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Comments Off more...Texas Panhandle Residents To See "Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse, May 20, 2012
by UFO updates on May.17, 2012, under Breaking News
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Jan. 4, 2011- The joint Japanese-American Hinode satellite captured a breathtaking event from space. The unique view created what's called an annular solar eclipse. CREDIT: Hinode/XRT |
On Sunday afternoon (May 20), the path of an annular solar eclipse will cross parts of eight western states. SPACE.com estimates that an estimated 6.6 million Americans live within the path of annularity.
An annular solar eclipse is typically no match for a total solar eclipse. It is really more like an embellished partial eclipse, with the beautiful solar corona not becoming visible and the sky never getting really dark. Nevertheless, an annular solar eclipse still ranks as one of the most remarkable of celestial sights for avid skywatchers.
Sunday's eclipse track begins in East Asia and crossed the Pacific Ocean before reaching North America. In the United States, the U.S. National Park Service has invited skywatchers to view the solar eclipse from a national park, while the University of Colorado, at Boulder is opening its Folsom Stadium — a football stadium — to the public in what organizers are calling the world's largest solar eclipse viewing party.
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Lubbock, Texas, is not on center line, but is about 25 miles to the northeast. From there, an almost perfect ring will be formed, lasting 4 minutes 14 seconds beginning at 8:33:54 p.m. CDT. But the sun will be only 1.3 degrees above the horizon when the annular eclipse begins.
Annularity will end six minutes before sunset. Farther to the southeast, the effect of atmospheric refraction must be taken into account. The thick atmosphere at the horizon refracts or bends sunlight so that we are seeing the setting sun about a half degree above where it really is.
In Snyder, Texas, for example, calculations neglecting refraction suggest that only the beginning of the 3 minute 40 second ring phase (at 8:33:43 p.m. CDT) will be visible before the sun drops below the horizon, but taking refraction into account shows that the sun will remain above the horizon for another nine minutes. At Sweetwater, Texas, the sun will resemble a horseshoe with narrow, pointed tips tilted down and to the right when it transitions to a lopsided ring at 8:34:27 p.m. CDT. Less than three minutes later, the sun will set.
Read the full story on Space.com
Video of where to see May 20, 2012 solar eclipse
How to safely photograph the "Ring of Fire:
Note: Take precautions when photographing the sun, even during an eclipse. Please check out the link above, for tips on safely photographing the eclipse.
If you would like to send in your photos of the "Ring of Fire", I will be happy to post them here on Lights in the Texas Sky.
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UFO NEWS UPDATE | VIDEO: No Kidding – A ‘Weather Balloon’ is Suggested as Possible Explanation for Mystery Object in Near Mid-Air Collision Over Denver
by UFO updates on May.17, 2012, under Breaking News
Comments Off more...UFO NEWS UPDATE | VIDEO: No ‘Unidentified Targets’ at Time of Near Mid-Air Collision, Says FAA
by UFO updates on May.17, 2012, under Breaking News
Comments Off more...UFO NEWS UPDATE | VIDEO: No ‘Unidentified Targets’ at Time of Near Mid-Air Collision, Says FAA
by UFO updates on May.17, 2012, under Breaking News
Comments Off more...UFO NEWS | VIDEO: Mystery Object Nearly Causes Mid-Air Collision Above Denver; FAA Launches Investigation!
by UFO updates on May.16, 2012, under Breaking News
Comments Off more...President Obama tells Will Smith’s son: "I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of extraterrestrials"!
by UFO updates on May.16, 2012, under Breaking News
Thanks to the hard work of UFO movie historian Robbie Graham we now have the story about the encounter between President Barack Obama and actor Will Smith's son
http://silverscreensaucers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/president-obama-tells-will-smiths-son-i.html
This is a second critical break in the Governments UFO cover-up following Obama's trip to New Mexico where in speaking of the 1947 Roswell crash Obama said "We are going to keep our secrets here." Readers should note that it is very uncommon for the president to speak about UFOs even in a joking tone.
http://www.presidentialufo.com/articles-a-papers/418-did-obama-fumble-the-ufo-cover-up
Update
A major Canadian newspaper as well as Politico have picked up on the story
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/16/will-smiths-son-asks-obama-about-aliens
Lubbock "Blue Light" is most likely a remote controlled Glider
by UFO updates on May.16, 2012, under Breaking News
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"A friend of ours told us about a light in the sky between Ave P and University.. between 80th and 95th in Lubbock, Texas. When he called us we video taped this along with some pictures. There was no sound and it kept flasbing on and off. Several of our neighbors witnessed it. We borrowed their binoculars and you could see red, blue, and green bright lights. Please comment if anyone knows what this is."
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Also, see the video and report on Texas UFO Sightings
http://www.texasufosightings.com/1/post/2012/05/something-strange-is-happening-in-lubbock.html
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A witness wrote and said that as the object passed over him, he was able to see that it is a remote controlled glider.
Here are examples of L.E.D. lit gliders:
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Folks, if you want to get to the bottom of this and find out what that blue light really is, check the open areas near where you see this blue light (near S. University Drive). You may find the guy that is holding the remote. -SW
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