Word: solarity
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...gazed for a few minutes, until the Moon was completely eclipsed, just about as predicted. No danger of burned-out retinas, such as might characterize solar eclipses. At that point, the relative brightness of the surrounding stars offered a dazzling view, to our untrained eyes, of star clusters, nebulae--and other groups of lights which we had no idea what to call. The names sounded right then...
...toughest job may be replacing the solar panels -- two 40-ft.-long "wings" that provide power to the telescope. During the full day needed for this task, Thornton and Akers will precisely follow hundreds of steps, using bolts, electrical connectors, Velcro and 84 sq. yds. of plastic. And somehow they must do it all while swathed in their thick space suits -- a condition astronauts jokingly compare with being mummified...
...idea that thinning ozone will let more solar ultraviolet radiation strike the earth (leading to increased skin cancers and cataracts as well as weakened immune systems) has been so far a mostly theoretical danger. Four years of careful measurements, however, now show a direct relationship between ozone loss and ultraviolet leakage...
...solar power will have to wait for the cost of converting sunlight to fall far enough to pay for the cost of installing a system. "Solar is competitive now if you take the long view," says SMUD general manager Freeman. "And it's going to be highly competitive by the end of the decade." If he's right, the forecast for the industry in the 21st century is bright and sunny...
...Solar power finally seems poised to light up the world...