Mar. 20, 2015 total solar eclipse

[WilliamL]

Wasn't quite sure where to put this... Moderators, feel free to move it to a better location.

 

In the middle of the 4 total eclipse "blood moons" of 2014/15, one total eclipse of the sun will take place on Mar. 20, 2015. Curious about its track upon the face of the earth, I looked it up, and found it to be very unusual. It starts south of Greenland, curves around its east side and back to the north of Greenland, and ends within spitting distance, so to speak, from the North Pole, @ 89 deg. 23 min. N.

 

The technical data, and links to other sites about this eclipse, can be found here:

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpath/SEpath2001/SE2015Mar20Tpath.html

 

An excellent animation of the moving track -- the small black line/oval within the grayer partial eclipse track -- can be seen here:

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEanimate/SEanimate2001/SE2015Mar20T.GIF

 

This eclipse comes on the day of the Spring Equinox (1/2 day before), and culminates at the North Pole of earth's axis, reasonably close to the North Pole of earth's magnetic axis. The latter has become increasingly unstable, both in location and strength:

http://guardianlv.com/2014/06/earths-magnetic-pole-shifting-accelerates/

 

All told, this is another astro-event to pay attention to, because such an exact line-up between the moon, sun, and earth's north pole might  -- time will tell --result in more instability of our increasingly unstable earth.

Edited December 7, 2014 by WilliamL

[cristianprince67]

I love seeing an eclipse. Thanks for the info