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Reports of the Total Solar Eclipse 2002

On December 4th, 2002, a total solar eclipse was visible from parts of the Southern Hemisphere. The eclipse began in the South Atlantic at sunrise, passed over the African continent from Angola, through Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa to Mozambique, continued across the Indian Ocean south of Madagascar, ending at sunset in Australia.

This page provides links to reports and photos documenting the eclipse. Most of the links have been obtained by scanning the Solar Eclipse Mailing List of December 2002 and January 2003. The reports are ordered by country, west to east in the order they were visited by the shadow.

Zimbabwe

• Southern Zimbabwe - Bill Kramer

South Africa

• West of Messina - Daniel Fischer
• Messina - Jan and Jonathan Kern
• Messina - Wendy Carlos
• Messina, High School Eric Louw - Vojtech Rušin / Miloslav Druckmüller
• Broekman Farm, east of Messina - Bob Yen
• Folorodwe - Brian Seales
• Nwarihlangari, Kruger National Park - Stig Linander
• Nkulumbeni South, Kruger National Park - Alexander Birkner (in German)
• Shingwedzi Camp, Kruger National Park - Francisco A. Rodríguez Ramírez (in Spanish)
• Two kilometres east of Shingwedzi Camp, Kruger National Park - Mike Gaylard
• South Africa - Vic and Jen Winter

Mozambique

• Mozambique - Friedhelm Dorst / Miloslav Druckmüller

Indian Ocean

• Olympia Countess - Martine Tlouzeau and Jean Paul Godard

Australia

• Ceduna, South Australia - Geoff Sims
• Ceduna, South Australia - Williams College Eclipse Expedition
• Ceduna, South Australia - Tora Greve
• Ceduna, South Australia - Evon Anderson (PDF)
• Ceduna, South Australia - Byron and Fay Soulsby - Theodore Lunar Observatory
• Ceduna Area, South Australia - Bureau of Meteorology
• Northeast of Ceduna, South Australia - Bent Heltborg
• Kondoolka, South Australia - Jean-Luc Dighaye
• Lake Everard, South Australia - Logan Shield
• Lake Everard, South Australia - Stephen M. Russell
• Stuart Highway, South Australia - Fred Bruenjes
• Stuart Highway, South Australia - Jim Low
• Stuart Highway, South Australia - Chris Malicki
• Woomera, South Australia - Val and Andrew White
• Koolymilka, Woomera, South Australia - Arne Danielsen
• Koolymilka, Woomera, South Australia - Arne Danielsen / Miloslav Druckmüller
• Near Woomera, South Australia - Ern Mainka
• Purple Downs, South Australia - Josep Masalles Román (in Spanish)
• Purple Downs, South Australia - Timo Karhula
• Near Andamooka, South Australia - Xavier M. Jubier
• Lyndhurst, South Australia - David Makepeace
• Mt. Hopeless, South Australia - Dale Ireland
• Lindon Station (Fortville Bore), South Australia - Glenn Schneider
• Old Naryilco, Queensland - Philippe Jacquot

Eclipse Predictions

• Total Solar Eclipse of 2002 December 4 - Fred Espenak
• NASA Eclipse Bulletin for the 2002 December 4 total solar eclipse

Miscellaneous

• Darkness Falls Upon Dark Continent, Outback - Sky & Telescope
• Dec. 4, 2002, Eclipse Gallery - spaceweather.com
• 2002 Total Solar Eclipse Links - Williams College, Department of Astronomy
• Linksammlung SoFi 2002 (in German)

Stig Linander, created: 2003-12-08, links checked: 2011-10-18, last revised: 2011-10-18