There is no experience on earth like a total eclipse. Absolutely none. I'm nowhere near eloquent enough to describe why, but just see one - once - and you'll understand. Promise. You'll want to go and see every other one from then on, ever. In Afar magazine's current issue you can read about people who do just that.
Afar first published several issues ago, aspiring to be a different kind of travel magazine. As charter subscribers, we've read them all. They're aiming upmarket, trying to feature destinations off the beaten track while attracting ads from national tourism organizations, long-haul airlines and designer handbag manufacturers. They're pulling it off as well as anybody since the lamented Escape magazine.
So far their web site is underdeveloped and disappointing. Up to now they're unwilling to share their magazine content online, but put that down to their being new. Maybe. I point that out because I can't refer you to an article in the current issue by Jeff Greenwald, who wrote an entertaining book, The Size of the World back in 1997, about a trip around the world without leaving the ground.
Greenwald accompanied an expedition to view the 22 July, 2009 total solar eclipse aboard a chartered ship in the Pacific, and his article has revealed a couple of fine eclipse photography sites, which is the real point of this post. Enjoy Fred Bruenjes's Moonglow and icstars, from expedition leader Jen Winter. Phil Plante wrote about the trip, too.
(Photo of our first total eclipse, on Lake Balaton, Hungary, 11 August 1999, from EarthPhotos.com. There are more eclipse resources here.)
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