To get the best possible view we've traveled to a resort area not far from the city of Esfahan, in Iran. Since we arrived we've met some other scientific groups who have also come to observe the eclipse.
Some French astronomers have their equipment set up nearby and some Iranian scientists are here too.
It won't be too long now before the eclipse starts, and I can feel the excitement in the air. First contact just took place - that means that the edge of the moon has just crossed over the edge of the sun. At first, the moon creeping over the sun didn't really make things all that dark. We were all anxious for totality to begin, but there was so much neat stuff to do during the partial eclipse that the hour went by very quickly. There were a lot of fun ways to try this experiment out.