Astronomers Head to Albuquerque for Solar Eclipse
OutdoorHub 05.18.12
National Park Service (NPS) astronomers will host visitors and the media at Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, N.M., this Sunday for the first solar eclipse visible in the United States in 18 years.
Petroglyph National Monument is one of more than 30 national parks in the southwest to offer excellent eclipse viewing. Many of the parks will have special programs. The NPS will broadcast the eclipse live by webcast from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. from Petroglyph National Monument. Please visit http://www.nature.nps.gov/features/eclipse/ for more information and to watch the eclipse.
Public domain eclipse images and video clips – the media is free to use – will be available at www.flickr.com/nationalparkservice click on solar eclipse group.
Who: National Park Service rangers, scientists and educators; Dr. E.C. Krupp, Griffith Observatory; Dr. Laura Peticolas, University of California at Berkeley.
What: Special visitor programs, speakers and viewing of the solar eclipse.
Where: Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, N.M.
When: Sunday May 20, 2012, from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. MDT
