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 Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 1st
 Gansu Province, China

To observe the 2008 August 1st total solar eclipse, my "Eclipse-City" associates and myself have setup two viewing locations in China : the first one in the Xinjiang Province and the second north of Jinta in the Gansu Province. With up to 200 attendees Eclipse-City’s InterSoles conference took place in Jiayuguan on July 31st.
Following recent events in China, we have decided to relocate our international scientists group from one of our two chinese eclipse viewing sites to the other. While the relocation proved to be a difficult and challenging task on such a short term notice, both viewing sites saw totality and experiments were carried out successfully. The Institute for Astronomy in Hawaii has made a short report mentioning our Eclipse-City camp from where they observed the eclipse.

You can use this solar eclipse calculator to compute the local circumstances of the eclipse, and the solar eclipse timer notifies the beginning of the various events. A time exposure calculator is there to help you choose your camera settings.


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Eclipse 2008 Baily Bead Second Contact
Baily’s beads at second contact
(11:12:48 UT)

Eclipse 2008 Chromosphere Second Contact
Chromosphere at second contact
(11:12:52 UT)

Eclipse 2008 Prominence Second Contact
Prominences after second contact
(11:12:57 UT)

Eclipse 2008 Inner Corona Second Contact
Inner corona after second contact
(11:13:03 UT)

Eclipse 2008 Solar Corona
Solar corona
(11:13:29 UT)

Eclipse 2008 Earthshine
Earthshine
(11:13:50 UT)

Eclipse 2008 Composite
Composite


Eclipse 2008 Prominence Second Third Contact
Prominences
at second and third contacts

Eclipse 2008 Prominence Third Contact
Prominences before third contact
(11:14:29 UT)

Eclipse 2008 Chromosphere Third Contact
Chromosphere at third contact
(11:14:38 UT)

Eclipse 2008 Second Diamond Ring
Second diamond ring
(11:14:41 UT)

Eclipse 2008 Composite Earthshine
Composite with earthshine


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