It’s Day 1 of eclipse activities.
It’s been a morning of workshops and seminars by the top minds in astronomy and solar eclipses. 2009 is the Year of Astronomy, and Pedro Russo, IAU Coordinator for IYA 2009 gave a speech on why 2009 was chosen, followed by Federico Avellán Borgmeyer of Eclipse City, who has travelled around the world catching total eclipses.
Also fun was watching the kids join in the action here in Shanghai. Assembling their refracting telescopes for the big day tomorrow.
Weather still holding out. (Fingers crossed, toes crossed, eyes also crossed.)
It’ll be a spectacular eclipse tomorrow morning!
Tags: 22 Jul 2009, Shanghai, Solar Eclipse
