A century ago, Australia was ground zero for eclipse-watchers – and helped prove Einstein right
- Written by: Brian Finlayson, Honorary Principal Fellow in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Ontario Picture Bureau/Wikimedia CommonsIn 1922, Australia was even more remote from the rest of the world than it is today. But when it came to astronomy, that year it was the centre of everyone’s attention.
On September 21, the shadow of a total solar eclipse would cross the entire continent, from Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia,...