Total Solar Eclipse On Wednesday

I found this on the AOL homepage. Some people think that it may spell chaos. From a 6 minute complete solar eclipse.

BANGKOK (July 20) -- Millions of people across Asia will witness the longest total solar eclipse that will happen this century, as vast swaths of India and China, the entire city of Shanghai and southern Japanese islands are plunged into darkness Wednesday for about five minutes.
Streams of amateur stargazers and scientists are traveling long distances to witness the once-in-a-lifetime event.

"The corona has a temperature of 2 million degrees but we don't know why it is so hot," said Green of University College London. "What we are going to look for are waves in the corona. ... The waves might be producing the energy that heats the corona. That would mean we understand another piece of the science of the sun."Scientists are hoping data from the eclipse will help explain solar flares and other structures of the sun and why they erupt, said Alphonse C. Sterling, a NASA astrophysicist who will be following the eclipse in China.
"We'll have to wait a few hundred years for another opportunity to observe a solar eclipse that lasts this long, so it's a very special opportunity," said Shao Zhenyi, an astronomer at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory.
Man has been recording solar eclipses for 4,000 years, and even today they inspire a combination of fear, fascination and wonder.


One astrologer in Myanmar, also known as Burma, predicted in a magazine that the eclipse would trigger wars, instability and natural disasters for the next several months.
Liang Wei is among more than 40 members of a Chinese solar eclipse fan club traveling to Shanghai to see the event.
"Even though I'm not a scientist, it's an experience I've waited all my life for," said the 29-year-old Guangzhou native, who works at a lighting company and operates an online fan site for eclipse enthusiasts.
In India, hundreds of scientists are gathering in the village of Taregna in Bihar state. One team, led by Dr R.K. Sinha of Patna University, will study bird behavior.
"The researchers will observe whether they suddenly move back to their nests, sound differently and behave in an unusual manner due to sudden darkness," he said.
A travel agency in India is running a charter flight to watch the eclipse by air.
Some families have advised pregnant relatives to confine themselves to curtained rooms, following long-held fears that the invisible rays would harm the fetus and the baby born with disfigurations, birthmarks or a congenital defect.
"I've been told to lie straight on the bed with my eyes open and to chant prayers and verses from the Hindu holy texts during the eclipse," said Sonya Chadha, a New Delhi accountant who is seven months pregnant and plans to take the day off. "If even a tiny sliver of light falls on me, it could harm my child."
In Japan, where the last total eclipse happened in 1963, people are flocking to the small southern island of Yakushima, which is holding a a two-day festival with fireworks, dancing, grilled squid and cotton candy. The island's 180 hotels are fully booked. A partial eclipse will be visible in Tokyo.



Remember a part of the 2012 theory? Well....it either comes early, or it doesn't. Discuss..

 

Everyone is going to lose their superpowers :/D=:

I'll try to see this, if I remember.

 

I heard about this too on Yahoo! News. I just hope I get to see it. It says pregnant people shouldn't go outside, and worshipers are encouraged. It would be freaken bad luck if you were born on that day though.​

 

Well I'll probably hear about the partial eclipse from my cousin since he's in Tokyo right now.

I don't think it has anything to do with the 2012 theory. A solar eclipse/ lunar eclipse happen at times so I don't think it's anything regarding that. As Hayabusa said I'll try to remember to see this if it actually does happen that is.

 

Although this is a large event I wouldn't go as far as to say that it has relation to 2012 theories. Though believers of that theory involving an eclipse still should be scared because there is still going to be a sloar eclipse in 2012, it just won't be as long as this one. Though it sounds like overcrowding will be a major issue there, and with all of the spiritual beliefs in that area I wouldn't be surprized if fighting breaks out.

 

Oh yea I'm gonna go outside and get some super powers and fly out into the mist of the dim light when the solar eclipse comes. lol jk but I can't wait to see it IF it does come. although most of the stuff we havepredicted in america has come true lol.

 

The 2012 theory doesn't even seem like it should have the word 'theory' in it and instead should have it replaced with 'story'. Solar eclipses are natural and we know when they are going to happen, just as much as we know when Haley's Comet is going to come back around. Religious hokey end days tales.. pfft. I feel sorry for the pregnant women in India.

As for the cool eclipse, 5 minutes is a while and it makes me wish I was taking my planned trip to Japan earlier than I will be. Hopefully we can learn more about the corona and such and they get some cool pictures of it.

 

Even though the eclipse is a big deal, I don't think it would link to apocalypse theories.
Luckily, I get to witness it :D
EDIT: I can't believe it! I actually missed it :(

 

**** conspiracy theories. I think this is really cool, though. Wish I could see it.

 

You wouldn't see it, it's in Asia.

Der.

 

It is a gateway to more scientific discoveries about our sun, not the end of The Universe... or Earth, or whatever the 2012 crap was about. I'm not really sure anymore.
Omg, now I feel like reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.