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LIVE@The Exploratorium

Join us on August 11, 1999, for the final total solar eclipse of the millennium.
Live Webcast!

View the archives of the Exploratorium's expedition to the Caribbean
on February 26, 1998.

Stories From the Path of Totality

Sun-Earth Connection
The Sun-Eating Dragon & Other Ways to Think About An Eclipse


On August 11, 1999, the Exploratorium will present a live Webcast of the final total solar eclipse of the millennium.

A joint expedition by the Exploratorium and NASA, correspondents will be stationed along the path of totality, sharing images, interviews, and other information about the eclipse with museum visitors and an Internet audience. The main vantage point for the expedition will be Amasya, Turkey.

In 1998, the Exploratorium Webcast the February 26 eclipse live from the Caribbean island of Aruba. Portions of the Exploratorium's satellite feed were picked up and broadcast on television. CNN, ABC, NBC, BBC, Fox, and others carried our images. Over 100,000 people visited this site on February 26, 1998.

What to See

Why Eclipses Happen

How to View


[Expedition Images]   

 



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