Rob this is amazing! Do you know if the livestream will turn into a video that can be watched/shared after the event as well?
Thanks! Lauren On 3/8/16, 1:14 PM, "[email protected] on behalf of Rob Rothfarb" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >Hello MCN list members! > >Today, the Exploratorium, in partnership with NASA and the NSF, is >presenting our live webcast of the total solar eclipse happening over the >south pacific. We have a production crew on the Micronesian island of >Woleai, with telescopes and satellite uplink. I'm producing the streaming >which is available on our website at http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse. >I hope you can tune in. The telescope feed begins at 4PM PST today and >our >webcast with hosts from the Exploratorium and NASA is from 5:00PM - 6:00PM >PST. We also have a telescope feed with narration in Spanish from 5:15PM >- >5:45PM PST. A full four minutes of eclipse totality begins at 5:38 PM >PST. > >We're doing several experiments with the project which you can also check >out: > >1) Total Solar Eclipse app for Android is available on Google Play and >allows you to view all four live streams as well as on-demand videos about >eclipses and past eclipse expeditions. >https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.exploratorium.totalsolar >eclipse > >2) Watch the total solar eclipse live streams in Second Life on >Exploratorium Island and on Science Circle sims. More info here: >http://www.exploratorium.edu/blogs/eclipse/come-our-island-second-life-wat >ch-eclipse-webcast > >3) We're also streaming via Internet2 multicast. To view you must be >connected to a research & education network (like CalREN in California or >other regional I2-connected network). Use the free VLC media player and >browse 'Network streams (SAP) to find the stream links. More info here: >http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/multicast > >I hope you can check it out and welcome any feedback about our webcast and >streaming experiments. > >best regards, >-Rob > >Rob Rothfarb >Project Director >Online Media Group >(415) 528-4844 >e x p l O r a t o r i u m / San Francisco >http://www.exploratorium.edu Lauren Reese Rights and Images Assistant Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 312.397.3885 [email protected] www.mcachicago.org ----------------------------- This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. ----------------------------- _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected] To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
