2004/20/8

The third international Solar Eclipse Conference and the greatest convention
of researchers and observers of this phenomenon in the world, was held at Open University of Milton Keynes UK on August 20-22 where there was a total of 110 delegates from 20 different countries. At the first day (August 20)there was two programs. First Jean Marc Lariviere (Canada) presented his documentary film named, "Moving Eclipses - Eclipses in Films" at 8 P.M. Then the second program was showed. It was a movie named, "Chasing the Shadow" that Hamid D. Khodashenas (Founder of Sayeh Group) is the producer of the film while Babak A. Tafreshi is the camera man. This film was admired by all participants in the conference specially by some outstanding personalities such as Fred Espenak, Nasa's Researcher and the most distinguished observer of solar eclipse in the world, and Jay Pasachoff, IAU's (International Astronomical Union)Education Division and Solar Eclipse Division manager who has observed more than 30 total solar eclipses, and Proffesor Koutchmy, one of the most distinguished researchers of Solar Physics in the world. These are the photos of the first day:

Second Day News