Friday, January 15, 2010

Surya Grahan

For the first time in my life, I saw a solar eclipse with a goggles today.
It was, in one word, awesome. The corona was looking like a golden ring of fire. I was feeling that if it is not divine revelation then what is. The special things about this eclipse:
1. It is one of the longest duration annular eclipse, the duration of which won't be exceeded in a thousand years(till Dec, 3043).
2. I fasted till the eclipse ended(No, I'm not that religious; just to bring a difference to daily routine)
After the eclipse, I was damn hungry and ate like a glutton.
Being a devoted Einstein fan, I remembered that taken during one of the longest solar eclipse of the 20th century, the British scientist Arthur Stanley Eddington's photographs played a vital role in proving the theory of relativity.