On July 22, the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century will take place. The next solar eclipse that will last as long won’t occur again until June 13, 2132.
Thing is, although it will last more than six minutes, the eclipse will be visible only in Asia. But, thanks to the miracle of the modern interwebs, we can all watch the once-in-a-century event streaming online!
But, again, since it will be broadcast in Asia, the eclipse will take place at 8:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time tonight. I’m fairly certain about this time, but I had to break out the ol’ high school calculus book to figure it out, so there might be a slight time discrepancy.
Maybe do what I’m doing — start streaming at eight o’clock and go from there. You can watch it streaming here. And learn all kinds of stuff about it on the NASA eclipse website.
21. July 2009 at 10:41 am
Well thank you Will!, I had no idea about the eclipsed ’til Sunday afternoon and then got all pissed because it would only be visible in Asia, so this is definitely the next best thing.