[Captain Charlie (Gareth)]

Originally Posted by tomtom

The NASA map shows the path of totality as going across Mulligan Hwy - http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogl...13Tgoogle.html

Whereas the QLD Gov site shows it going across Peninsula Developmental Road - http://www.trc.qld.gov.au/whats-on/solar-eclipse-2012

Does anyone know how fast the moon's shadow will move across the landscape at the beginning and end of totality? (And will the speeds be different?)

I remember the eclipse of 1976 in southeastern Australia and we saw the shadow moving out across the Pacific Ocean, but by golly that was quick! I wonder how fast next month's shadow will move ... in km/hr (out of theoretical interest) and in tenths of seconds from horizon to horizon (out of practical interest)?