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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
... the equipment works well enough that we do have time to look up at the eclipse," said Jay Pasachoff, a professor at Williams College who travelled to Novosibirsk, Russia for his 47th eclipse."It's very dramatic and awe-inspiring when the darkness suddenly comes. That's why thousands of tourists go to see."Hundreds of millions of people won't have to go any further than their front doors...
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
... the equipment works well enough that we do have time to look up at the eclipse," said Jay Pasachoff, a professor at Williams College who travelled to Novosibirsk, Russia for his 47th eclipse."It's very dramatic and awe-inspiring when the darkness suddenly comes. That's why thousands of tourists go to see."Hundreds of millions of people won't have to go any further than their front doors...
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Newswise (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
On Friday, August 1, 2008, the moon will pass in front of the sun, blocking the everyday solar surface. When that happens, it gets a million times darker outside, allowing the faint outer layers of the sun to be seen and studied. Scientists Jay Pasachoff and Bryce Babcock of Williams College are leading an expedition to Siberia so as to station themselves and their equipment in the path of totality,...