Racing the moon's shadow with Concorde 001
This is the unique story of observing a total solar exlipse for no less than 74 consecutive minutes. On the summer morning of June 30, 1973, the Sun rises on the Canary Islands. But it is strangely indented by the Moon. The eclipse of the century has just begun. From the west, the lunar shadow rushe...
| Uniform Title: | Concorde 001 et l'ombre de la lune. English |
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| Main Author: | Léna, Pierre, 1937- |
| Other Authors: | Lyle, Stephen,, SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English French |
| Published: |
Cham :
Springer,
2015.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource : color illustrations. |
| Series: |
Astronomers' universe.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Of eclipses and mankind
- Concorde, a dream taking off
- Clear obscurity
- Towards the longest eclipse in history
- Nothing to worry, it's just an eclipse
- What a harvest of science in just 74 minutes
- The route of solar eclipses
- Epilogue
- Appendices.