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Umbraphilia: 1998 Total Solar Eclipse
<html> <head> <TITLE>Umbraphilia: 1998 Total Solar Eclipse</TITLE> </head> <body background="img/woodgrain.jpg"> <table align=center width=95% border=3 background="img/paper.jpg" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr> <td width=25%><font bold size=+1>1998 Feb 26</font></td> <td> </td> <td width=25% align=right><font size=+1 bold >13° 39' 15" North</font size=+1 bold ></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td valign=middle align=center><font size=+4 bold >Umbraphilia</font></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size=+1 bold >18:16:23 UT</font></td> <td> </td> <td align=right><font size=+1 bold >67° 27' 30" West</font></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center width=100% border=2 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8><tr><td background="img/paper.jpg"> <h3>Preface</h3> <ul> A total eclipse of the Sun is one of Nature's most awesome spectacles. I've wanted to see one all my life. Despite careful planning and good weather statistics, our first attempt to see one (Hawaii 1991) was clouded out. We were painfully disappointed. But not this time ... </ul> <h3>Contents</h3> <ol> <li><a href="one.html">Our Luggage Violates Murphy's Law</a></li> <li><a href="two.html">Haute Cuisine on the High Seas</a></li> <li><a href="three.html">Water Sports</a></li> <li><a href="four.html">Under Dark Caribbean Skies</a></li> <li><a href="five.html">To Stand in the Shadow of the Moon</a></li> </ol> <ul> <li><a href="snaps.html">Snapshots</a> (local version only)</li> <br> <li><a href="links.html">Links</a> to other reports and images</li> <br> <li><a href="src.html">plain text version</a></li> </ul> <h3>Afterword</h3> <ul> I'm addicted. Maybe the name of this really ought to be "Umbramania". The next eclipse is 1999 Aug 11 in Europe and the Near East. I'll be there! </ul> <p> <hr size=6> text and images copyright 1998 by <a href="http://arnett.us.com/bill.html">Bill Arnett</a>; last updated: 1998 Mar 14 </td> <td valign=center bgcolor=black> <img hspace=4 height=150 width=133 src="img/7-14sm.jpg"> </td></tr></table><br> <center> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5844607605007692"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="8759086778"; // tse98 google_color_border = "666666"; google_color_bg = "DDCCAA"; google_color_link = "0000FF"; google_color_url = "0000FF"; google_color_text = "000000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center> </body></html>