the shadow will be about 10,000km above the Earth's surface.
For the 10th May 1994 eclipse, a list of the widths of the annular path is provided here: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpath/SEpath1951/SE1994May10Apath.html
Multiply all the widths by 100 to obtain an approximate answer.
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