Participants

 


Craig Small Joel MoskowitzGlenn SchneiderMike GillBengt Alfredsson

Right : The total eclipse path
across the Australian continent

Joe CaliGlenn Schneider & Jay Friedland

Steve Kolodny(had to with draw)

After selecting Australia as the preferred continent, we next evaluated each possible location.

 

Ceduna

  • Eclipse Duration 32 seconds
  • Altitude 8.5 degrees
  • HeavyTraffic on Eyre Highway
  • Cloud very probable
  • High wind (Area is a sailing Mecca)
  • Crowds
  • Accommodation

 

Stuart Highway near Woomera

  • Eclipse Duration 31 seconds
  • Altitude 6 degrees
  • Likely problems
  • Cloud moderate possibility
  • Wind possible
  • Crowds
  • Accommodation

 

Lyndhurst

  • Eclipse Duration 30 seconds
  • Altitude 4 degrees
  • Clear sky probable
  • Wind
  • Dust storms possible
  • Crowds
  • Accommodation

 

Cameron Corner area

  • Eclipse Duration 27 seconds
  • Altitude 1.5 degrees
  • Tunnel Effect Prominent
  • Clear sky likely
  • Dust storms possible
  • High wind possible

Finally we settled on the end of the eclipse path, near Cameron corner.

 

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