Eclipse, Beyond the Dreams...

its a night fall again when im awake..

strangely feels unusual weakness

but then i realize its wasnt a night at all

isnt it supposed to be daylight in my window?

but then again, an unexplained light some how shows out to my window

and i realize it is the sun....

absorbing my energy, my mind, my soul...

in the name of the lord i wish i could bear my self

But no..

couldnt hold it..

couldnt stand it..

its raging out of my...after all of this nights

i tried to keep it in(other)side of me...

again..for once..im loosing my mind..

and suddenly an energy blows..

raging and burst out...

bring back the feel, im scared of it the most in my whole life...

THIRST...its coming...

Eclipse; Myth, Ancient Stories..

Ancient China The earliest record of a solar eclipse comes from an ancient Chinese story. Historians believe that the eclipse referred to in this story might have been visible from China around 2134 B.C. The Chinese once believed that an eclipse was caused by an invisible dragon eating the Sun. They believed that if they created a great commotion with drummers drumming and archers shooting arrows in the sky, the dragon would be frightened away and daylight would return. When this eclipse occured, however, the two royal astronomers, Hsi and Ho, failed to predict the eclipse, a nd the emperor became very angry because he was not prepared to scare the dragon away. Although daylight returned, the emperor ordered the two astronomers beheaded.

The eclipse of May 28, 585 B.C., ended a war between two Middle Eastern nations. During the fighting, “the day was turned into night.” The eclipse stunned both nations into declaring peace and the fighting stopped.

Emperor Louis, son of the great European ruler Charlemagne, died after observing the eclipse of May 5, 840. It was said that he was so confused by the five minutes of darkness during the eclipse that he died from fright.

In Japan, the people once believed that poison drops from the sky during an eclipse. To prevent the poison from dropping into their drinking water, they covered all the wells during an eclipse.

In India, the people also believed that a dragon was responsible for eclipses. During an eclipse, the people “immersed themselves in water up to their necks,” hoping that this kind of worship would help the Sun and the Moon defend themselves against the dragon.

Some historians believe that the ancient builders of Stonehenge in England developed a method of predicting eclipses by observing the cycles of the Moon. The structure of Stonehenge reveals that these ancient builders knew the actual motions of both the Sun and the Moon.

On Christopher Columbus’ last voyage to America in 1503, he and his crew were stranded on the island of Jamaica for over a year. With his ship badly damaged and the food supply low, Columbus traded with the Native Americans for food. The natives soon grew tired of feeding Columbus and his crew and refused to supply him with any more food. Columbus knew that a lunar eclipse would soon occur on February 29, 1504. On the night of February 29th, Columbus told the natives that God was angry with them for not providing him with food. He told them that God was going to make the Moon disappear. At that moment, the natives witnessed the beginning of a lunar eclipse. They begged Columbus to ask God to forgive them and bring back the Moon. After an hour passed and the lunar eclipse was ending, Columbus told the natives that God had forgiven them and the Moon would be returned. And of course, the natives looked into the sky and saw the Moon returning.

sources : http://www.earthview.com

Solar Eclipse

July 22th 2009,

Gerhana matahari 22 Juli 2009 adalah gerhana matahari total (GMT) dengan magnitudo 1,0799 yang terlihat sepanjang koridor yang melewati Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal dan Samudra Pasifik bagian tengah. Gerhana ini lamanya 6 menit 39 detik.

Jutaan penduduk di Benua Asia akan menjadi saksi gerhana matahari total terpanjang pada abad ini. Gerhana matahari total ini akan terjadi pada Rabu (22/7) dan berlangsung 6 menit 39 detik.

Gerhana matahari akan tampak pertama-tama saat fajar menyingsing di Teluk Khambhat, utara kota Mumbai, India. Kemudian, bayangan gerhana matahari akan bergerak ke arah timur menyeberangi kawasan India, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, dan China sebelum berakhir di Samudra Pasifik.

Gerhana ini juga akan mengenai beberapa pulau di wilayah selatan Jepang dan terlihat terakhir kali dari Pulau Nikumaroro yang terletak di Pasifik Selatan. Salah satu daerah yang paling baik untuk menyaksikan peristiwa ini adalah seluruh kota Shanghai dan pulau-pulau di bagian selatan Jepang yang akan tertutup oleh kegelapan pada siang hari.

Diukur dari durasinya, gerhana matahari total kali ini paling lama karena diperkirakan akan berlangsung selama 6 menit 39 detik. Gerhana matahari total sebelumnya terjadi pada bulan Agustus 2008 dengan durasi 2 menit 27 detik.

Banyak orang, baik awam maupun para ilmuwan, berniat menempuh jarak yang jauh demi menyaksikan peristiwa sekali seumur hidup ini. Para ilmuwan hendak menjadikan data dari gerhana matahari ini sebagai acuan untuk membantu menjelaskan apa-apa saja struktur dari matahari dan mengapa timbul ledakan di permukaannya. Para ahli astronomi berharap gerhana dapat menyingkap sejumlah petunjuk tentang matahari.

“Kami harus menanti ratusan tahun lagi untuk mendapat kesempatan mengamati gerhana matahari sepanjang ini. Kesempatan ini sangatlah langka,” ujar Shao Zhenyi, seorang ahli astronomi dari Shanghai Astronomical Obsevatory.

Sayang, kali ini gerhana matahari total tidak dapat dilihat dari Indonesia. Hanya beberapa kota di wilayah utara Indonesia yang dapat menyaksikan gerhana parsial karena hanya sebagian saja piringan matahari yang tertutup bayangan bulan.

Sources : kompas, http://www.itfornews.com/2009/07/gerhana-matahari-total-terlama-pada-abad-ke-21