Watched it on ABC News Live, here are my notes. This is a rare show of genuine journalistic ambition in the post-truth era. It slots in with previous posts on Language & Mores here.
Sunday, 28 April 2024
Friday, 12 April 2024
Solar eclipse 2024
Chatting w a friend I looked up how Eid Al Fitr (end of Ramadan) was determined: this is what Al Jazeera English said, paraphrasing: beginning & end of Ramadan depend on sighting the new moon; that varies by location or may not happen due to cloud cover. And this week it followed the solar eclipse: in the new moon, the lit face is away from earth when it's before the sun.
I followed the solar eclipse on YouTube via WFAA TV in Ennis TX, snap dab in the middle if the solar eclipse path, as well as NASA livestream. Here are a series of screen grabs that show the corona and solar flares in all their magnificence. Click all to enlarge:
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