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Posted by baalke on September 21, 2007, 12:20 pm
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Sept. 20, 2007
Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-120
NASA DEBUTS VIDEO OF TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
WASHINGTON - Starting Friday, NASA Television will air video
documenting a science expedition to Tripoli and the Sahara desert
that studied a total solar eclipse. The international mission was an
unprecedented collaboration with Libyan scientists and researchers
from around the globe. The video will be broadcast on NASA TV and
NASA's Web site on Friday, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. EDT.
To view the video and for NASA TV downlink and schedule information,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
The March 29, 2006, eclipse lasted more than four minutes at the
center of its path. Most total solar eclipses last two minutes or
less. Total solar eclipses are of special interest to astronomers
because they are the only time the sun's corona can be seen from the
Earth's surface. Observers can detect and measure properties of the
sun's outer atmosphere, such as temperature, density and chemical
composition, when the light of the disk is blocked by the moon.
The next total solar eclipse will occur Aug. 1, 2008. It will last
about two minutes and can be seen in northern Canada, Greenland,
Siberia, Mongolia and northern China. The next total solar eclipse
visible from the United States is not until Aug. 21, 2017.
To learn more about the expedition, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/everydaylife/eclipse_libya.html
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