Canning Annular Eclipse May 2013

Following on from the total solar eclipse around Cairns on Nov 14th 2012, Australia will experience another solar eclipse less than 6 months later. This is a once in a lifetime occurence as the last time Oz had consecutive total and annular eclipses was 1871 and it won't happen again until 2194. One could revisit FNQ and the western Cape at Kowanyama where they saw a 2 min totality this year and will have a 4.5 min annularity in 2013.
The tarred Stuart Hwy 70 km north of Tennant Creek is on the eclipse centreline and also has 4min 30 sec of the moon obscuring 97% of the sun.
On the CSR well 19 is the place to be as it is only a few km off the centre line and has a 4min 13 sec event with the sun only 3 degrees above the horizon, having risen as a crescent as it will be nearly 90% covered.
Back on the tar about 100km south of Newman on the Northern Hwy at the Lofty Range the sun will rise at 6.30 am as a deep red uneven circle of light as annularity begins. Over the next 2 minutes the sun rises higher into the sky by it's own width as the moon becomes centred over the solar disc making the annulus an even ring. 2 more minutes and the moons edge touches the lower limb of the sun as annularity ends. All this is subject to the moon illusion in which both sun and moon appear much bigger to the eye than when high in the sky. Over the next hour the moon then leaves the solar disc and it's all over by 7.46am. Link to NASA eclipse site: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2013May10Agoogle.html
...Warrie