The leftovers of the eclipse camp - an empty stubble field
somewhere in Zambia
The time has come: Putting my nose out of the sleeping bag I feel a sharp beam of bitterly cold air. I am stunned. Those who crawl out of their tents see the problem: frost!!! Everything is covered with ice. Ice inAfrica!
We take down the tents of our eclipse camp, which has already become our home.
The leftovers of the eclipse camp - an empty stubble field
somewhere in Zambia
Once again we drive through Lusaka. The usual busy life has long started again but the newspapers report the event that moved all of Zambia and has provided the country with worldwide attention.
Eclipse-news in Zambia's papers
We leave for the South. Through lovely landscape we drive to the banks of the Kafue River, where we have the last camp of our tour. There we will just relax - and hopefully not be so cold ...
Charming and absolutely worth a trip, even without eclipse:
Zambia, the littel-known land in southern central Africa
On this evening not only can we admire a beautiful sunset but we also find an old friend again: our Moon! One day old the waxing crescent cannot be overlooked at dusk. We have seen it all: the old Moon, the eclipse, the one-day-old Moon. One cannot expect more.
Dusk with the one-day-old Moon at Kafue River, Zambia
Despite the unfavourable horizon we do some more stargazing.
After all, this is the last but one night under the southern sky.
Observation report in German: click here!
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