Thousands witness total solar eclipse
We grow neither better wow gold nor worse as we grow old but more like ourselves.( M. L. Becker )随着年龄的增长,数据恢复我们并不变得更好也不变得更坏升降机,而是变得更象我们自己。(贝克尔) Her gesture, motion, and her smiles,Her wit, her voice my heart beguiles,Beguiles my heart, I know not why,And yet, I’ll love her till Breathalyzer I die. Thomas Ford

The combination photo shows the total solar eclipse occured in Jinta County of Jiuquan City, northwest China’s Gansu Province, on Aug. 1, 2008. The total solar eclipse, the first that can be viewed in China in the new century, occured on Friday.升降机
YIWU, Xinjiang, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — Thousands of astronomers and tourists witnessed a total solar eclipse on Friday evening in Yiwu County of west China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It lasted two minutes, according to the China National Astronomical Observatory. 升降机
In Yiwu, one of the best observation places, the eclipse occurred at 7:08 p.m. when the moon covered the sun, Zhao Gang, vice head of the National Astronomical Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), said.
Thousands of sky gazers from more than 10 countries gathered at an observation square that opened on Friday in Yiwu. 升降机
Zhang Bo, a middle school student who came from Shenzhen in the southern Guangdong Province with his teacher and classmates, was excited about the atmosphere. “My dream is to become an astronomer to explore the secret of the universe.”升降平台
The CAS observatory had earlier announced that Hami in Xinjiang and Jiuquan in neighboring Gansu Province would be the best places in China to observe the eclipse. 升降机
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and Sun, totally or partially blocking the Earth’s view of the Sun. The next total solar eclipse will occur in China in January.试验机
The solar eclipse on Aug. 1, the first in China in the new century, was visible in Chinese territory at 6:59 p.m. Beijing Time. Besides Xinjiang and Gansu, people in several other regions, such as Shaanxi and Hong Kong, could also see a total or partial eclipse.
Related Topics:
- Tales from the Trail
- China largest refiner to cut 5% of workforce
- Beijing opens two bus rapid transit routes to ease traffic between downtown, suburb
- Yahoo, Intel, HP team up for new era computing research
- Bus security tightens up from tomorrow
- Pakistans ruling coalition agrees to evolve long-term policy
- Pakistan to ‘weed out’ Taliban sympathisers
- Manny Ramirez brings bat and baggage to Los Angeles Dodgers
No Responses to “Thousands witness total solar eclipse”
Comments are closed.