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     "It's 3:36 PM in the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri, India. Rob Terry and JoAnn Gillerman wait breathlessly in the courtyard of a rose-colored mosque, their cameras pointed toward the sky.

     "First contact," Gillerman whispers, clicking her shutter as a shadow creeps across the sun. In an instant, the sky darkens, the temperature plummets, birds fall silent. Suddenly, a bead of light —the "diamond ring"—bursts from one curve of the disk. This is what they've come thousands of miles to see: totality. The eclipse hunter's ultimate reward.

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     Some might argue that however sublime the vision, once you've seen one solar eclipse, you've seen them all. Gillerman says these naysayers are missing out on each eclipse's startling and unique beauty. "Every one is different. In Hawaii, the corona was bluish white. In India, it was the color of steel, with radiating streamers of light." 

      And, however briefly, eclipses transform the world. "Everything turns golden, winds pick up, it can rain without warning, stars and planets appear in the middle of the day"

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While Gillerman was the first addict, she says Terry was an easy convert. Together ... their company, Viper Vertex, produces multimedia exhibits and CR-ROMs so others can see, or rather not see, the light. — Susan Fry