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so i was technically wrong. eclipses - from beginning to end - last for hours.

here’s the link

In general, though, a total eclipse takes on the order of a couple of hours from start to finish, with totality (the part where the sun is completely blocked out) on the order of a couple of minutes.

i was thinking about the part where the sun is completely blocked out, when it gets really really dark outside, it only lasts a couple of minutes. there was an eclipse when i was in high school and it got creepy dark during lunch time, but it only lasted a couple of minutes.

here’s another good link, with some rather pertinent information:

In a solar eclipse, the maximum possible length of totality is about 7 minutes. The partial phases add considerably more time, so that the entire eclipse seen from any given location can also last several hours. However, the partial phases of a total solar eclipse are much less noticeable to the ordinary observer, and might be missed entirely.

in the Heroes episode, as soon as the moon started touching the sun, it got really dark outside - when in reality most of the eclipse would have gone unnoticed until the central 7 minutes.

so technically i was wrong; eclipses can last for hours. but since the noticable part of an eclipse only lasts a few minutes, i feel i was right in the spirit of the matter.

and still the eclipse rages on. the Haitian guy has no powers. this is nonsense. he had powers before the eclipse in season 1. did his powers go away during that eclipse? i doubt it. i think he’d have noticed. as would everyone else who had powers before the eclipse.
Claire, at the hospital is possibly dying because not only has she been shot, but she has no antibodies to fight infection.
meanwhile, Sylar and Elle are all romantic together. ugh. mushy stuff.
Elle sees the the laser dot on sylar, and gets him out of the way before Bennett shoots. they run. Bennett pursues.
he’s out for revenge for what happened to Claire way back when Sylar took her power.
ha. the petrellis are locked in in some kind of Haitian dungeon. nathan is speaking french and making friends with the natives, also in captivity.
mohindir is still in the lab researching eclipses. i hope he’s going to find out why this eclipse is lasting for hours. mr. petrelli wants answers as to why their powers are gone. i guess we’re supposed to believe whole eclipse thing really is a phenomenon and it’s special because everyone has lost their powers.
mrs bennet calls mr bennett to find out where the hell he is while claire’s dying in the hospital.
looks like mr bennett is once again on the trail of Elle and sylar, so he’s not going to the hospital for claire.
Daphne is cerebral palsy and only became super fast after the last eclipse. without her powers, she’s on crutches. (more…)

why are we back in time? it looks like the 30s. oo fire. looks like we find out later.
so who is this wheelchair guy Cameron has been visiting. and bringing donuts to him.
this guy is like her buddy. they’re chatting and shit. are they in a library? i think he’s the librarian. and it looks like he thinks she’s a student.
she finds a picture from the fire in the beginning. 1920, the year is. there’s a terminator in there. now Cameron is going to find out what happened to him.
Reilly wants john to come pick her up somewhere.
meanwhile, Cameron and wheelchair guy, who conveniently works in to conversation that he’s had bone cancer, so now we know why he’s in a wheelchair, are looking through microfilm/fiche trying to find out about the guy from the old photo.
on a completely unrelated side note, i used to enjoy searching through microfilm in the library basement back in high school. nothing like the smell of old books and newspaper with hum and whirl of the microfilm viewer.
anyhow (more…)