Hi David, I'll second what David Dunn said here about the importance of being on (not near) the centerline during total and annular solar eclipses. To paraphrase David Bernson (a lot of Davids here) at last evening's SLAS meeting, being only near the centerline and not on it is like kissing a close relative. The folks at Bryce are in the same situation as Glen Canyon in that they are in the band of annularity but well off the centerline so the best either park can hope for is out of round annularity. Another challenge Glenn Canyon is up against is being further along the eclipse path which means annularity will occur lower in the sky than for sites further to the west. I've exchanged emails with a town official from Kanarraville. He is going to have a surveyor visit the part of his town where the centerline will cross and measure the local horizons. Hopefully that will show all of annularity will be visible from there. If not it means we'll need to do a bit of hiking up the hill above town to get a better view. Happily the event is still nearly two years out so we've plenty of time to prepare. Clear skies, patrick On 21 Jul 2010, at 09:21, David Rankin wrote:
As a lot of you are probably aware there will be a full solar eclipse on May 20th 2012. The full disc eclipse is going to pass right through Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, almost directly over Horsehoe Bend right south of Page, AZ.
We are already working with a number of other parks to set up events for the few days surrounding the eclipse. If anyone has any input or ideas or would like to join in we are really hoping to get a good turnout.
Map
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012May20Agoogle.html
Cheers,
David