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If this list is a little overwhelming, you can just hit the highlights by reading about 2001 in Zambia, then 2002 in Australia, and then 2003 in Antarctica.
NEW: My software for controlling cameras during an eclipse is now available.
| Photo | Eclipse Date | Type | Saw | Links | My Location | Notes |
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| No photo. | 1991 July 11 | Total | 50% Partial | Colorado, USA | It darkened a little. | |
 | 1992 January 4 | Annular | Sunset annular | Photo | San Diego, California, USA 32° 49' 46" N 117° 4' 36" W | Impressive, right at sunset. I watched from near centerline within the path of refracted annularity. |
| No photo. | 1994 May 10 | Annular | Clouded out of 83% partial | San Diego, California, USA 32° 49' 29" N 117° 6' 19" W | It got pretty dark. | |
 | 2000 December 25 | Partial | 14% Partial | Photo | Ramona, California, USA 33° 0' N 116° 49' W | Only saw a small nick taken out of the Sun. Yawn. |
 | 2001 June 21 | Total | 3m 34s Totality | Report, PDF hi, PDF lo | Landless Corner, Zambia 14° 52' 57" S 28° 3' 28" E ? | Saw totality from centerline. Spectacular! |
 | 2001 December 14 | Annular | 22% Partial | Report | Near Yaqui Pass, California, USA 33° 08' 08" N 116° 22' 49" W | Had to drive like mad to get out from under clouds. |
 | 2002 June 10 | Annular | 89% Partial, clouded out of annularity | Report | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 20° 0' 54.6" N 105° 21' 27.8" W | Was on centerline but missed annularity due to Tropical Storm Boris. |
 | 2002 December 4 | Total | 28s Totality | Report | Stuart Highway, South Australia 31° 9' 3.0" S 136° 2' 1.7" E | Saw totality from centerline. Very Spectacular! |
 | 2003 May 31 | Annular | Clouded out of annularity | Report, PDF hi, PDF lo | John O' Groats, Scotland 58° 38' 39.3" N 3° 4' 4.2" W | Fogged out, it got dark. |
 | 2003 November 23 | Total | 1m 18s Totality | Report, PDF hi, PDF lo | Novolazarevskaya, Antarctica 70° 52' 12.8" S 11° 25' 57.0" E | Awesome totality, squashed and right on horizon. -20C ambient temp. |
 | 2004 August 20-22 | Solar Eclipse Conference | MP3s | Milton Keynes, UK 52° 1' 29.9" N 0° 42' 24.7" W | Solar Eclipse Conference was a big success. I have MP3 recordings of all of the sessions here. | |
 | 2005 April 8 | Hybrid | 30s Totality | Report, PDF hi, PDF lo  | Eastern Pacific Ocean 1° 19' 33.2" S 109° 30' 11.4" W | Clouds cleared minutes before totality; glorious view of chromosphere. |
 | 2006 March 29 | Total | 4m 5s Totality | Report | Niger / Sahara Desert 18° 50' 3" N 12° 52' 12" E | A fantastically fun trip, with an insanely long eclipse. |
| Countdown | Eclipse Date | Type | Might See | Links | My Location | Notes |
| 2008 August 1 | Total | (2m 4s Totality) | Map | Southwest Mongolia | Upcoming eclipse. I will observe from southwestern Mongolia on the Phoenix Travel 14 day Mongolia tour. See also their 10 day Mongolia and 7 day Trans Siberian tours. | |
| 2009 July 22 | Total | (6m 39s Totality) | Map | Kiribati | Upcoming eclipse. I will observe from Butaritari Kiribati on the Astronomical Tours "Fun Fiji" tour. See their other 2009 eclipse tours. | |
| 2010 July 11 | Total | (5m 20s Totality) | Map | South Pacific Ocean | Upcoming eclipse. | |
| 2012 November 13 | Total | (4m 2s Totality) | Map | Australia | Upcoming eclipse. | |
| 2013 November 3 | Hybrid | (1m 40s Totality) | Map | West Central Africa | Upcoming eclipse. | |
| 2015 March 20 | Total | (1m 59s Totality) | Map | North Pole | Upcoming eclipse. | |
| 2016 March 9 | Total | (4m 9s Totality) | Map | Southeast Asia | Upcoming eclipse. | |
| 2017 August 21 | Total | (2m 40s Totality) | Map | USA: OR, ID, WY, NE, MO, TN, SC | Upcoming eclipse. First total in continental United States since 1979. |
(Maps provided by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC.)
Time in totality: 9m 55s (595 seconds). Success rate: Totals 5 for 5, Annulars 1 for 3, Partials 3 for 4, "travelled to"s 5 for 7.
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