Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jbaa..116..332c&link_type=abstract
Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.116, no.6, p.332-333
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
One of the most striking memories of those of us lucky enough to witness the total eclipse of the Sun in the Sahara Desert in Libya last March 29 was the extraordinary display of 'shadowbands' immediately before and after totality. They became noticeable sweeping majestically across the desert floor about a minute or so before second contact and as the light began to fade this horizon-to-horizon, subtly striped moving carpet of parallel shadows made me feel quite unsteady ( like being on a moving boat. This was my first 'proper' total eclipse but even the seasoned eclipse chasers among us said that this was the best display of this phenomenon they had ever seen; during many eclipses they have been much less noticeable or absent entirely. There must have been conditions at this particular one which combined to enhance their creation. I believe that the secret lies in the combination of several coincidences present during this event.
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