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CHAPTER II - ECLIPSES OF THE SUN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2011

George Frederick Chambers
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A total eclipse of the Sun is a most imposing spectacle, especially when viewed from the summit of a lofty mountain. Words can but inadequately describe the grandeur and magnificence of the scene. On all sides, indications are afforded that something unusual is taking place. At the moment of totality the darkness is sometimes so intense that the brighter stars and planets are seen, birds go to roost, flowers close, and the face of nature assumes an unearthly cadaverous hue; not the least striking thing is the sudden and frequently considerable fall that takes place in the temperature of the atmosphere, as the time of the greatest obscuration draws near.

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A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy , pp. 91 - 103
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1861

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