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Photo credit:  Fred & Pat Espenak

Fred and Pat Espenak are eclipse-chasers and have been for years.  They have been leading friends and fans who are eclipse-obsessed on tours around the world to see some of the greatest syzygial moments of our time.  I haven't made one of these trips yet -- but will some day. 

NASA has officially acknowledged Fred as the world's leading eclipse authority. 

Fred Espenak is Scientist Emeritus for Goddard Space Flight Center, and a retired NASA astrophysicist. He is known throughout the world for his work on eclipse predictions and blogs at MrEclipse.com. His website lists dates and times for future solar eclipses through the year 2020.

This pic above was taken by Fred and his wife Pat -- they work together -- during the recent May 20th eclipse about which Fred writes here
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Steve Clemons is Washington editor at large for The Atlantic and editor of Atlantic Live. He writes frequently about politics and foreign affairs. More

Clemons is a senior fellow and the founder of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, a centrist think tank in Washington, D.C., where he previously served as executive vice president. He writes and speaks frequently about the D.C. political scene, foreign policy, and national security issues, as well as domestic and global economic-policy challenges.

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