• Viewing Safely
  • About Eclipses
  • Past Eclipses
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SOLAR ECLIPSE

  • Viewing Safely
  • About Eclipses
  • Past Eclipses
  • Why Woleai?
    Arriving at Woleai
    Setting Up in Paradise
    Woleai: A Bird's-Eye View
    2016 Total Solar Eclipse: Live from Micronesia
    2016 Totality Highlights
    Total Solar Eclipse 2017: Live from the USA

Check back later to count down to our coverage of the 2023 annular solar eclipse visible from North America!

Our Expedition

The Exploratorium sent a production crew thousands of miles by plane and by boat to Woleai, Micronesia, to broadcast a solar eclipse live to the world.

Follow their story on Twitter and read their dispatches on our blog.

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Getting There: 63 Hours to Woleai

by • March 8, 2016

Most of the 15 crewmembers on this expedition flew 23 hours from San Francisco to Honolulu to Guam to Yap, where they boarded the Solitude One and sailed 40 hours to Woleai. The 63-hour journey covered 7,153 miles­.


Countdown 3 (at the museum)

by Eileen Campbell • March 7, 2016

Follow the home team preparations for hosting the total solar eclipse broadcast and onsite event.


Countdown 2 (getting ready for the eclipse)

by Eclipse Field Crew • March 5, 2016

Day-by-day dispatches from our crew in Micronesia as they set up to film the total solar eclipse.


Eyes & Outreach: Teaching Eclipse Science in Micronesia

by Exploratorium Staff • March 4, 2016

In Yap, Exploratorium staff distributed solar viewing glasses and taught school children about how to safely view an eclipse. They’ll do the same when they arrive in Woleai.  


Time Travel

by Paul Doherty • March 4, 2016

Staff scientist Paul Doherty arrives in Micronesia, takes note of the moon, and contemplates how an event can end the day before it begins.


Countdown 1 (on the way to Woleai)

by Eclipse Field Crew • February 29, 2016

Dispatches from our crew in Micronesia. 


Time to Teach

by Paul Doherty • February 29, 2016

Exploratorium educators Paul Doherty and Robyn Higdon taught students in Yap, Micronesia, about eclipses and sun-viewing safety.


Beaming It Home

by Eileen Campbell • February 22, 2016

To beam an eclipse home from far-flung spots in the world is no simple task. Find out we get it done, with two tons of equipment and a talented crew.


Why Woleai?

by Eileen Campbell • January 28, 2016

The Exploratorium will broadcast the 2016 total solar eclipse live from a tiny island in Micronesia. Why did we choose Woleai?


How Do We Do It?
 

Transmitting live video back from remote locations is a complicated business. For the 2016 total solar eclipse in Micronesia, here’s how we did it.

 

If there’s an eclipse, we want to be there! Follow along on our eclipse blog as we travel to the far reaches to film and transmit these astronomical events.

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