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PoisonWaffle3 t1_jdr55so wrote

Jon got a really great image of the 2017 solar eclipse, and there's pretty cool story behind it on his website.

In 2003 there was at least one team that recorded and took pictures of the solar eclipse over Antarctica from a plane. I recall seeing a documentary about it back then, but I can't seem to find it now. So far all I've found is this:

https://skyandtelescope.org/press-releases/eclipse-flight-overantarctica/

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JCB_2112 t1_jdrhrqi wrote

Not a documentary but could this be what you are talking about?

http://www.moonglow.net/eclipse/2003nov23/index.html

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PoisonWaffle3 t1_jdrkkyu wrote

That's pretty cool, but not it.

I'm about 80% sure it was something that NASA (or perhaps another government agency) put together. They made a huge deal about it being in HD at the time (the first polar solar eclipse captured in HD from an airplane). I want to say they flew two planes and got it from two different angles, and chased the eclipse to experience totality for a bit longer.

It's kind of weird that I can't find it now. It's one of the things that got me really interested in astronomy when I was in high school.

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