A ringside seat
Sunday afternoon and evening's solar eclipse should be quite something as seen (make that if seen) from Portland. Here's what we've got the potential to experience, weather permitting. And of course, we aren't going to look straight at it.
The best views in the state should be down around Brookings and Ashland.
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Comments (8)
This is where the oil CEO says, "See? I told you we couldn't count on solar power."
Posted by Bill McDonald | May 19, 2012 8:41 AM
Back in the late 1970's we had a total solar eclipse. Too cloudy to see in Portland, as I understand it, but I was east of The Dalles, and all was clear. That wall of darkness came racing up the Gorge out of the west at unimagineable speed; when it hit, my body reacted as though from a physical impact. I took a photo of the "diamond ring".
I can also see why folks in earlier times were so awestruck.
Posted by Max | May 19, 2012 10:05 AM
Bill,
The Solar CEO says, "See I told you China was cheating. They're behind this and we need more tax subsidies to stop them".
Posted by INFO | May 19, 2012 11:41 AM
Solar?
Are you sure?
Those time figures seem to indicate midnight, changing from the 20th to the 21st.
How are we going to have a solar eclipse on the night side of the globe?
Posted by godfry | May 19, 2012 2:30 PM
godfry - that's UTC. We're seven hours earlier. Eclipse begins here around 5:30 p.m. and peaks a little more than an hour later.
Posted by Pete | May 19, 2012 2:44 PM
Ah, thanks...
Posted by godfry | May 19, 2012 2:55 PM
http://www.space.com/15613-solar-eclipses-observing-guide-infographic.html
Posted by Mojo | May 19, 2012 3:00 PM
a little sumpin sumpin
New Moon Solar Eclipse in Gemini, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:00 Risa D’Angeles
... Eclipses signify endings and beginnings. Lunar eclipses (at full moons) are times when exterior realities disappear. Solar eclipses are times when an inner subjective reality has completed its cycle. It disappears. These endings (and beginnings) can be subtle or very apparent. ...
Posted by Tenskwatawa | May 19, 2012 10:27 PM