THE SUN’S ECLIPSE.
The eclipse of the sun on day evening was witnessed unSfl|favourable conditions. The first contact was visible at 10 to 5. From the first contact- the eclipse progressed rapidly. The moon’s shadow approached the disc of the __ yisun from its lower rim, giving the illusion that the moon was rising in the west. -It gradually invaded the bright surface until fully twothirds of it was obscured at 5.40 p.m., leaving the remainder of the great luminary a brilliant crescent. At this period the spectacle was a very beautiful and engaging one, and observers felt that they had been privileged to view a notable event in the natural world. Before sunset, at 5.45, it seemed that the obscuring shadow had commenced to retreat towards the right, but at the moment of sunset there had been very little diminution in' the brilliance of tlie sight, and right up to the setting of the sun the conditions for observation continued to be ideal.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2484, 23 September 1922, Page 2
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163THE SUN’S ECLIPSE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2484, 23 September 1922, Page 2
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