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July 3 2007
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Total Solar Eclipse Images 2008
The following images are available upon request in 300dpi, jpeg format. Additional images are also available.
Eclipse

Photo #108
This image depicts a phenomenon called the ‘diamond-ring effect,’ a common occurrence during a total solar eclipse.
Turkish school children
Photo #106
Using special glasses, schoolkids in Turkey view the 2006 eclipse.
Photo #109
Exploratorium visitors in their sleeping bags during the 2001 solar eclipse sleepover.
Second Life
Photo #101
Second Life
Photo #102
The Exploratorium’s 2006 solar eclipse webcast from Turkey was also featured in Second Life, the online virtual community. Here, avatars watch the webcast while seated in a virtual amphitheater, which was a replica of the actual site.”
Photo #103
The China 2008 webcast site, near the Mongolian border.
Photo #104
The Exploratorium’s webcast producers stand near the webcast site, near the Mongolian border
Photo #110
Kids are transfixed by a past solar eclipse webcast.

Eclipse: sun's corona
Photo #107
In this image of a total solar eclipse, the sun’s corona is clearly visible.
Turkish school children
Photo #105
Using special glasses, school kids in Turkey view the 2006 eclipse.
Photo #111
Exploratorium staff scientist Paul Doherty sets up a telescope during the 2001 solar eclipse in Zambia.

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