Yeah! A total eclipse of the sun will happen today. We are celebrating in our house and will be watching the eclipse live!
The bad news is that it is only visible in the southern hemisphere near Australia. The good news is a group called SLOOH. They own space cameras that you can control yourself and take pictures of space, for a fee. As part of the service you can store your pictures online and also use the image filtering tools the professionals use to create those wonderful pictures of celestial bodies that you find in books. Participating in the program with your child opens a new world of exploration for them.
Today SLOOH has free, live coverage of the eclipse starting at 11am PST on http://events.slooh.com/
