TSE2008: 01 August 2008 Total Solar Eclipse

A Flight into The Darkness of the Lunar Umbral Shadow

2m 52s of Totality

From the Pristine, Clear, and Particulate Free Skies
of the High Polar (latitude = +82.6°) North from 36,000 feet

(with "flightseeing" over Svalbard and the North Pole*)

EFLIGHT 2008

Background Information
 Frequently Asked Questions
 Detailed Flight Plan

Pre-Eclipse on the A330-200 Flight Deck (click for more photos/info)
 Post-Eclipse Jubilation @ Dusseldorf — Photo Courtesy of Andreas Speath

CLICK ON IMAGES TO 'EMBIGGEN'

Umbral Interface* @ 36K ft.  In collaboration with Dan McGlaun
 Putting UMBRAPHILE to Work,  2m 52s Top/Left to Bot./Right

Inner Corona. In collaboration with Bill Kramer Outer  Corona. In collaboration with Joel Moskowitz

* Umbral Interface: With some "artistic license" - actually a composite of two images to illustrate shadow phenomenology.
Click HERE to see a short video of the A330-200 Navigation Displays as we flew directly over the North Pole!  (And, HERE, for an explanation).

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Digression: WHAT's NEXT?

11 July 2010

Getting ABOVE the clouds!

9-1/2 MINUTES of totality
from 39,000 ft.

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