1998 SPACE SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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| 2/26/98 SOLAR ECLIPSE VIEWING GUIDE VIDEO FILE | G98-002 | 1/12/98 | 00:10:37 | The total eclipse is visible from a narrow corridor which begins in the Pacific and continues through the Caribbean and ends off the Atlantic coast of Africa. Much of the southeastern U.S. will see a partial eclipse.
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| ITEM (1 ): 1998 ECLIPSE ANIMATION - Moon & Earth - animation shows the path of the Moon's shadow on the Earth for the Feb. 26, 1998 solar eclipse.
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| ITEM (2): VIEWING GUIDE - the total eclipse is visible from a narrow corridor which begins in the Pacific and continues through the Caribbean and ends off the Atlantic coast of Africa. Much of the southeastern U.S. will see a partial eclipse. To find out how the eclipse will look in your home town, find the still frame that corresponds to the maximum eclipse in your area.
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| ITEM (3): ECLIPSE VIEWING TIPS WITH NASA ASTRONOMER DR. FRED ESPANEK
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| ITEM (4): ECLIPSE IMAGES (courtesy of Dr. Jay Pasachoff, Williams College)
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| ITEM (5): ARTIFICIAL ECLIPSES - NASA uses artificial eclipses to continuously monitor the Sun's corona. Time-lapse sequences by the Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment (LASCO) instrument onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft (SOHO). Animation of the SOHO spacecraft courtesy of NASA/ESA. (shows SOHO collecting data)
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