Travel to Turkey for the 2006 Total Solar Eclipse

Written by Seb Jay


Wednesday March 29th 2006 will be a very special day in Turkey. Shortly before two o'clock inrepparttar afternoon local time an eerie darkness will descend acrossrepparttar 105933 land. Birds will begin to roost and streetlights will flicker on asrepparttar 105934 sun slips behindrepparttar 105935 moon inrepparttar 105936 first European total solar eclipse this millennium.

Standing inrepparttar 105937 path of a total solar eclipse is a dramatic and awe-inspiring experience. To watchrepparttar 105938 light fade fromrepparttar 105939 sky and to seerepparttar 105940 last fiery wisps ofrepparttar 105941 sun's disk be engulfed byrepparttar 105942 black moon is a stunning spectacle that stays with you forever. Adding torepparttar 105943 thrill isrepparttar 105944 fact thatrepparttar 105945 path of a total solar eclipse beats a track through Europe very rarely. The last was in 1999 whenrepparttar 105946 path of totality passed through Cornwall (SW England);repparttar 105947 next will be in 2026 when totality touches Northern Spain.

The eclipse begins across Turkey at around 12:45 inrepparttar 105948 afternoon, more than an hour before totality is reached. These early stages ofrepparttar 105949 eclipse will go largely unnoticed. It is not until some 25 minutes before totality, whenrepparttar 105950 sun's disk is more than half-covered, that it becomes noticeable thatrepparttar 105951 light is fading. The ensuing half an hour is then nothing short of magical.

At t-minus 20 minutesrepparttar 105952 air is filled withrepparttar 105953 sounds of birds settling down forrepparttar 105954 night. A chill starts to circulate inrepparttar 105955 air and althoughrepparttar 105956 sun shines high inrepparttar 105957 sky, an eerie gloom reminiscent of a dull winter's afternoon establishes itself. The light only fades slowly at first, but with 5 minutes to gorepparttar 105958 onset of darkness becomes ever more apparent. By this timerepparttar 105959 birds have gone quiet and little inrepparttar 105960 way of daytime wildlife stirs. Inrepparttar 105961 last minuterepparttar 105962 light falls more rapidly as if it were late twilight, and with only seconds to go a huge dark shadow sweeps in at speed engulfing you in almost complete darkness, althoughrepparttar 105963 horizon all around you appears lighter. Looking atrepparttar 105964 sun, wisps of fire can be seen aroundrepparttar 105965 dark disk; close-by stars shine out from an ink-black background. Then, all too soon,repparttar 105966 sun reappears in a dazzling display and totality is over.

Hilton Hawaiian Village – The Heart of Mana

Written by Carolyn Proctor


Hilton Hawaiian Village – The Heart of Mana Read Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.com To read this entire feature FREE with photos cut and paste this link: http://www.jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/hotels/hilton/waikiki/village.html

Hanging purple orchids andrepparttar perfumes of plumeria, moonflower and jade vine surround you.

Parrots, red and blue macaws, exotic ducks, flamingos, swans (both black and white), crested cranes, and tropical penguins add their calls of greeting.

There is only one place this magical and you are here:repparttar 105932 Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa on Waikiki Beach,repparttar 105933 ageless heart of Hawaii.

Everything you could possibly want is here. World-class restaurants, exotic shopping, pearlescent beaches, and a variety of entertainments in a tropical setting.

The hotel check-in area (you could hardly call it a lobby) is "outside." Soft breezes flow along with your view pastrepparttar 105934 desk to palms, 10,000 square-foot Super Pool and lush island greenery. We are heralded withrepparttar 105935 famous "aloha spirit": an honest smile and warm Hawaiian greeting.

Our room is onrepparttar 105936 27th floor ofrepparttar 105937 new Kalia Tower, consideredrepparttar 105938 business executive tower andrepparttar 105939 only one with a concierge. Our balcony opens to a wide expanse. Betweenrepparttar 105940 Ali`i Tower onrepparttar 105941 left andrepparttar 105942 Rainbow Tower onrepparttar 105943 right lies a tropical movie-set vision ofrepparttar 105944 Village's Super Pool andrepparttar 105945 wide expanse of beach and Pacific Ocean beyond. Below,repparttar 105946 entire roof of one low building looks like a traditional Hawaiian quilt pattern.

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