http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/homepage/hp3-29-06a.jpg
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:32 (twenty years ago)
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/homepage/hp3-29-06b.jpg
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:33 (twenty years ago)
― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:40 (twenty years ago)
― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:45 (twenty years ago)
― Dan (Au Contraire, Raggett) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:46 (twenty years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:48 (twenty years ago)
― Dan (Mock Not The Designs Of Our Lord) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:49 (twenty years ago)
― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:59 (twenty years ago)
But searching for Grace Jones pictures results in a lot of nudity which in turn results in me being completely derailed from my initial quest.Pull up to the bumper, baby!
― Øystein (Øystein), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 19:03 (twenty years ago)
― Yoo Doo Nut (donut), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)
More than 60 percent of Nigerians are uneducated, and eclipses in some parts of the country in the past have caused chaos in which people have been killed and property destroyed. Some Nigerians believe an eclipse is punishment from the gods for evil doing. Professor Turner Isoun of the Ministery of Science and Technology says this year's eclipse"calls for early preparation. Fortunately, through our scientific analysis, we can predict. So we have at least two months' notice."
They rioted in 2001
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Rampaging Muslims burned down scores of hotels and bars in a northern Nigerian city in reaction to the lunar eclipse which they blamed on sinners, residents said on Wednesday.
Paramilitary police battled gangs of Muslim youths in the streets of the largely Islamic city of Maiduguri for hours on Tuesday night.
Residents said at least 40 hotels or drinking houses were set ablaze. Similar violence was reported in Barma town 50 miles (80 kilometers) away where youths chanting Allahu Akbar (God is Great) took to the streets.
"The immoral acts committed in these places are responsible for this eclipse,'' police quoted a youth leader as saying.
Police chief Uba Bala Ringim told Reuters in Maiduguri that five people had been detained and more arrests were expected.
Religious violence has been a major problem in the largely Islamic north over the past year. Hundreds of people were killed in two bouts of Muslim-Christian bloodletting in the northern city of Kaduna over plans to introduce Islamic sharia law in the area.
― The Equator Lounge (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 19:20 (twenty years ago)
LOCK THREAD!
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 19:25 (twenty years ago)
No sign of today's solar eclipse here in Glasgow at least thanks to the complete overcast-ness. Did anyone else manage to catch it elsewhere?
― krakow, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 10:01 (fifteen years ago)
Only the south coast managed to see i believe. No joy here, unless you like snow.
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 13:20 (fifteen years ago)
Nothing in Chicago, but it's relentlessly cloudy here. I don't even think the sun has fully come up yet. Or maybe it has. It's that hard to tell.
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 13:40 (fifteen years ago)
I completely did not know about this but when I left the flat this morning at about 8:30 the sun was v bright and dazzling, so now I don't know whether to be sad that I didn't know or just glad that I didn't look at it for longer when I saw it by chance or I might have damaged my eyesight
(I think it was partly behind the clouds here in Oxford too - it was v low in the sky, being soon after sunrise, so it was mostly obscured by trees and buildings anyway)
― agrarian gamekeeper (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 13:41 (fifteen years ago)
totally overcast in london
― we could play games, idk (ledge), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 14:28 (fifteen years ago)
it was only visible from europe/w asia la lechera.
― caek, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 14:33 (fifteen years ago)
fb friend of mine in Bristol posted this image
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1384.snc4/163684_917687055789_16818801_47970815_4444619_n.jpg
― dan m, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 14:34 (fifteen years ago)
Amazing!
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 14:48 (fifteen years ago)
then i guess i would not have seen it, as chicago is not a part of w asia or europesilly me
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 14:58 (fifteen years ago)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap110105.htmlNice timing.
― willem, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 08:25 (fifteen years ago)
^ that picture is awesome
― ailsa, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 14:59 (fifteen years ago)