= Сообщение: 5082 из 12549 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 31 Jul 17 00:10:54 Кому : Michiel van der Vlist 31 Jul 17 00:10:54 Тема : Eclipse FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+597e596a На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+597dac4d = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+597f9507 ============================================================================== On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:52:10 Michiel van der Vlist -> Ward Dossche wrote:
MvdV> Hello Ward,
MvdV> On Sunday July 30 2017 01:43, you wrote to me:
WD>> The eclipse there is at 98%. If it can be managed we will drive to WD>> Cody WY and then head south early in the day to catch 100%, however if WD>> the roads really are that crazy jam-packed as predicted I'll just sit WD>> in my chair and enjoy the spectacle which, where we are, is supposed WD>> to last for 2min23sec.
MvdV> Setteling for 98% is a mistake. The difference in experience between MvdV> 98% and 100% is much greater then the numbers suggest. The subjective MvdV> difference is 1000%. If you go through all the trouble of traveling to MvdV> another continent to see a solar eclipse, DO NOT STOP AT 98%!
Agreed!
MvdV> With "just" 98% you will not see the stars, you will not see the MvdV> corona, you will not see any protuberans.
Absolutely!
MvdV> It will not be totally dark.
Well, I don't know what you saw but when I definitely saw a total eclipse (yes, I saw the corona and took a photo of it to prove it, and I had a telescope from which I projected the image on to a sheet of white paper) it wasn't totally dark. It couldn't be because the light from the corona gives an eerie twilight. In fact, I was quite surprised, and a little disappointed, at how much light there was. Nevertheless when the edge of the sun reappeared it was quite dramatic.
Take the experience of someone who has also seen it with his own eyes! ;-)
David
-- Formerly ICHTHUS (Reading) UK (1987-2007 R.I.P.) (2:292/854.110)
