July 22, 2009

Solar Eclipse of July 22, 2009 NASA

SOLAR ECLIPSE: The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century takes place this Wednesday,
July 22nd. The path of totality crosses many major cities, setting
the stage for possibly the best-observed eclipse in human history.
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story from Science@NASA.

Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 Wikipedia
This
solar eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the
twenty-first century, and will not be surpassed in duration until June
13, 2132. Totality will last for up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds, with
the maximum eclipse occurring in the ocean at 02:35:21 UTC about 100 km
south of the Bonin Islands, southeast of Japan. The North Iwo Jima
island is the landmass with totality time closest to maximum.

On Wednesday, 22 July 2009, a total eclipse of the sun will be
visible from within a narrow corridor, which traverses a third of the
Earth.
The eclipse will start off the West coast of India and travel north
east passing over Varanasi and Darjeeling lasting for a duration of 4
minutes 02 seconds, then onward through Bhutan and Bangladesh till it
reaches China. China will experience the very best visual of the
impressive 2009 eclipse. Passing over Chongqing, the great Yantze with
its three Gorges and the coastline of Shanghai viewers have the
advantage of being positioned directly beneath the centre line and
ultimately, will experience the maximum totality of the black out. Add
the great 2009 total solar eclipse to your next season's holiday aboad.
on the go offer the opportunity to witness the display in holy
Varanasi, tea tree terraced Darjeeling, Bhutan, aboard a Yantze River
cruiser crossing the Three Gorges and from the coast of the East China
Sea, just south of Shanghai.
https://www.iah-holidays.co.uk/iah/Solar_Eclipse_China_Tours.php

Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 Wikipedia
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Solar eclipse pits superstition against science   AP - July 20, 2009
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New Moon 29 Cancer Astrology ...
This
second New Moon in Cancer will be a whopper, with a total solar
eclipse. This year we get a second chance at diving deep into the
compassionate heart within and without. The eclipse follows a pathway
over India and crosses through Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and China. This
total eclipse resonates with the energy of this excerpt from "The
Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva" by the 13th century Tibetan monk and scholar Gyalse Togme.
How
interesting that this eclipse is seen in the skies above nations that
have wrought destruction and tyranny upon a populace that practices the
bodhidharma, the ultimate path to cultivating a compassionate heart.
This eclipse demands that the governments of China and Burma stop their
violent repression of the peoples of Tibet and Burma, who have suffered
and lost so much.
This eclipse demands the rest of the world to
do everything it can to free the people of Tibet and Burma from these
repressive regimes that lord over them with such hatred. The
Jupiter/Neptune/Chiron conjunction in Aquarius is now inconjunct Sun
and Moon in Cancer. This represents the pain and suffering caused by
withholding the heart, making change almost impossible.
..... New Moon of love, accept the responsibility to cultivate the
intention for living each day as a loving, heartful, mindfully,
compassionate being. Recognizing the sources of suffering is a
compassionate act in itself. Clear seeing of the causes of suffering
leads to the desire to end all forms of our own suffering and the
suffering of others. We can go one step further and take action to make
reduction of suffering a reality.

Current Solar Data From NOAA   

             Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA 

Mysterious, Glowing Clouds Appear Across America's Night Skies  
Wired - July 21, 2009  

Noctilucent Clouds  Wikipedia
  Noctilucent Clouds  Google Videos
JUPITER SMACKED: Evidence is mounting that something hit
Jupiter no more than a few days ago. The impact site was discovereddark
scar in Jupiter's clouds. NASA astronomers rushed to confirm
the find, and with this photo from the Infrared Telescope Facility
in Hawaii, they
did:

by amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley on July 19th. Using a 14.5-inch
telescope at his backyard observatory in Murrumbateman, Australia,
he photographed a
The bright spot is near-infrared sunlight reflected from particulate
matter floating through the top of Jupiter's atmosphere. These particulates
are likely debris from something that hit the planet and exploded.
"This has all the hallmarks of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts
of 1994," says Leigh Fletcher of JPL who gathered the infrared
data along with colleague Glenn Orton.
If the impact hypothesis is indeed correct, the "scar"
should become spread out by jet streams in the days ahead. Amateur
astronomers can monitor events using mid-sized backyard telescopes:
sky map. The spot
is located near Jupiter's System II longitude 210°. For the predicted
times when it will cross the planet's central meridian, add 2 hours
and 6 minutes to Sky and Telescope's predicted
transit times for Jupiter's Great Red Spot.
https://spaceweather.com/