Japan readies for ‘ring’ solar eclipse

Special darkened glasses were selling out in Japan as anticipation built ahead of a “ring” solar eclipse above one of the most densely populated parts of the planet.

A swathe of the country will be able to see the annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking out all but an outer circle of light.

Astronomers say the greater Tokyo area, home to more than 30 million people, will be a prime spot to see the event, which has not been visible in the capital for 173 years.

Eclipse-viewing glasses were flying off the shelves and television stations were planning live broadcasts amid stark warnings not to look directly at the sun.

One of the most ambitious projects to mark the moment was being mounted by electronics giant Panasonic, which had sent an expedition to the top of Mount Fuji to film the phenomenon using solar-powered equipment.

The path of the eclipse will span “a 240 to 300 kilometer-wide (150-185 mile) track that traverses eastern Asia, the northern Pacific Ocean and the western United States”, according to the US space agency.

The eclipse begins at sunrise in southern China at 2206 GMT Sunday and swiftly travels eastward to the southern coast of Japan, NASA said.

However, Japan’s weather agency has been giving a slightly different warning — the event might not be visible at all.

According to historical data, China and Japan are likely to be swathed in cloud at the time of the eclipse.

Source AP

16 thoughts on “Japan readies for ‘ring’ solar eclipse

  • Marisa Sung

    JAPAN RINGS FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE=HOW SWEET IT IS! HEY GET OUT THE TELESCOPE BC THIS IS SOMETHING SPECTATORTACULAR TO SEA AND FOR ONCE IT ISN’T MEE!!

    A swathe of the country will be able to see the annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking out all but an outer circle of light. Astronomers say the greater Tokyo area, home to more than 30 million people, will be a prime spot to see the event, which has not been visible in the capital for 173 years. The path of the eclipse will span “a 240 to 300 kilometer-wide (150-185 mile) track that traverses eastern Asia, the northern Pacific Ocean and the western United States”, according to the US space agency. The eclipse begins at sunrise in southern China at 2206 GMT Sunday and swiftly travels eastward to the southern coast of Japan, NASA said.

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  • Marisa Sung

    RING OF FIRE = AROUND THE PLANETS + I READ ALL OF CAROLYN PORCO’S REPORTS BC SHE IS A HIGH SCHOOL ALUMA OF MINE WHO I ACTUALEE MET ONCE AND THE WORLD EXPERT ON THE PLANETS SEW THANKS AGAIN “ANONYMOUS” = I LOVE IT SEW APROPROS!!I OWN SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR MEI TELESCOPE=YUE CANNOT USE A REGULAR TELESCOPE TO VIEW AN ECLIPSE WITHOUT RUINING YOUR EYES. I TAKE FOR GRANTED=SEW DON’T STARE DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN WITH A GIANT MICROSCOPE, OK?? MEI, I SENT YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND A NICE TELESCOPE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO WATCH THE SUN AND VIEW THE ECLIPSE WITH THE LOVELEE GIFT=I HOPE YUE DON’T MIND. I DEMANDED THAT HE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT I ENCLOSED FOR HIS VIEWING PLEASURES! 🙂

    JOHNNY CASH-RING OF FIRE

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  • Marisa Sung

    THE BUTTIFUL BENEFITS OF PREPARATION H!! OK, WHY WERE YOU GOING TO MOON MEE THAT NIGHT BUTT YOU HAD TO PREPARE BY RIDDING YOURSELF OF YOUR HEMORRHOIDS FIRST?? BTW I USE PREPARATION H TO SHRINK THE SKIN UNDER MEI EYES AS A COSMETIC HOME REMEDY LIKE ALL OF THE MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS HONEE, NOT FOR MEI BUTT, OK SEW STOP NOSING AROUND MEI BILLS YOU BASTARD!!! I USE IT ON MY STOMACH TOO AND I USE ANOTHER CREAM FOR MEI GORGEOUS TITS TO MAKE THEM PERKY AND FIRM=YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHICH ONE THAT IS!! YUE KNOW THAT I KNOW ALL ABOUT HOMEOPATHY AND THAT I AM A SCIENCE GEEK SMART ASS!! WHY DON’T YOU BREAK ER DRAG ANOTHER LEG ER ANKLE AND LET YOUR BUTT DUE THE WALKING=GOD KNOWS YUE TALK OUT OF IT MORE THAN ENOUGH!! 🙂

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  • Anonymous

    Don’t forget the Preparation H reference !

