Watch a time-lapse video of the solar eclipse in northern Australia.By Alan Boyle
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The dolphins didn't come out for today's total solar eclipse (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49805388/ns/technology_and_science-space/) in the Coral Sea, but hundreds of tourists were on deck to catch our cruise ship's biggest show. And most importantly, the sun came out as well.
That was the whole point behind seeing the eclipse from the Dawn Princess, which has been making stops along Australia's northeast coast for the past week. It may not be the steadiest viewing platform, but an expert navigator can sail to a spot in the narrow track of totality where clouds won't spoil the view.
"This is the real advantage of being on a ship," Patricia Reiff (http://space.rice.edu/reiff/), director of Rice University's Space Institute, told me during today's eclipse extravaganza.
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