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The Net is crammed with information about eclipses. Here are some of the best links available.

Most of them relate to the total solar eclipse of August 99 but there is also material here about past and future eclipses.

UK sites/ International sites/ Science sites/ Images/ Weather/ Young Surfers/ Safe viewing

UK sites

UK Eclipse Group - the official UK eclipse Website
Alderney, Guernsey, Sark and Herm - Eclipse information for the islands
BBC Online's Eclipse site - BBC programmes, quizzes and information.
Cornwall Online - Cornish tourist board, vacancies, history
Devon County Council - Advice on where to stay, what to see
Devon and Cornwall Police Eclipse Site - Advice on safety and travel
Eclipse 99 - This is Cornwall, This is Plymouth - accommodation, news and events related to the eclipse
Giggleswick School Site - Featuring photo archive of the 1927 eclipse
Highways Agency - Traffic, transport and tourism information for the eclipse
New Scientist site - British science magazine, provides information covering all aspects of the eclipse

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International sites

Fred Espenak's Eclipse Site (Nasa) - The definitive eclipse Website
Bogazici University - Turkish Eclipse 99 Website
Ciel & Espace - French site linked to 40 webcams, with maps and teaching tools
Eclipsa 99 - Romanian Space Agency official Website
Eclipse 99 - University of Strasbourg, France, eclipse site
Eclipse 1999 - Hermit.org's site, with lots of information and maps on eclipses from 1900 to 2200
European Eclipse Website - From the International Astronomical Union
European Space Agency - ESA Science eclipse 99 site
The Exploratorium's Eclipse Site - Information, images and input
Hungarian eclipse site - Local information and maps
Im Schatten des Mondes - Planetarium Laupheim's site in Germany. Live webcam, information and maps of totality
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris - Paris Astrophysics Institute eclipse site
NASA eclipse bulletins - Solar eclipse information from the Solar Data Analysis Center
Sonne - Total eclipse web site from University of Mainz, Germany
Sky and Telescope Magazine - Astronomy and eclipse links
Fred Espenak on the August 99 eclipse - Sky and Telescope magazine

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Science sites

Eclipsecast.com - Science@NASA's new web site devoted to sights, sounds, and science news from the eclipse
European Space Agency science pages - Latest news and images
International Astronomical Union Site - Information on eclipse expeditions, experiments and reference materials
Joint Organisation for Solar Observation - Special eclipse page
UK Science Museum - Special eclipse section
Open University - Dr Barrie Jones' shadow bands experiment
Royal Astronomical Society - Data, documents and books on eclipses throughout history.
Royal Greenwhich Observatory - Guide to the stars and solar eclipses
Solar Eclipse Corona Imaging System - conducting experiment during eclipse
SOHO - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory - Information, solar observations, images, educational material
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer - Small explorer spacecraft observing the Sun's corona
Yohkoh Soft X-ray Telescope - Images and observations from the Yohkoh satellite

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Images

Astronomy Picture of the Day - Image and brief explanation by a leading astronomer
Eclipse Photographs - from B. Ralph Chou
Eumetsat - View the eclipse from space - watch the Moon's shadow cross the Earth from the Meteosat 6 satellite
Hubble Space Telescope - Images from our own Solar System and the Universe
Geophysical Institute Solar Activity Display - Soho and Yohkoh satellite images
Mr Eclipse.com - Fred Espenak's solar eclipse photos and information on how to photograph an eclipse safely
Newquay Online - How Newquay saw the eclipse

Weather sites

BBC Weather Centre - The latest weather update
UK Meteorological Office - Eclipse page
Nasa GOES & Meteosat - meteorological satellite data and pictures

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Young surfers sites

Association for Science Education - Activity packs for primary and secondary schools related to the eclipse
Kidseclipse - Includes award-winning teaching section
Royal Astronomical Society - Eclipse newspaper competition for schools
Stanford Solar Centre - Stanford University's solar science centre with activities and quizzes
Sunblock 99 - Fact files, video clips and Sun-related fun

Safe viewing

Fight for Sight - UK charity working to avoid eye damage during the eclipse
Professor John Parkinson's site - Sheffield Hallam University. Useful examples of how to stay safe while viewing.
Royal National Institute for the Blind - Warning on eye safety during the eclipse
Solar eclipse eye safety - by B. Ralph Chou

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This page was prepared for the 1999 total solar eclipse on 11 August. The next total eclipse can be seen across southern Africa on 21 June, 2001.


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