Canadians heading to U.S. for best views of total solar eclipse on Monday
VICTORIA — Joe Carr’s most memorable total solar eclipse had ties to former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
He stayed in a tent in the Sahara Desert supplied by Gadhafi to house dedicated eclipse chasers.
“That was a very interesting introduction to eclipse viewing,” said Carr, who is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in Victoria.
“We drove for a whole day down to the middle of the Sahara Desert and Gadhafi and his guys built three little cities down there in the middle of the desert, tent cities, 5,000 people each, complete with water and cellphone reception.”