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Book cover for "Eclipse chaser".
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Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Lexile measure:
980L
Language:
English
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"The August 2017 solar eclipse is the chance of a lifetime for astronomer Shadia Habbal--years of planning come down to one moment of totality. Will everything go off as planned?"--
Book cover for "Eclipse Chaser".
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Publisher:
HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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The August 2017 solar eclipse is the chance of a lifetime for astronomer Shadia Habbal-years of planning come down to one moment of totality. Will everything go off as planned? On August 21, 2017, much of America stood still and looked up as a wide swath of the country experienced totality-a full solar eclipse. Even in areas outside the path of totality, people watched in awe as the moon cast its shadow on the sun. For most, this was simply a once-in-a-lifetime...
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Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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"In the summer of 1999, Kit and Laura travel to a festival in Cornwall to see a total eclipse of the sun. Kit is an eclipse chaser; Laura has never seen one before. Young and in love, they are certain this will be the first of many they'll share. But in the hushed moments after the shadow passes, Laura interrupts a man and a woman. She knows that she saw something terrible. The man denies it. It is her word against his. The victim seems grateful....
Book cover for "Mask of the sun".
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Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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Eclipses have stunned, frightened, emboldened, and mesmerized people for thousands of years. They were recorded on ancient turtle shells discovered in the Wastes of Yin in China, on clay tablets from Mesopotamia and on the Mayan "Dresden Codex." They are mentioned in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and at least eight times in the Bible. Columbus used them to trick people, while Renaissance painter Taddeo Gaddi was blinded by one. Sorcery was banished within...
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Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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On August 21st, over one hundred million people will gather across the USA to witness the most-watched total solar eclipse in history. Eclipse: Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon, by popular science author Frank Close, describes the spellbinding allure of this beautiful natural phenomenon. The book explains why eclipses happen, reveals their role in history, literature and myth, and introduces us to eclipse chasers, who travel with ecstatic fervor...
Book cover for "Eclipse!".
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Publisher:
Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date:
2008
Language:
English
Description:
The most complete guide to viewing eclipses-including details on every solar and lunar eclipse through 2017 Want to observe the most fleeting eclipse phenomena, take dramatic photos, and keep a detailed record of the experience? Now you can be prepared. This comprehensive one-stop resource covers everything you need to know about solar and lunar eclipses-why they happen, how to view them, how to photograph them, even when and where they will occur...
Book cover for "Solar Eclipses 2024-2027".
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Publisher:
Bradt Travel Guides Ltd
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
Seeing a total solar eclipse ('totality'-when the sun is fully obscured by the moon) is a bucket-list event, generating a sense of wonder and even an 'end-of-the-world' sensation. New from Bradt, Solar Eclipses 2024-2027 is the only guide to cover the world's next three total solar eclipses, arguably Nature's most incredible spectacle. Written by an eclipse expert, this guide offers potential eclipse-tourists and eclipse-chasers alike everything they...
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Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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A complete guide to solar eclipses for the general public with detailed coverage of the 2017 and 2024 total eclipses over the U.S. Well timed for the August 2017 eclipse over North America, it shows how, when, and where to see the coming total solar eclipses, how to photograph and video record them, and how to do so safely.--
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Publisher:
UPPM Records
Pub. Date:
1990
Language:
English
Book cover for "Six Pack Volume 3".
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Publisher:
Atlantic Records
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Book cover for "Hiit For Bootcamp, Circuit, Hi Low, Cycle & More".
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Publisher:
Odessa Mama Records
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Book cover for "100 Anthems Chillout".
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Publisher:
100 Anthems
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Book cover for "100 Anthems Chill Out".
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100 Anthems
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English