Chris Venus ([info]chrisvenus) wrote,
@ 2009-06-10 16:41:00
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Solar Eclipse
I just found out something cool. While I'm in china there will be a solar ecliupse there. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2009/TSE2009.html has the flight path and I reckon that being in chengdu on 22nd July seems very feasible. :)

I really do need to get around to properly timetabling out my china bit of the trip. [info]mi_guida has made sure we have a good timetable for the hong kong onwards parts but strangely enough the btis where I'm on my own are badly to not at all planned. :)

Still, I'm doing shanghai-beijing-xian-chengdu-Jiuzhaigou-chengdu-yellow river. Maybe with a holy mountain in there somewhere too. So chengdu at day 17 of 26 sounds feasible. :)

I've always wanted to properly see the totality of a full solar eclipse. It'd be nicer if it was not as early in the morning but should still be awesome. :)

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[info]chrisvenus
2009-06-10 04:09 pm UTC (link)
I'm fairly sure the idea of watching a full solar eclipse late at night is going to do my head in far more... ;-)

The early in the morning (and its about 9AM I think so not actually that bad) is more that I suspect it would be much more dramatic with the sun high up in the sky like at noon or something. Beggars can't be choosers though. :)

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