Supplementary material to “Science Eclipses Politics During 2006 U.S. Eclipse Expedition to Libya”

O. C. St. Cyr and Joseph M. Davila, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland; Madhulika Guhathakurta, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D. C.; Robert S. Senseney, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D. C.

Citation:
St. Cyr, O. C., J. M. Davila, M. Guhathakurta, and R. S. Senseney (2007), Science eclipses politics during 2006 U.S. eclipse expedition to Libya, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(49), 539–540. [Full Article (pdf)]

A View from Libyan military helicopter

Fig.1. “Eclipse City”, seen on approach from a Libyan military helicopter. (Photo courtesy NASA.)

O.C. St. Cyr and Nelson Reginald

Fig. 2. O.C. St. Cyr (NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center) and Nelson Reginald (Catholic University of America) adjust a telescope in the Sahara Desert prior to the total solar eclipse. (Photo courtesy NASA.)

Three Libyan scientists

Fig. 3. Three Libyan scientists enjoy the view of the partially eclipsed Sun in the Sahara Desert. (Photo courtesy NASA.)

Cyr and Guhathakurta

Fig. 4. O. C. St. Cyr (NASA-GSFC) and M. Guhathakurta (NASA HQ) show the head of the Libyan military an image of the partially-eclipsed Sun. (Photo courtesy NASA.)

Davila shakes hands with Hadi Gashut

Fig. 5. J. M. Davila (NASA-GSFC) shakes hands with Hadi Gashut (Director, Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Science) following the successful eclipse observation in the Sahara Desert. (Photo courtesy NASA.)