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ORIGINAL ECLIPSE FILMS !
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Hundreds of still images are skillfully animated here by Canadian expert Andreas Gada, creating the only eclipse film in the world to show every phase of the eclipse. Jalu, Libya, 29 March 2006.

   
 
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2007. My new short film TOTALITY. Five continents in five minutes! Great original music from Ulf Soderberg. Turn up the speakers!

   
 
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Hooked On The Shadow is eclipseguy's documentary film about the sub-culture of eclipse chasing.

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ECLIPSE FILM ARCHIVES      
 

This rare eclipse film from the archives of renowned Canadian eclipse photographer Andreas Gada is the only 16mm film in existence that I know of from the Gimli, Manitoba total eclipse of 1979. Great sequence! A real treat!

   
 
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The Big One! Eclipse chasing gets a huge boost after this long total eclipse on July 11, 1991. In this clip, Andreas Gada captures some of the sweetest totality images you will ever see on film. If you could only hear the cries of joy!

   
 
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The 2006 Libya Eclipse Short Film. I'm not trying to make you jealous. Honest! Warning - fast connections only!

   
Great additional photography by Noelle Elia. 5:15
     
 
     
 

Libya 2006. Trekking in 4x4s in the Sahara was the highlight of our post-eclipse adventure. You are going to wish you were with us on this expedition when you see this film! This is living!

   
 
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Libya 2006. The ancient city of Tripoli and the surrounding Roman ruins of Leptis Magna & Sabratha. Gorgeous.

   
Essential shots by Noelle Elia! 5:00
     
     
 
Audio Clip: Hear my interview on CBC Radio's "Freestyle" with Cameron Phillips and Kelly Ryan. September 2006.
   
Thanks to CBC Radio. 8:00
     
     
 

eclipseguy in the news!

Download The National Post article about me from May 2006.

   
     
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More media coverage! Journalist Kevin Gray was at the eclipse in Libya. Read his take on my unconventional lifestyle in the August 2006 issue of Toro Magazine.

   
         
 
     
 

In this unique time-lapse film from Billy Mallery, shot in Paraguana, Venezuela in 1998, one frame was shot every 5 seconds over a period of 6 hours. Great results! www.malleryscores.com/totality

   
 
     
         
 

Watch this clip from the safari sequence of my film "Africa Total Eclipse" shot in Malawi in Africa in 2001.

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"The Diamond Ring" effect signals the end of the partial eclipse and the beginning of the total eclipse. Watch how it happened in Africa on June 21, 2001!

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eclipseguy just can't wait for totality!

Short film of the eclipse adventure in Outback, Australia, December 2002. Great eclipse sequence!

 

   
 
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  In this unique movie, I have manipulated the speed and brightness of the Moon's shadow in order to accentuate its movement through the atmosphere and over us. This is your chance to actually get a sense of the movement of the shadow in the sky!    
 
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In the Outback, the sun slipped below the horizon before the Moon could get out of the way!

Watch an eclipsed sun set!

   
 
Thanks to Klipsi for sharing his video. 21 seconds
     
     
  Watch me on the news in South Australia talking about the Moon's shadow over Lyndhurst on December 4, 2002.    
Clip courtesy Peter Caldicott, 7 News, SA. 1:21
     
       
  Discovery Channel broadcast the eclipse live from Antarctica. See my interview from the bow of the icebreaker on November 23, 2003.

   
Thanks to Discovery Channel Canada. 2:26
     
       
  Watch the icebreaker in action as we look for a place in Antarctica to watch the eclipse. Full eclipse sequence!    
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  eclipseguy in his element! The shadow of the Moon engulfs chasers at an archeological site high above the Tigris River in southeastern Turkey in 1999.    
 
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  eclipseguy in his element! The shadow of the Moon races away allowing sunlight to return to eclipse chaser heaven on Baby Beach, Aruba, Februray 26, 1998.    
 
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As described in the Eclipse Film Database, an episode of ER entitled "When Night Meets Day" employs a total solar eclipse. I've put together the relevant scenes in this short clip so you can see how the eclipse was handled.

   
 
Thanks to Warner Brothers / NBC :41 sec.
     
         
 

Follow the link below to see a spectacular animation by Glenn Schneider. The "Diamond Tiara" eclipse of 1986 was neither total nor annular. These images were taken by Glenn from an aircraft 44,000 feet above sea level over the northern Atlantic Ocean near Greenland. Incredible!!

   
       
         
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