The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-23
SHADOWS WILL FALL
IN EARLY MORNING
rrpST TIME IN EAST IN MEM
DRY OF LIVING MAN, DE-
CLARE SCIENTISTS.
VISIBLE HERE ABOUT 8 A. M.

Sunlight Will Resemble Cadmium
LIGHT More Than Sunshine. Flash
OF Stars Will Shine in Day.
The total eclipse OF the sun on Sat
rrdav, January 24th next, will be Wis
nile in the eastern section Of the Unit
Cd States, if the weather is favorable,
II shadow path stretching from Min
nesota lust east Of Red Lake extend
mo over Michigan, part of Canada,
4 New York, Pennsylvania, to New
Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island.
For the flash OF minute or so
stars will shine in the day time.
When the sun rises in northern Min
nesota. northeast OF Red Lake, its disc
sIreadv will be covered by that OF the
moon, passing directly between earth
and sun. According to a supplement
10 the United States naval observa-
n torv's nautical almanac for 1873 the
shadow will sweep in a path 100 miles
q wide. east and south across the Great
s. axes. northern Pennsylvania, New
s York. Connecticut and Rhode Island,
4 leaving North America finally at Nan,
mcket, then swinging northward and
4 glsncing off the earth between the
Shetland and Farce islands at sunset.
\ Naval observatory scientists say 1t
. wifi be the first time the east has been
obIr to witness a total solor eclipse
4 for many years
j In the Hudson river area the shad-
& ow path will be about ITO miles broad,
the naval observatory believes, while
4 in Minnesota it will be about 80 miles.
The nautical almanac office OF the
4 observatory has compiled tgures
showing. in eastern standard time, the
fine of beginning, middle and ending
of the eclipse for number OF cities,
These figures show that at Atlanta
the beginning of the eclipse will be
7.46 a M. the middle $50 and the
s. ending 1908. AT Montgomery the be
ginning will be 7:44, the middle $40
4 and the ending 9:58.
The Magic Moment.
q As the magic moment approaches
the close observer may notice the
\ shadow OF some evergreen. The nght
shining through the leaves instead OF
n forming the usual circle Will make
4 little crescents on the ground. ne
\ sunlight will appear altered in quail
q N. With blue and violet rays MISSING
h il will resemble calcium light more
: than sunshine. The temperature VIII
i fail and there may be dew. hen a
shadow will sweep over the horizon
q like heavv thunder cloud advancing
4 with almost terrifying swittness. ne
d shadow passes over given part OF inc
q earth at the average rate OF sol'le
q 1000 miles an hour. The moon moves
\ at more than 1000 miles an hour Dut
a the rotation of the earth slackens the
speed OF its shadow. .,
Quivering, ripply bands will appear
en- every white surface, but untii
Il the sun is completely blotted our
its brilliance will continue to dazzle
& the eve. Then darkness will come with
a rush. When vision has adjusted IT.
4 self to the sudden change the halo OF
\ the dark moon will be observed 10
shine several times more brightly thall
Il the moon when it is full Also, light
d will come in from the surrounding
air, where some forty or fifty mics
away the sun will still shine. All ex-
cept scientific observers will care lit-
8 tie for the looks of the atmosphere
y though. Their eyes will be fixed up
on the rare sight in the heavens
Beautiful Phenomenon.
The total eclipse of the sun is by
8 far the most beautiful phenomenon III
astronomy" said DR.. Brainin. II IS
well worth going far to see; AS the
sun is blotted out you behold black
disc radiating rays of light. lmmeoi-
ately outside the disc is shallow RIM n
OF brilliant red, the chromosphere' ana
outside that is the wonderful peaIiy
4 white corona. Very little is known
about the corona. Its light is so dell
\ cate that under all circumstances eN-
Cept the total eclipse it is Invisible;
4 1t may not be studied in a partlai
+ eclipse. nor in the annular or ring
eclipse, when the moon is tar from
the earth and the broad rim OF the
h sun appears; nor in the path OF totdi
one unless you go to the point OF 10
tallty The total eclipse OF the sun Is
important for checking up calculations
on the earth, but it is chiefly valuable
Tor the opportunity to study the CO.
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