Media

Documentary

Eclipse Megamovie by NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio

NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio has released its Eclipse Megamovie video! The video features Dr. Laura Peticolas discussing the project's history and goals accompanied by gorgeous visuals.

2024 Training

Eclipse Megamovie 2024 Volunteer Office Hours, Dec 18th

Video of the volunteer office hours meeting for the Eclipse Megamovie 2024 Project, held on December 18, 2023.

2024 Training

Eclipse Megamovie 2024 Volunteer Meeting, Dec 18th

Video of the second volunteer meeting for the Eclipse Megamovie 2024 Project, held on December 18, 2023.

2024 Training

Eclipse Megamovie 2024 Volunteer Meeting, Oct 16th

Video of the first volunteer meeting for the Eclipse Megamovie 2024 Project, held on October 16, 2023.

2017 Volunteers

Behind The Cameras Day 1 - On the beach in Charleston SC

Video created by The Crowd & The Cloud team announcing the start of their Eclipse Megamovie adventure!

2017 Volunteers

Behind the Megamovie Cameras: Michele Longworth, Metropolis IL

Video created by The Crowd & The Cloud team featuring Megamovie volunteer Michele Longworth.

2017 Volunteers

Behind the Megamovie Cameras: Meghana & Sameer, Atlanta GA

Video created by The Crowd & The Cloud team featuring Megamovie volunteers Meghana & Sameer.

2017 Volunteers

Behind the Megamovie Cameras: Michael & Dave, Lincoln NE

Video created by The Crowd & The Cloud team featuring Megamovie volunteers Michael Svoboda and Dave Billesbach.

2017 Volunteers

Behind the Megamovie Cameras: Jesse Deines & family, Scott's Bluff NE

Video created by The Crowd & The Cloud team featuring Megamovie volunteer Jesse Deines & family.

2017 Volunteers

Total Solar Eclipse Time Lapse - Axel Mellinger

Megamovie volunteer Axel Mellinger's amazing total solar eclipse experience!

2017 Volunteers

Total Solar Eclipse 2017 - Cristiano Secci

Megamovie volunteer Cristiano Secci's amazing total solar eclipse experience!

2017 Volunteers

Expo 2017: Eclipse Megamovie Project

A team of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science students from Oregon State University demonstrate how they worked with Google on our eclipse simulator, plus share how they planned to contribute to image processing to aid in the assembly of the Megamovie.

2017 Volunteers

Getting set for the Eclipse Megamovie in Madras

Volunteer Matt Henry shows off the camera rig he used for the Eclipse Megamovie Project at Oregon Solarfest in Madras.

Post-Eclipse

In the Shadow of the Moon | Laura Peticolas | TEDxJacksonHole

A TedTalk given the day after the eclipse in Jackson Hole, WY by UC Berkeley's Laura Peticolas in which she announces the release of the first version of the Eclipse Megamovie.

Post-Eclipse

Chasing Totality: A Solar Eclipse VR Experience

A post-eclipse virtual reality 'memento' of the Megamovie team's 2017 total solar eclipse experience in Dubois, WY.

Post-Eclipse

Megamovie Photo Team Webinar: After the Eclipse

The post-eclipse wrap-up webinar for volunteers hosted by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

2017 Training

Eclipse Megamovie Photo Team - Webinar 3

The third volunteer training webinar hosted by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

2017 Training

Eclipse Megamovie Photo Team - Webinar 2

The second volunteer training webinar hosted by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

2017 Training

Eclipse Megamovie Photo Team - Webinar 1

The first volunteer training webinar hosted by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

2017 Training

Why you should never miss a total solar eclipse

Video created by UC Berkeley featuring astronomer, eclipse chaser, and Megamovie advisor Alex Filippenko, in which he imparts the 'stunning majesty and awe' of viewing a total solar eclipse in person.

2017 Training

Viewing the 2017 solar eclipse? Get this app

Video created by UC Berkeley to publicize the Eclipse Megamovie Mobile app created by Ideum to help anyone with a mobile device capture images of the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse and submit them to the Megamovie team.

2017 Training

How to photograph a total solar eclipse for Eclipse Megamovie

Video created by Google to help Megamovie volunteers take the best possible eclipse photos.

2017 Training

Eclipse Megamovie: Citizen science for the 2017 total solar eclipse

This video was made by Google to help explain and recruit volunteers for the project.

Documentary

Citizen Science & the Great American Eclipse of 2017

This documentary about the Eclipse Megamovie Project was made by the same team that created the four-part documentary series on citizen science called The Crowd & The Cloud, available at http://crowdandcloud.org.

Documentary

Chasing Totality: Making the 2017 Eclipse Megamovie

Google's in-depth look at how the Eclipse Megamovie Project came to be!

2017 Megamovie

Google Megamovie Version 0.1

Google's Making & Science team's very first version of the Megamovie, released on the day of the eclipse, August 21, 2017.

2017 Megamovie

Google Megamovie Version 0.8

Google's Making & Science team's last iteration of the Megamovie.

2017 Megamovie

Google Megamovie Version 1.1

The latest 2017 MegaMovie is out now! Watch it here! Completed in September 2018 by UC Berkeley graduate student Juan Camilo Guevara Gomez with assistance by undergraduate Tushar Singla.