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Solar Eclipse Kanyakumari on 15 Jan 2010 Details about this Eclipse: * Moons shadow will cover the sun & you will get to watch the Ring of Fire(Annular solar eclipse occurs when the sun and the moon are exactly in line, but the apparent size of the moons shadow is smaller than that of the visible disc of the sun. The covered sun, therefore, appears as a Ring of Fire, with its rays appearing spread out from the outline of the moon.) * This is millenniums longest annular solar eclipse that is between 2001 and 3000, maximum duration of the eclipse would be 11 minutes 08 seconds over the Indian Ocean. * Last time India saw this Ring of Fire was Nov 22, 1965, and it will not be witnessed again before June 21, 2020. * In India, the eclipse started at around 11 a.m. and ended at around 3:15 p.m. The eclipse first seen in south of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and then moved obliquely to Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi. It moved to Kerala and ended in Mizoram in the northeast. The path of the...

Solar Impulse Solar Aircraft Sky Europe Pass Still remember the longest flight record holder aircraft without fossil fuels, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA? This aircraft is solar-powered aircraft in early July last year, was able to fly for 26 hours nonstop, without fuel pure and simply rely on solar power. Just a note, an unmanned solar aircraft had been present since about the 1980s. However, the Solar Impulse flight performed live while carrying a pilot, namely Andre Borschberg, one of the research project leader. Flight, as reported Discovermagazine, December 20, 2010, made possible after researchers put 12 thousand photovoltaic cells on the tail and the wings that reach 64 meters in length. Photovoltaic cells that transmit extra energy to the battery during the day and was able to supply power to the four existing propeller to keep working at night. Not satisfied with these achievements, Tim HB-SIA is now beencana to circumnavigate the globe with this solar powered aircraft. Plans to pa...