hello all.
so i'm planning a trip out to turkey for the eclipse on march 29th next year.
where do you guys think the best place to view the eclipse would be? as in, on the coast or inland? any particularly spectacular sites? also particularly in terms of weather/cloud cover? is it clearer inland or on the coast? what about times of day? and for that time of year in general?
so i'm planning a trip out to turkey for the eclipse on march 29th next year.
where do you guys think the best place to view the eclipse would be? as in, on the coast or inland? any particularly spectacular sites? also particularly in terms of weather/cloud cover? is it clearer inland or on the coast? what about times of day? and for that time of year in general?
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Mon, December 19, 2005 - 7:17 PMHave you checked www.soulclipse.com/
I am not a big trance fan, but even I am planning to arrange my days such that I can participate this one ;).
cheers,
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Tue, December 20, 2005 - 1:18 AMyeah i've seen that. don't think i'm going to make it unfortunately. i'm more into wandering around.
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Tue, January 10, 2006 - 7:39 PMim going to this one!!! SOULCLIPSE : 7 days psytrance music/dance festival : March 27 till April 2nd 2006, near Antalya
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Mon, December 19, 2005 - 7:25 PMThe best idea is to call or e-mail travel agencies and ask if they have tours for this purpose, and which sites they are going (without notifying that you already arranged the trip, if you have). Bullseye ..... -
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Tue, December 20, 2005 - 1:19 AMwhy go where tours are going? -
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Tue, December 20, 2005 - 9:52 AMthey should know the best locations
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Why tour? was the eclipse
Fri, January 27, 2006 - 7:54 AMYou'll have a wonderful time. Wish I were going back!
I went to the 11 August 1999 eclipse NE of Ankara with a bus tour. I agree that they offer more flexibility, since they can change directions depending on last-minute updates in the weather forecast. We went to a little town's athletic field where they were having their 15 minutes of fame for being on the line of totality. The tour also included a couple days in Cappadocia, where I was going anyways, and the price was not very expensive.
This will be better weather for touring, but one can't reschedule eclipses!
BTW, if you fly within turkey, they have an unusual requirement that you identify baggage at the plane, _after_ you've checked it in. A couple of my companions had their baggage delayed because they didn't know, so it didn't get loaded.
I didn't get to Konya, but did many other sites of the bronze age and classical period, of which my fave was Aphrodisias, which is bigger than Ephesus, and less well traveled.
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Mon, January 23, 2006 - 1:56 PMTry this site: sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclips...06.html
Has fairly detailed maps of the path through Turkey. -
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Tue, January 24, 2006 - 8:15 PMwhat about side? how's the weather on the coast in march? -
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Wed, January 25, 2006 - 12:31 PMI'm going to take a wild guess and say the Black Sea is still going to be freezing.
I'd vote Antalya... except Kona is a religious center, and that could be more interesting. -
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Wed, January 25, 2006 - 6:06 PMManavgat looks fine on the NASA maps besides it is a nice small town, i have no idea how it looks like in the winter though. -
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Thu, January 26, 2006 - 1:09 AMTurkey is still cold in March. Along the coast (western Turkey) the weather is more mild but not swimming season for sure. East Turkey, there probably will be a lot of snow still plus, not the greatest idea to travel to bird-flu affected areas.
The Black Sea is gorgeous if you don't mind the cold but I agree with JM, Konya sounds like it would be a nice city. It is very spiritual and I am sure there will be something incorportated with the eclipse and Mevlana/Rumi events.
Well, if you are into party type of places, settle for somewhere on the coast like Antalya.
While Antalya is beautiful, its not my thing. I much prefer more secluded places. -
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Fri, January 27, 2006 - 9:40 AMkonya...
a city does not become spiritual only because it hosts the mauseleum of a great thinker. not because of its past, but through the everyday lives of the people who make up that place. their outlook to the world, their cooperation, their togetherness.
today konya is only but a horrible reflection of what happens to an 'other' culture when it is modernized/westernized from the top, when it is appropriated through western technology, when spirituality becomes commoditized...
i work there every summer, obviously i am a bit biased - i admit - but people, if its your first time in turkey and want to live the eclipse in peace and within a beautiful nature, and where you wont freeze your ass, look at places in southern turkey.
btw-- we have a saying "mart kapidan baktirir, kazma kurek yaktirir" and its about march... how its not a good idea to think spring comes in march. i have seen snow in central turkey during march. but with this funky globally warmed weather it could also be warm... -
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Fri, January 27, 2006 - 2:16 PMso when does it start to get warm? -
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Sun, March 19, 2006 - 10:57 AMten days until the eclipse! wheee! -
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Wed, March 29, 2006 - 4:04 AMperfect weather for the eclipse!
i was watching it today here in istanbul and it seemed at about 85%
here.... really cool. saw the feed from TV channels in south turkey and
it seems like there wasn't a cloud in the sky! hope all the people who
came here to see it had a good day & enjoyed seeing this eclipse!
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Wed, March 29, 2006 - 9:24 AMOH MY GOD!
that was so amazıng!
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Sun, April 2, 2006 - 3:24 AMAbsolutely unbelievable! Wow! İ'm now an eclipse chaser - Japan 2009!!! -
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Sun, April 2, 2006 - 3:26 AMYeah, it was incredible... we viewed the eclipse from atop a medieval castle in Olympos! Can't imagine a better setting for an eclipse... -
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Sun, April 2, 2006 - 3:31 AMnice! the one overlooking the sea, near the mouth of the river? Olympos rocks! -
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Sun, April 2, 2006 - 5:16 AMThat's the one. Only 5 of us up there, and from our vantage point we could see the Acropolis crowded with eclipse seekers, and from the beach the flash of eclipse glasses and cameras. Even without the eclipse, it was a wonderful day.
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Sun, April 2, 2006 - 11:52 AMyoure ın olympos now? so am ı! where are you stayıng? ım at kadırs. -
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Sun, April 2, 2006 - 1:02 PMI wish. We left Thursday, but we were staying at Bayram's. Lucky you! -
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Sat, April 8, 2006 - 2:56 AMyeah. ı just fınıshed sea kayakıng around the base of huge clıffs explorıng sea caves and stuff. god my lıfe ıs hard!
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Webcast of the eclipse
Thu, March 30, 2006 - 12:06 AMyou can replay the Exploratorium (SF) expedition to Side (Roman AMphitheater) on the Turkish Mediterranean coast:
www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2006/
broadcast, and all-telescope views
Wish I were there ;-)
