Just once... How about an August 12th burn?

[Luna Noir]

I think this is reason enough WITH plenty of warning:

Total Solar Eclipse crossing the Playa Saturday morning August 12, 2045
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/so ... -119.22014
Bonus: It’s a solar maximum year so the corona will be extra frilly!

The geekticulars for 40.76946 N, 119.21845 W
(~800 ft east of the BM2006 Man... a .kmz file doesn’t let me click any closer)

Duration: 4m 11.9s
Antumbral depth: 58.8%
Magnitude at mid eclipse: 1.02053
Moon/Sun size ratio: 1.06985

Event (dT=89.0s) . . . . . . Date. . . . . . Time (UT) . . . . Alt . . . . Azi
Start of partial (C1) : . . 8/12/2045 . . . 15:15:35 . . . . +23° . . . 090°
Start of central (C2) : . . 8/12/2045 . . . 16:18:55 . . . . +35° . . . 102°
Mid eclipse : . . . . . . . . 8/12/2045 . . . 16:21:00 . . . . +36° . . . 102°
End of central (C3) : . . . 8/12/2045 . . . 16:23:07 . . . . +36° . . . 102°
End of partial (C4) : . . . 8/12/2045 . . . 17:32:02 . . . . +48° . . . 118°

JOTS Wheelchair Races commence at 2nd light.

Learn more: Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses Database
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/so ... Canon.html

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Dress rehearsal May 20, 2012 (Sunday, a week ahead of Memorial Day) while the playa is graced with an annular eclipse.