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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Science
Tory Shepherd

Solar eclipse chasers descend on tiny Western Australian town to experience ‘wonders of the universe’

Benjamin Boe from The Solar Wind Sherpas.
Total solar eclipse 2023: Benjamin Boe and other members of the Solar Wind Sherpas have descended on Exmouth, Western Australia. Photograph: Trent Mitchell/The Guardian

Eclipse chasers from all corners of the globe have descended on a tiny Western Australian town to watch the sun disappear behind the moon.

Among them are the Solar Wind Sherpas, an international team of scientific adventurers who have tracked solar eclipses across the Sahara and Mongolia, in Svalbard and Antarctica.

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