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  • Marisa Sung

    YOU’RE SEW WELCOME SWEETIE XOXO GO AWAY AND BURY YOURSELF UNDER A ROCK IN A CAVE NOW UNTIL YOUR WIFE COMES HOME AND DIGS YUE UP FROM CANNES!! 🙂

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  • Anonymous

    Well, I could be your supplier of Canadian Preparation H which apparently is better than any other kind. For the perky mammaries, I’m at a loss for the special sauce to keep them up front and centre.
    And yes, it was a femur fracture, ORIF.

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  • Anonymous

    Thank you for the good wishes !

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  • Marisa Sung

    I ALREADY KNOW THAT=TELL MEE SOMETHING I DON’T ALREADY KNOW. I AM NOT INTERESTED BC I HAVE A SUPPLIER FOR MEI CREAMS INCLUDING MY BUST CREAMS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE IS A RENOWNED DOCTOR SEW I WON’T BEE NEEDING YUE=BYE!! BRREAK YOUR OTHER ANKLE IN TORONTO!! 🙂

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  • Marisa Sung

    JAPAN RINGS FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE=HOW SWEET IT IS! HEY GET OUT THE “SPECIAL ECLIPSE VIEWING GLASSES” BC THIS IS SOMETHING SPECTATORTACULAR TO SEA AND FOR ONCE IT ISN’T MEE!!

    A swathe of the country will be able to see the annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking out all but an outer circle of light. Astronomers say the greater Tokyo area, home to more than 30 million people, will be a prime spot to see the event, which has not been visible in the capital for 173 years. The path of the eclipse will span “a 240 to 300 kilometer-wide (150-185 mile) track that traverses eastern Asia, the northern Pacific Ocean and the western United States”, according to the US space agency. The eclipse begins at sunrise in southern China at 2206 GMT Sunday and swiftly travels eastward to the southern coast of Japan, NASA said.

    STAR TREK

    RING OF FIRE = AROUND THE PLANETS + I READ ALL OF CAROLYN PORCO’S REPORTS BC SHE IS A HIGH SCHOOL ALUMA OF MINE WHO I ACTUALEE MET ONCE AND THE WORLD EXPERT ON THE PLANETS SEW THANKS AGAIN “ANONYMOUS” = I LOVE IT SEW APROPROS!!

    JOHNNY CASH-RING OF FIRE

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  • Marisa Sung

    BEAM MEE UP SCOTTY TO STAR TREK VOYAGER BC I AM COMING RIGHT NOW!! JAPAN RINGS FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE=HOW SWEET IT IS! HEY GET OUT THE “SPECIAL ECLIPSE VIEWING GLASSES” BC THIS IS SOMETHING SPECTATORTACULAR TO SEA AND FOR ONCE IT ISN’T MEE!!

    A swathe of the country will be able to see the annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking out all but an outer circle of light. Astronomers say the greater Tokyo area, home to more than 30 million people, will be a prime spot to see the event, which has not been visible in the capital for 173 years. The path of the eclipse will span “a 240 to 300 kilometer-wide (150-185 mile) track that traverses eastern Asia, the northern Pacific Ocean and the western United States”, according to the US space agency. The eclipse begins at sunrise in southern China at 2206 GMT Sunday and swiftly travels eastward to the southern coast of Japan, NASA said.

    STAR TREK

    RING OF FIRE = AROUND THE PLANETS + I READ ALL OF CAROLYN PORCO’S REPORTS BC SHE IS A HIGH SCHOOL ALUMA OF MINE WHO I ACTUALEE MET ONCE AND THE WORLD EXPERT ON THE PLANETS SEW THANKS AGAIN “ANONYMOUS” = I LOVE IT SEW APROPROS!!

    JOHNNY CASH-RING OF FIRE

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  • Marisa Sung

    PUT A RING ON IT BABY+JAPAN RINGS FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE=HOW SWEET IT IS! HEY GET OUT THE SOLAR ECLIPSE GLASSES BC THIS IS SOMETHING SPECTATORTACULAR TO SEA AND FOR ONCE IT ISN’T MEE!

    A swathe of the country will be able to see the annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking out all but an outer circle of light. Astronomers say the greater Tokyo area, home to more than 30 million people, will be a prime spot to see the event, which has not been visible in the capital for 173 years. The path of the eclipse will span “a 240 to 300 kilometer-wide (150-185 mile) track that traverses eastern Asia, the northern Pacific Ocean and the western United States”, according to the US space agency. The eclipse begins at sunrise in southern China at 2206 GMT Sunday and swiftly travels eastward to the southern coast of Japan, NASA said.

