Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site petrus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!bellcore!petrus!karn From: karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn) Newsgroups: net.astro Subject: Re: StarDate: December 8 The Shadow of the Earth Message-ID: <742@petrus.UUCP> Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 02:01:04 EST Article-I.D.: petrus.742 Posted: Mon Dec 9 02:01:04 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Dec-85 20:47:38 EST References: <146@utastro.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 6 One of my most vivid memories of the February 26, 1979 total eclipse of the sun was watching the shadow of the moon racing toward me over land. It was an eerie feeling; it seemed like a big black curtain was being swept by and I almost felt the instinctive urge to duck. Phil