March 29th, a total eclipse of the Sun will be visible from Earth. Please find below computer graphics visualizations depicting the event. The video clips are free to use for any purpose. If you plan to include material from this site in commercial and/or public programming, please inform Sciss at info@sciss.se.

All clips have been created using the interactive visualization tool UniView. The visualizations were made using data from NASA Earth Observatory, NASA NAIF and Digital Universe by American Museum of Natural History. Visit www.scalingtheunverse.com for more information.

More information about the eclipse can be found here:

 
 

Video Downloads
To download any of the clips for playback on your computer, right click "Mirror #1" or "Mirror #2" and select "Save Target As..."

Path of the Eclipse
This sequence shows the path of the eclipse from a high altitude. The eclipse enters Africa at 9.07 AM (CET) and travels north-east across Africa and Eastern Europe, reaching Russia after some 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Download: Mirror #1 | Mirror #2
Duration: 1 min 13 secs | Size: ~5.5Mb

Visualizing the Penumbra
This clip is similar to Path of the Eclipse, but the umbra and penumbra have been colored red in order to visualize the eclipse's total area of influence.

Download: Mirror #1 | Mirror #2
Duration: 1 min 22 secs | Size: ~6.3Mb

Cruising the Surface
Travel with the shadow on a low altitude from the Ivory Coast all the way to Russia.

Download: Mirror #1 | Mirror #2
Duration: 1 min 21 secs | Size: ~6.2Mb

Flying Through the Occluded Zone
This clip shows a flight through the occluded zone. Time is paused so the eclipse is caused instead by the viewer's motion.

Download: Mirror #1 | Mirror #2
Duration: 27 secs | Size: ~2.1Mb
 
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