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unusual facts about The Eclipse


The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and the Moon

The class rushes to an observation tower to witness the event, which features an anthropomorphic Sun and Moon coming together.


Conor McPherson

He is the director and co-writer of The Eclipse, a film which had its world premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.


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Adad-nirari III

Among his actions was a siege of Damascus in the time of Ben-Hadad III in 796 BCE, which led to the eclipse of the Aramaean Kingdom of Damascus and allowed the recovery of Israel under Jehoash (who paid the Assyrian king tribute at this time) and Jeroboam II.

April 1986 lunar eclipse

It is seen rising over eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and western North America and South America, the eclipse is also seen setting over the whole of Europe, Africa and Western Asia.

August 2007 lunar eclipse

Viewing from Oceania is favoured for the eclipse, because at the moment of greatest eclipse (10:37:22 UTC), the Moon was at the zenith of French Polynesia.

Eclipse 550

The Eclipse 550 is a development version of the Eclipse 500 built by Eclipse Aerospace of Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.

Eclipse Gemini

The Eclipse Gemini project an implementation of the OSGi enterprise framework specifications, organized by the Eclipse Foundation.

Eclipse Public License

The Eclipse Public License (EPL) is an open source software license used by the Eclipse Foundation for its software.

Edward James Stone

He successfully observed the total solar eclipse of 8 August 1896 at Novaya Zemlya, and intended a voyage to India for the eclipse of 1898, but died suddenly at the Radcliffe Observatory.

June 2011 lunar eclipse

According to PAGASA, the presence of pollutants over the metropolis which penetrates the reddish appearance of the Moon during the greatest stages of the eclipse and sunlight attracts into the atmosphere in the form of red light in contrast to July 1953 and July 2000 lunar eclipses with the same coloration.

Maya moon goddess

Her importance is reflected by the eclipse tables of the Dresden Codex and by the Lunar Series of the Long Count.

New York City Boy

The B-side, "Casting a Shadow", was written for BBC Radio 1 during the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, and CD2 featured a bonus video showing the song alongside footage of the eclipse in the UK.

Palm 105.5

A second 28-day broadcast was made from August 1999 to coincide with the Eclipse; the station was even designated the "Official Eclipse Station" by Sir Patrick Moore, who involved himself with the Palm's output.

Project Orion

Project Orion, an initiative organized by the Eclipse Foundation to improve browser support for software development

Skip Bayless

Bayless also won the Eclipse Award for his coverage of Seattle Slew's Triple Crown.

Solar eclipse of April 16, 1893

According to Edward S. Holden, John Martin Schaeberle discovered a comet like object on the plates of the eclipse from Chili.

Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004

However, the eclipse remained visible to cities such as Harare, Maseru, Durban, and Bloemfontein, although to a much lesser extent.

Solar eclipse of April 6, 1875

Astronomers J. N. Lockyer and Arthur Schuster traveled to observe the eclipse and measure spectral lines to determine the elemental contents of the solar corona.

Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999

In contrast, the overcast sky in Amiens, France, where thousands had gathered, cleared only minutes before the eclipse began.

The Moon's shadow was also observed from the Russian Mir space station; during the eclipse, video from Mir was broadcast live on television.

Solar eclipse of June 8, 1918

The U.S. Naval Observatory obtained a special grant of $3,500 from Congress for a team to observe the eclipse in Baker City in Oregon.

Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006

The partial phase of the eclipse was also visible from the International Space Station, while the astronauts on board took spectacular pictures of the shadow on the Earth's surface.

The Crown, Bristol

Since the closure of the Eclipse in July 2006 the Crown now rivals the Hatchet as an Alternative pub, which is popular with goths, punks, rockers, metalheads and emos.

Wright Eclipse

The Eclipse and its sister design the Solar were named for a solar eclipse which was visible in the UK in 1999, the year of its introduction.