Total Solar Eclipse China 2008 PREVIEW

Featuring footage from pre-production trips and highlights from past total solar eclipse webcasts, 1998-2006.

To see totality footage from the August 2008 live broadcast, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2sxGpISNRw.

Watch a time-lapse of our crew setting up telescopes for the live webcast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AcmfnuTvyY

While we wont be traveling to webcast the eclipse in 2009, we plan to cover the total solar eclipse in July 2010. For this year, were providing links to other eclipse Web sites, and well direct you to live Webcasts or broadcasts of the eclipse at http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2009/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• astronomy
• China
• earth
• eclipse
• Exploratorium
• live
• moon
• science
• sky
• solar
• sun
• total
• webcast
• Xinjiang

[murrfurr63]

i was born diring a solar eclipse

[ToadHypno]

What are the chances that the moon hapens to fit the diameter of the sun at those size scale and distances.. Oh you crazy Universe.

[sucky53]

@murrfurr63 Wow this is rare you are born from light ;D

[jrossa]

then the moon covered the sun.......and i was born!

[EnergyDog23]

Maybe that's the reason why you cant write.. xD

[1yo2many]

not everyday! look at the comment ToadHypno wrote. yeah right

[MegumiFF7]

you are WRONG...

[wrenchard0923]

youre idiot!!!!!!!!!solar eclipse can be seen in a few minutes in some years!!!!!!not EVERYDAY!!!!

[faimli607]

everyday there is solar eclipse in different countries...

[PeteIce123]

That Eclipse was on my B-Day

[XxnesiexX]

i was watching this on that site lol