A quick reminder to Luna fans on this side of the planet - look out for tonight's eclipse.

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Check times at: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2018-july-27

Looking out the window, the clouds just might clear enough to give me a quick view.

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The solar eclipse was every bit as awesome as promised. I drove down to Ware Shoals, South Carolina, late morning. Despite fears of excess traffic, the roads were actually very quiet. Met up with Needling Haystacks who had arranged a small gathering at the Harmony Church. We were joined by a mix of locals and visitors, including some who just drove up and asked if they could stop. We were only a few hundred metres from the

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Who else is planning to watch the solar eclipse? It would be great to hear some travel stories and reports on how it turns out for everyone. I know Eruantalon is heading to the totality line in Oregon. I have now arrived in Greenville, South Carolina, and will be meeting up with Needling Haystacks for the event tomorrow.

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The prospects for American science for 2017 are not looking good. Researchers across the US are getting nervous as the new administration in Washington appears to view empirical evidence and objective facts as irrelevant. In the new post-truth era, if scientific research yields a politically inconvenient result, it looks like it will simply by substituted for some ‘alternative facts’. It is easy

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The sun is four hundred times further away than the moon. It's diameter is four hundred times larger. This means when viewed from our planet, the two bodies appear the same size. Depending on the time of year, sometimes one is slightly larger, sometimes the other, but they are very closely matched.

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This morning’s eclipse was great fun. I wasn’t expecting to see much as it had been overcast for most of this week. But amazingly, just as the time of first contact approached, the sun broke through the clouds and we could see the moon move across the sun, covering 85% at the maximum point. The cloud actually acted as quite a good solar filter making it easier to take photos.

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