Jul 21, 2009

Total Ecplise of the Sun

A lot of people know about this. I will blog about it anyway. Tomorrow, on Wednesday morning, July 22, 2009, there's going to be a total eclipse of the sun. I'm not sure whether they will show live on televisions this natural phenomenon.

It will be the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting at greatest eclipse 6 minutes, 39 seconds, it has sparked tourist interest in eastern China and India. The eclipse is part of series 136 in the Saros cycle, like the record setting Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991.

The exceptional duration is a result of the moon being near perigee, with the diameter of the moon 8% larger than the sun (magnitude 1.080). This is second in the series of three eclipses in a month. There was a lunar eclipse on July 7 and now a solar eclipse on July 22 and then a lunar eclipse on August 6. (source: wikipedia)

When I was young, I heard a lot of superstitious beliefs of something happening after the eclipse. But whatever happens, whether true or not, I hold on to my belief that God's will remains.

it's me,

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