Turkey Eclipse • August 1999

A trip to Turkey to witness the 1999 total solar eclipse.

Jeff and Gavin getting ready to leave for DTW.

Carol, Barbara and Shifrah getting ready to leave for DTW.

The path of the eclipse across Turkey. We watched from south of Osmancık

Amasya .. NASA and The Smithsonian set up camp here for their webcasts

Amasya is in a valley on the East side of a maintain range .. we thought clouds would be likely

The girls having tea with Osmancık elders!

We set up camp in a farm community. Turkish hospitality is renowned

Our hosts brought out chairs and rugs and we all shared our food

Barbara shows the digital camera and photos we'd taken

The Eclipse !

With friends, Ayşe and Atul, in Çeşme

Turkish food is the best!