NMC Campus Observer

Watch a Total Eclipse Live in Second Life

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jul 27, 2008 09:54pm

This Friday, August 1 is a special celestial event, a total solar eclipse. For the fifth time, the Exploratorium is providing live webcast coverage by sending their special team to a remote area of northwestern China near the Mongolian border (see details on how they broadcast an eclipse).

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You can also watch the eclipse live in Second Life at Exploratorium Island (86, 141, 32) where there will be a viewing party, complete with interactive exhibits and music. The live video stream will also be available at other locations in Second Life, including the SciLands Skyditorium, the Pi Day Theater at the Sploland sim, the Science School sim, and the Spindrift sim. For teleport links, see http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2008/secondlife.html

Okay now for the bad news for those in the USA… the time of the totality of eclipse is 4:09 AM Pacific time! Stay up late or set your alarm clocks!

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