Total Solar Eclipse: The Vicarious Experience

August 05, 2008

Miss the total solar eclipse on August 1? If you did, no worries... I've got you covered!

For a vicarious (and quite nerdy) totality experience, do check out the two slideshows I put together for you: Part one is here, and part two is here.

Even if you watched the eclipse from the Internet, or from the ground, I think it's still worth checking out.

I experienced totality from an airplane about 36,000 feet in the thin air, flying just south of the North Pole. There were some fantastic viewing conditions in a remote part of the world, and I was surrounded by fascinating, funny, and inspiring people.

Anywho, hope you enjoy them -- and for more eclipse experiences/reflections/notes, here are few great posts from the past few days (if I missed yours, send it my way and I'll add it!):

• Alan Dyer's at What's Up? Astronomy
• Emily Lakdawalla's at The Planetary Society Blog
• Ian O'Neill's at Universe Today
• Daniel Fischer's (from China)

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Comments

[Dave Mosher]

Thanks Daniel - added to the list, and rightly so! Great stuff.

[Daniel Fischer]

For a very different view of the same eclipse, see http://home.arcor.de/tse2008 from the Chinese desert!