THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF MAY 6

Solar eclipse safety.

Solar radiation during a total solar eclipse

Solar eclipse-burn of macula.

THE following case is of interest in view of its association with the recent partial eclipse of the sun. 2695379, Guardsman W.S.S., 1st Btn. Scots Guards, aged 27 years, came to see me on July 12, 1945, complaining of obscured vision in the left eye. ;History.-No family history. Five years ago he was in Mersa Matruh for a year. During this time he was working in an outdoor-cookhouse. ToWards th...

The solar eclipse: a natural meteorological experiment

A solar eclipse provides a well-characterized reduction in solar radiation, of calculable amount and duration. This captivating natural astronomical phenomenon is ideally suited to science outreach activities, but the predictability of the change in solar radiation also provides unusual conditions for assessing the atmospheric response to a known stimulus. Modern automatic observing networks us...

Attenuation of irradiance during solar eclipse

Attenuation of global ultraviolet and visible irradiance over Greece during the total solar eclipse of 29 March 2006 A. Kazantzidis, A. F. Bais, C. Emde, S. Kazadzis, and C. S. Zerefos Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luftund Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, G...