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Originally Posted by Shep
It is also cyclone season so fingers crossed in that regard as well! When you say don't look at the sun after 2sec of the diamond ring you mean without special glasses right? With the glasses is it safe to look at it still?
And just to clarify the only difference between watching from my house or from the centreline would be that it lasts 4 seconds more at the centreline but otherwise looks exactly the same?
Another question...whats the difference between a total eclipse and an annular one, the best I can make out from reading on the net is that an annular you still get a ring around it but don't you still get those with a total as well? I'm confused...
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It is safe after the total phase with proper solar filters.
There might be more cloud in Cairns and at other places near the coast.
A total eclipse is better because the Moon blocks the Sun fully.
When the Moon is further from us it does not cover the Sun fully and you get an annular eclipse.