The next morning we loaded up the buses and headed to Hazar Lake to begin assembling the multitude of equipment brought to film this eclipse. There was even a group from NASA that hauled about 500 pounds of equipment in order to run experiments on the Corona of the sun. One of the pieces of equipment was their own electric generator to provide electricity. They are trying to figure out why the Corona is so much hotter than the surface of the sun. I think everybody involved thought it was an amazing trip.
Turkey is a great place to visit with very friendly people.
We saw lots of sights and learned a great deal of history from that part of the world, dating back to the first century and earlier. Plus we had the experience of telling people about the uniqueness of a total eclipse and how special it is to witness. This article can't end without mentioning the reason why I got involved viewing eclipses. This was my fifth excursion to view a total eclipse. I have traveled to such picture perfect places as Hawaii and Aruba, and been to such exotic destinations as Bolivia, India, and now Turkey.