Looking Up To The Sky: Solar Eclipse 2012

Anticipation is building as the solar eclipse on Sunday draws near.  In LA, we will see a partial, crescent-shaped eclipse, with the moon covering about 85% of the sun’s diameter!   Check out this NASA Google map for more information on locations.

Photo: Justin Meyers

Wondering what a solar eclipse is? There are three different kinds, but Sunday’s solar event is an “annular solar eclipse,” where the Moon is at the farthest distance from Earth.  Remember the Supermoon a few weeks ago?  It’s exactly the opposite!

If you find yourself in the Los Angeles area on Sunday, May 20, you may want to check out The Griffith Observatory.  A special eclipse-viewing event will be happening and the observatory will be selling eclipse-viewing glasses and other devices that will project images of the eclipse on the ground.

If you’re more into astrology than astronomy, no worries–Tinsley Transfers has an entire line dedicated to you!

Have you seen a solar eclipse before?

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