22 July 2009

Solar Eclipse

This is the second time in my life to observe a solar eclipse.


The last time was in Auckland just after sunrise, which made it really hard to observe, because the Sun was obscured by clouds soon after it appeared from the horizon. The eclipse didn't last long either.


This time, the eclipse happens right about the time I go to work, and it's a total eclipse which lasts at least 2 hours.


Although the total eclipse cannot be observed from Taiwan, the Moon would still obscure about 80% of the Sun. So I really anticipated this event, and even prepared some tools to observe the Sun.