to Bilma in the middle of the Sahara Desert to view the total eclipse of the sun,
which lasted 4 min. and 5 sec.
The
eclipse path
across Africa is in grey
Detail
of our
400-mile route from Agadez to Bilma-Dirkou
400-mile route from Agadez to Bilma-Dirkou
Live
Webcast of the Eclipse
The
SF Exploratorium and NASA produced a live Webcast of the eclipse
from Turkey
(to view, click on link above)
Current temperatures in Bilma, Niger (near where we saw the eclipse)
A 1994 annular eclipse photo by Ruth (go to page 5 of this Acrobat PDF)
An account by Ed of how he became involved "chasing" solar eclipses