Glenn Schneider, Instrument Scientist for NICMOS, is an admitted eclipse addict who has basked in the moon's umbral
shadow eighteen times since seeing his first Total Solar Eclipse in 1970. Remaining
mobile and agressively seeking clear skies, he has suffered the trauma of being clouded
out three only times (a track record, no pun intended, of 83.3%):
1970 Greenville, NC USA
1972 Cap Chat, Quebec CANADA (clouded out)
1973 Atlantic Ocean (off Mauritanean coast; HMS Canberra)
1974 Cape Leeuwin, SW AUSTRALIA
1976 Mt. Delegate, NSW AUSTRALIA
1977 north of Bogota, COLOMBIA (clouded out)
1979 Roy, Montana USA
1980 Fundisa Kibioni, KENYA
1981 Bratsk, Siberia [former] USSR
1983 Tunjun Koduk, Java, INDONESIA
1984 Pacific Ocean (off New Calidonian cost; Cap du Pain)
1986 N. Atlantic @ 44,000 ft (Cessna Citation II from Rejkavik)
1988 Banka Island, INDONESIA
1990 Atka Island, Alaska USA (clouded out)
1991 Buena Vista, Baja California MEXICO
1992 S. Atlantic @ 41,000 ft (DC-10 from Rio de Janario)
1994 Huachacalla, Bolivia
1995 Ghanoli, Dehli, India
Most recently he as had the privilege, and joy, of observing his 18th total
solar eclipse for 51.9 seconds from a dirt field just a few hours drive from
the Taj Mahal.
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* Glenn Schneider * Phone: 1-520-621-5865 *
* Instrument Scientist * e-mail: gschneider@as.arizona.edu *
* Steward Observatory * ftp: starsrus.as.arizona.edu *
* NICMOS Project N326 * FAX: 1-520-621-1891 *
* University of Arizona * Telex: 467175 *
* Tucson, AZ 85721 USA * www: *
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* !!!! "Wishing you clear skies, and good seeing." !!!! -GS- *
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