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    I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO ABOARD THE STAR TREK VOYAGER WITH CAPTAIN KIRK=HE WAS SOOO CUTE AND COULD INVADE MEI SPACE ANYTIME!! GET IT?? I EVEN TOOK 2 CLASSES IN COLLEGE ON STAR TREK CONDUCTED BY AN OBSESSED ENGLISH PROFESSOR KEATING TO SATISFY MEI LUST FOR CAPTAIN KIRK!! YEP!!
    STAR TREK

    RING OF FIRE = AROUND THE PLANETS + I READ ALL OF CAROLYN PORCO’S REPORTS BC SHE IS A HIGH SCHOOL ALUMA OF MINE WHO I ACTUALEE MET ONCE AND THE WORLD EXPERT ON THE PLANETS SEW THANKS AGAIN “ANONYMOUS” = I LOVE IT SEW APROPROS!!

    JOHNNY CASH-RING OF FIRE

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  • I took the advice given in this blog and stared at the sun for about an hour. Now I can’t see. Does anyone know a good lawyer willing to take my case?

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  • Marisa Sung

    YUE MEI WANT TO CONSULT A FIRM BUY THE NAME OF GREEN OR A BETTER ONE CALLED JONES STEEL LOCATED IN KANSAS (THEY ARE REAL LOW LIFE LAWYERS AND FIGHT DIRTY)THAT KNOWS HOW TO SUE FOR THE AIR THAT YUE BREATH ON THE PROPERTY THAT THE PLAINTIFF DOESN’T EVEN OWN!! VERY HUNGARY LAWYERS THEY ARE!! KEEP CALLING THEM IF YUE CAN’T GET THRU BC THEY ARE KNOWN NOT TO TAKE CALLS AND HIDE BEHIND THEIR BIG OLD DESKS ALL DAY “IN MEETINGS” OR BE OUT OF TOWN ON BUSINESS TRIPS TO CHINA OR DISCONNECT THE PHONE AND HIDE PERMANENTLY IF A COMPANY THAT THEY RAISE INVESTOR MONEE FOR BLOWS UP!! IT’LL ALMOST BEE LIKE YUE ARE THE WIZARD OF OZ AND GET TO PERMANENTLY DISAPPEAR!! 🙂

    WIZARD OF OZ-WE’RE OFF TO WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD = OH NO YOU’RE NOT BC HIS GEM (BLUEBLOOD ARISTROCRAT VANDERBILT FROM KANSAS)OF A WIFE TOLD HIM TO STEEL THE MONEY, DISCONNECT THE PHONE AND VANISH=SHE ORCHESTRATED THE ENTIRE THING + MAYBE SHE NEEDS THERAPY BC SHE CHARGES BIG BUCKS TO TALK ABOUT THE TEACHINGS OF THE MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI AND LAST I CHECKED HE BELIEVES IN SPREADING THE PEACE AND GOOD KARMA NOT TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN !! HOW DUE YUE LIKE THOSE APPLES??

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  • Nice apples….I’ll make applesauce….but the seeing eye dog has a little trouble with the apple crusher thing.

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  • Marisa Sung

    PUT A RING ON MEI PLANET YUE BIG ER BABY JERKOFF+JAPAN RINGS FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE=HOW SWEET IT IS! HEY GET OUT THE SOLAR ECLIPSE GLASSES BC THIS IS SOMETHING SPECTATORTACULAR TO SEA AND FOR ONCE IT ISN’T MEE!

    A swathe of the country will be able to see the annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking out all but an outer circle of light. Astronomers say the greater Tokyo area, home to more than 30 million people, will be a prime spot to see the event, which has not been visible in the capital for 173 years. The path of the eclipse will span “a 240 to 300 kilometer-wide (150-185 mile) track that traverses eastern Asia, the northern Pacific Ocean and the western United States”, according to the US space agency. The eclipse begins at sunrise in southern China at 2206 GMT Sunday and swiftly travels eastward to the southern coast of Japan, NASA said.

    BeyoncĂ© – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO ABOARD THE STAR TREK VOYAGER WITH CAPTAIN KIRK=HE WAS SOOO CUTE AND COULD INVADE MEI SPACE ANYTIME!! GET IT?? I EVEN TOOK 2 CLASSES IN COLLEGE ON STAR TREK CONDUCTED BY AN OBSESSED ENGLISH PROFESSOR KEATING TO SATISFY MEI LUST FOR CAPTAIN KIRK!! YEP!!
    STAR TREK

    RING OF FIRE = AROUND THE PLANETS + I READ ALL OF CAROLYN PORCO’S REPORTS BC SHE IS A HIGH SCHOOL ALUMA OF MINE WHO I ACTUALEE MET ONCE AND THE WORLD EXPERT ON THE PLANETS SEW THANKS AGAIN “ANONYMOUS” = I LOVE IT SEW APROPROS!!

    JOHNNY CASH-RING OF FIRE

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