The footage of the August total eclipse that we got from the Exploratorium and used in our story is incredibly beautiful. The red images of the sun that you'll see are created by a telescope that views the sun in a wavelength of hydrogen gas. "The sun is mostly made of hydrogen gas," said Doherty, "and this is a deep red wavelength called hydrogen alpha." You can watch the entire China 2008 eclipse on the Exploratorium's web site. And Doherty recommends trying to view the next two total solar eclipses live. They will be visible on July 22, 2009, from Shanghai, China, and on July 11, 2010, from Easter Island. But if your budget doesn't allow you to travel that far, you can always wait until 2017, when a total eclipse will be visible in Washington and Oregon and all the way across the United States to South Carolina. Or you can plan to visit the Exploratorium or the Chabot Space and Science Center on any of those three days, to watch the eclipse through their live feed.

Watch the Eclipse Chasers television story report online.