#Sun #Ring #Eclipse to Occur May 20 eclipse in which the moon blocks out all but a ring of the Sun's light

Betsy McCall

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I'll only see a tiny piece of this one, and that's only if I make it back to Ohio before it gets started... but I've seen two others before and they are way cool. But get out those special glasses or filters, unless, like me, it'll happening right close to sunset.

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At sunrise in some parts of China and Japan and by sunset in the western United States, an annular eclipse in which the moon blocks out all but a ring of the Sun's light, will travel a narrow swath of...

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Irina Tcherednichenko

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"Aerospace engineers at Strathclyde University are working with colleagues in Europe, Japan and the US to stick solar power stations where the Sun shines all the time - in orbit."

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BBC Scotland's Ken Macdonald meets Scottish scientists trying to put solar power stations in space.

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Scott Chatfield4:46 PM

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+Irina Tcherednichenko I too appreciate your mention of Michael. I have been searching for people like him.

Scott Chatfield5:04 PM

And too, I couldn't help but notice that this post and its article with the talk of a soft landing tech may prove useful to overcome the problem associated with +Jay Ulfelder interest with an space elevator. :)