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A video link for Friday's annular eclipse

The Sun-Earth-Moon System team at the University of North Dakota is in place to observe and broadcast the eclipse that will take place above Suriname and French Guiana. The SEMS webcast will begin at 4:20 a.m. CDT.

This an annular eclipse, so those in the right place on land or at sea will observe the Sun cast a ring of light from behind the Moon for several minutes. The greatest magnitude of the eclipse occurs at 11:40 UT. That'd be 7:40 a.m. EDT, 4:40 a.m. PDT, and 8:40 p.m. in Korea... when I'll be teaching an adult English class.

Maybe I'll put the laptop by the window and see if I can get a wireless signal from the Family Mart down the street...