Humpty Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 No matter where in Australia you are on August 28, you'll be in for a top show once the sun goes down. A total lunar eclipse will be visible right across the country from sunset. The only problem with all that family-friendly moon viewing is dealing with the mind-bending questions the kids are going to ask. ABC Science's Bernie Hobbs has whipped up some answers to the most likely questions, and shattered a few lunar myths to boot. Moon Eclipse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted August 26, 2007 Moderators Share Posted August 26, 2007 Humpty I will be expecting a photo of it from you for my September desktop Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted August 26, 2007 Moderators Share Posted August 26, 2007 Would like to experience that, only seen an almost total eclipse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 26, 2007 Moderators Share Posted August 26, 2007 It's rather interesting even ironic that the Earth's moon would so perfectly eclipse the sun like that. It almost seems like nature sometimes has a design to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Would like to experience that, only seen an almost total eclipse.we had a total eclipse back in 1999, I don't know if you remember that. Though it was rather disappointing - the sky was cloudy to start with in the north east, so it just went a bit darker when the total eclipse happened. It was a bit of a disappointment, to be honest! I was expecting a total blackout, but it never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 It's rather interesting even ironic that the Earth's moon would so perfectly eclipse the sun like that. It almost seems like nature sometimes has a design to it. This of course isn't relevant here as this is a lunar eclipse There was a lunar eclipse in the uk last year IIRC, interesting to see once but not quite the spectacle that a solar eclipse is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 we had a total eclipse back in 1999, I don't know if you remember that. Though it was rather disappointing - the sky was cloudy to start with in the north east, so it just went a bit darker when the total eclipse happened. It was a bit of a disappointment, to be honest! I was expecting a total blackout, but it never happened. If you were in Newcastle you wouldn't have had a full eclipse, it was only visible as a full eclipse on the south coast of the UK. Even an almost total eclipse doesn't cause it to go completely dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share Posted August 27, 2007 Total solar eclipses are possible only because of a unique relationship between the Sun and the Moon, which is 400 times closer to the Earth than the Sun, but also 400 times smaller than the Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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