Comments on: A solar eclipse… FROM MARS!

By: What a Solar Eclipse Looks Like (When You’re Seeing It From Mars) – The Atlantic – Indian Make

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:15:10 +0000

[...] Thursday, Mars’s Gale Crater was treated to a fantastic sight: a partial solar eclipse. An eclipse very similar to the kind we’re used to seeing from here [...]

By: The frequency of lunar and solar eclipses

The frequency of lunar and solar eclipses — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:37:48 +0000

[...] the new moon is only up in the daytime, people in the country tonight will see plenty of stars.Lunar eclipses take place at full moon — when the Earth goes between the moon and sun, and Earth's …during every full moon, and a solar eclipse during every new moon?' " Well that's a good question. [...]

By: Not all sins are stupid and not all stupidity is sinful, but young-earth creationism is both | slacktivist

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:42:38 +0000

[...] tribe? This is all that matters!(James McGrath remixes the ad, delightfully.)• Curiosity captures a nifty photo of Phobos transiting the sun.The Laputian astronomers may have discovered the moons of Mars more than 150 years before the rest [...]

By: The Week in Review « Tor/Forge's Blog

The Week in Review « Tor/Forge's Blog — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:31:35 +0000

[...] all the pictures the Curiosity Rover has sent back, these might be my favorite. A solar eclipse from [...]

By: What a Solar Eclipse Looks Like (When You're Seeing It From Mars) | The Shrike.ca

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:03:18 +0000

[...] Thursday, Mars’s Gale Crater was treated to a fantastic sight: a partial solar eclipse. An eclipse very similar to the kind we’re used to seeing from here [...]

By: CatMom

CatMom — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:39:16 +0000

Here’s a pretty good site about the 2017 eclipse:
http://www.eclipse2017.org/
Lots of good info on where to see it from!

By: This Is What a Solar Eclipse Looks Like From Mars « CCI News

This Is What a Solar Eclipse Looks Like From Mars « CCI News — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:27:06 +0000

[...] Thursday, Mars’s Gale Crater was treated to a fantastic sight: a partial solar eclipse. An eclipse very similar to the kind we’re used to seeing from here on [...]

By: This Is What a Solar Eclipse Looks Like From Mars

This Is What a Solar Eclipse Looks Like From Mars — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:25:40 +0000

[...] Thursday, Mars’s Gale Crater was treated to a fantastic sight: a partial solar eclipse. An eclipse very similar to the kind we’re used to seeing from here [...]

By: Neil Haggath

Neil Haggath — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:55:25 +0000

#CarbonUnit:
“Where is the line between a transit and an annular eclipse?”

There isn’t one! What we call an annular eclipse is technically a transit of the Moon.
Strcitly speaking, there is no such thing as an “eclipse of the Sun” or “solar eclipse”! The word “eclipse” really means one body passing through the shadow of another – so the term “eclipse of the Moon”, or “lunar eclipse” is correct, but “eclipse of the Sun” is dead wrong.
A total solar eclipse is really an occultation of the Sun by the Moon, and an annular eclipse is a transit of the Moon. But the term was in common use for centuries, before astronomers adopted these formal definitions, so we’re stuck with it.

By: Neil Haggath

Neil Haggath — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:50:21 +0000

#9 CarbonUnit:
The next total solar eclipse occurs on 21 Aug 2017???????????????
That’s news to me!!!!!!!!!!!!
FYI, the next total solar eclipse occurs on 14 Nov this year, crossing Queensland, Australia, and a lot of ocean. I’ll be there, hopefully observing it!
There are also a couple more, in not very accessible places, between that one and 2017 – which is of course the next one in the US. I also plan to see yours.