Site of the Day for Tuesday, March 28, 2006 Live from Turkey: Total Solar Eclipse Today's site, from the Exploratorium, gears up for a webcast slated to be broadcast on March 29 as the eclipse path travels from west to east along the narrow band of its totality. Gentle Subscribers who are keen followers of significant astronomical events may wish to make note of the live broadcast time in various time zones. "Our crew will transmit a live eclipse Webcast, as well as a telescope-only feed, from a Roman amphitheater in Side, Turkey. Weather permitting, we'll witness the spectacular moment of totality, when the moon completely blocks the sun, and the sun's glorious corona (the outer part of the sun's atmosphere) is revealed." - from the website The site provides information on why the ancient town of Side, Turkey was chosen as the best vantage point for the Exploratorium team to broadcast the eclipse, a diagram showing the transmission of data via two satellites and a brief description of the telescopes that will be used. An essential Time/Date Help section lets visitors track down the time of the webcast for their locales worldwide. Additional features include a vivid explanation of what to see during an eclipse, complete with diagrams and arresting photos and an historical sketch of the views of a number of cultures' perspectives on "the sun-eating dragon". Coast to the site for a splendid presentation on eclipses and the live webcast information at: http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2006/index.html A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.