As you can see below, I've gotten started again after a brief stall:
"Arctic islands get stunning views of solar eclipse" Associated Press March 21, 2015
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — Sky-gazers looked up in awe Friday as the moon blocked the sun in a total solar eclipse that momentarily darkened a slice of northern Europe.
The most spectacular viewing came on Norway’s Svalbard islands near the North Pole, where a bright clear day and blindingly white snow highlighted the cosmic wonder that used to bring ancient civilizations to a trembling halt.
Visitors to the Arctic islands were treated to a full view of the sun’s corona, a faint ring of rays surrounding the moon, that is only visible during a total eclipse.
‘‘All of the various things that you’re supposed to see — the shadow bands, the corona, both diamond rings, prominences — it had everything. It had absolutely everything,’’ said Richard Patching, a 63-year-old visitor from Canada.
Elsewhere, the much-anticipated solar eclipse was a bit of a letdown....
Yeah, ‘‘clouds ruined it.’’
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I never even looked for it. Sorry to let you down. Now you know how I feel every morning after looking through a Globe.
