is its convenient location and excellent view. Boston.com has photos of today’s total solar eclipse, with my favorite (though it was hard to choose) yoinked and pasted in below.
A partial solar eclipse is seen near the minaret of a mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
exquisite collection of photos! especially those ones along the Ganges. thanks for posting the link.
It still freaks me out a bit that the apparent diameters of Sun and Moon agree to within a few percent. Wonder if Creationists ever use this as an “argument”. Beats most of them.