Partial Solar Eclipse

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What time is the solar eclipse October 2022?


The solar eclipse of October 25, 2022 is a partial solar eclipse that will be visible from Europe, the Urals and Western Siberia, Central Asia, Western Asia, South Asia and from the north-east of Africa.
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Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022
 

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Don't know if any of our members are in the regions where the eclipse will be most visible.
 
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I saw my first total eclipse about 3 or 4?? years ago. I drove 600 miles to get to the zone of totality in South Carolina, where I set myself right in the middle of it. What an incredible experience. I have a friend in Montana who is a bit of an eclipse freak. He's gone as far as Hawaii to put himself in the path. The one I went to, he did too, but he and his wife took a plane from Montana to Nebraska to do it. Then he rented a car and drove another 200 miles. From what I could tell, a total eclipse draws a much bigger crowd than the Olympics. Everyone leaves right after the sun comes out and begins the drive home, The freeways were jammed bumper to bumper for 400 miles. I finally got off the freeway and used the back roads, which were also a lines of traffic miles long, but somewhat faster. If you ever get a chance, go watch one. For me it will be once in a lifetime.
 
I can't recall the year, but the solar eclipse was awesome .. it suddenly became dark and windy, and there was such silence as everyone watched. I was in a supermarket parking lot at the time.
 
Pinky said:
I can't recall the year, but the solar eclipse was awesome .. it suddenly became dark and windy, and there was such silence as everyone watched. I was in a supermarket parking lot at the time.
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I remember the silence. I was in an empty field by myself, but part of the experience was the sensation of silence. I'm not sure why. Maybe because the birds stop chirping, or maybe it's just psychological.
 
JustDave said:
I remember the silence. I was in an empty field by myself, but part of the experience was the sensation of silence. I'm not sure why. Maybe because the birds stop chirping, or maybe it's just psychological.
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I drove to Idaho Falls to see it, a couple of hours north, it was as you say a once in a lifetime event.

I was in a city park, it was full of kids and families. Lots of noise, kids playing dogs barking etc. When totality happened everything suddenly went silent, you could hear a pin drop. Then some people began clapping and laughing. Very impressive.

Traffic home was terrible, 6 hours to drive the same stretch of highway that had taken 2 hours earlier. Still well worth it!
 
Alligatorob said:
I drove to Idaho Falls to see it, a couple of hours north, it was as you say a once in a lifetime event.

I was in a city park, it was full of kids and families. Lots of noise, kids playing dogs barking etc. When totality happened everything suddenly went silent, you could hear a pin drop. Then some people began clapping and laughing. Very impressive.

Traffic home was terrible, 6 hours to drive the same stretch of highway that had taken 2 hours earlier. Still well worth it!
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My friend from Montana that went to Nebraska to view it said he was in a large field on a hill with cars all over the place. He talked about the silence and when it was over everyone started their cars to begin the drive home with everyone honking their horns like it was New Years Eve.
 
I didn't see this Pinky, when I posted about it,
sorry.

It is over and was a bit of a damp squib, nothing
really happened.

In 1999, we had a total solar eclipse at noon in
London, it got really dark for around 1 hour, but
it was OK as there were so many people around
and they all stopped and watched the night sky
until it was over, the traffic kept moving, but the
pedestrians all stopped.

Mike.
 
Mike said:
It is over and was a bit of a damp squib, nothing
really happened.
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The difference between a partial eclipse and a total eclipse is dramatic. I noticed that a lot of places along the path were only going to see 13%. I suppose they were not in the direct path. The total eclipse that I drove 600 miles to see, I could have seen from my house, but only at some small percentage that I can't remember. I wanted to see totality at least once in my life. As gator pointed out, "It was worth the drive."
 
Years ago a total eclipse could be seen here in the Columbia area. My friend is an amateur astronomer with a pretty powerful telescope that could take pictures. We went to a dark high hill and got some great pics. I don't have one but this is similar to the pictures he took.

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The bright part is called the "Corona". So we came prepared. :)
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