Eclipse Expedition to Zambia 2001
Hot reports filed during the trip are
here!
And earlier related news and links are
here.
The solar corona over Zambia, near the NW corner of the Kafue NP.
Two rough unsharp masked versions of the same image.
Our camp site just after the eclipse.
Our scouts, provided by ZAWA - they enjoyed the eclipse, too.
Most important "news": what the president said ...
Advice for all those who couldn't get eclipse glasses; from a brochure.
A full report will be posted here shortly!
Reports from the same site or others in/near the Kafue NP
Bernd Brinkmann's pictures taken at the same site (plus pictures from elsewhere on the trip).Georg Dittie's report from the same site.
Demy & Meiser were just a kilometer or so away from us (but have trouble filing reports).
AstroRED, Wolfgang Dzieran and "Profjohn" were inside the Kafue National Park.
Reports from other locations in Zambia
Several stories collected by Sky & Tel. and lots of links to reports from all over the place.Bob Yen from Kabompo (his travel report).
The WAA north of Lusaka. (Very detailled report!)
Pierre Arpin from Kamilonga, 40 km north of Lusaka.
Fred Espenak and Thierry Payet from Chisamba.
C. Bassa from Malambanyama.
Bernie Verreau near Lusaka Airport.
Werner Dirrigl, Heinz Scsibrany, Stephan Dolnik, Rudolf Reiser and Vienna Univ. at Lusaka Airport.
Mel Bartels, Olivier Staiger, Jay Pasachoff, Roban Hultman Kramer (plus a Pasachoff interview), the SECIS team, Greg Babcock, Silvia Kowollik, Mario Lippitsch and Hans Schremmer from Lusaka.
Peter Tiedt from Lower Zambezi National Park (his pictures).
Exploratorium from Sausage Tree Camp in the Lower Zambezi National Park.
Reports from other countries
T. Legault from Angola.W. Strickling (with shadow band pictures & measurements) and others from the same tour to from Zimbabwe.
ZimAstro gallery and pictures from various Germans, Ian Blumgart and and Howard Kramer in Zim.
Derek Hatch, Sheridan Williams and Stig Linander in Madagascar.
News coverage of the eclipse
CNN, BBC ( earlier, special pages), Washington Post (plus a letter), St. Petersburg Times, MSNBC (other and more stories), Space Daily, Reuters, AP, Space Today, Space.com, Rheinische Post, SPIEGEL, BdW, FAZ, Die Harke. Advance reports: NASA, Science@NASA, ESA Science News, Astronomy, BBC, CNN, RP (früher), WELT, SPIEGEL.Websites dedicated to this eclipse
ESA, SOHO, SOHO EIT, Williams College, AfriClipse, Zambia2001.com, Black Sun 2001, AstroNet, Terra.Picture collections
A striking satellite image of the umbra over Angola, another one ( smaller), more NOAA satellite views of Africa in the shadow, and Eumetsat's page with pictures.Radial filter and composition experiments and an EIT & a groundbased picture of the corona combined.
SpaceWeather, T-Online and and SPIEGEL collections.
F. Espenak, O. Staiger, Massimiliano Lattanzi, NN (in Bakasa, Zimbabwe), Boris Nizic and Richard Bareford.
Misc.
SoFi-Galerie for everyone, Pauer's link collection. Maria Mitchell's expedition.
Original version posted June 30, links added July 2,4,9,12,21, 2001.
