Ring of Fire Expeditions (ROFE) is the longest consecutive astronomical tour organization in the United States. ROFE specializes in astro-tourism since 1970 with expeditions organized and led by Paul D. Maley of the NASA Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society and arranged by Carlson Wagonlit Future Travel in Houston, Texas USA. These include tours to observe such events as Halley's Comet, the Leonid meteor shower, transit of Venus, spacecraft reentries, solar eclipses, grazing occultations, and occultations of stars by minor planets. The number of eclipse tours listed that we have completed are for separate solar eclipses, not just individual programs. We are a public outreach effort of the NASA Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society led by amateur astronomers and welcome all persons who are interested in astronomy and the natural sciences. You do not need to have a science background or any prior experience to join us!

This will be a 10 day cruise in the Society Islands to view up to 4 minutes of totality.

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 37th Solar Eclipse Tour January 15, 2010***

ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE IN UGANDA

Click here for tour details

A centerpiece of this tour is to be close and personal with mountain gorillas in Rwanda.

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 36th Solar Eclipse Tour July 22, 2009***

*TOUR #1: CHINA COAST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE LASTING UP TO 5 MINUTES 50 SECONDS.

Click here for tour details

*TOUR #2: IWO JIMA TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE LASTING UP TO 5 MINUTES 12 SECONDS. Altitude of the sun will be 85 degrees!

MARCH 25, 2008 STATUS: Formal confirmation from the Japanese government to land on Iwo Jima is still pending. Please stand by if you are seriously interested. Click here for tour details when we have been given the authorization.

Island of Iwo Jima--located North Northwest of Guam. One of the most famous photos taken during World War II by Joe Rosenthal was shot on Mt. Suribachi.

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 35th Solar Eclipse Tour January 26, 2009***

ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE IN INDONESIA

THIS IS A PRIVATE EXPEDITION. TOUR CLOSED.

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 34th Solar Eclipse Tour to Western CHINA AUGUST 1, 2008***

A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE LASTING

UP TO 2 FULL MINUTES.

Click here for tour details

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 33rd Solar Eclipse Tour to French Guyana September 22, 2006***

A SUNRISE ANNULAR ECLIPSE HIGHLIGHTED WITH VISITS TO DEVIL'S ISLAND AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY LAUNCH SITE.

Results from our successful expedition

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 32nd Solar Eclipse Tour to LIBYA March 29, 2006***

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

EXPERIENCE UP TO 4 MINUTES 3 SECONDS OF TOTALITY!

Results from our successful expedition

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 30th Solar Eclipse Tour to Panama April 8, 2005***

THE "NEARLY TOTAL" ANNULAR ECLIPSE

Results from our successful expedition

RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' TRANSIT OF VENUS Adventure
***Tour to the tropical island of Mauritius June 8, 2004***

Results from our successful expedition

Courtesy of Jay Anderson

The 2004 transit will be the first since 1882. Although the best viewing locations will be in the eastern hemisphere, we have chose the peaceful and strategically located island of Mauritius where it is possible to view the entire transit of Venus during its 6-hour progression.

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 29th Solar Eclipse Tour to Antarctica November 24, 2003***
Results from our successful expedition

TOTAL ECLIPSE observation to be conducted from onboard an aircraft flying through the centerline of the eclipse path.

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 28th Solar Eclipse Tour to Iceland May 31, 2003***

Results from our successful expedition

ANNULAR ECLIPSE observation to be conducted from the centerline of the eclipse path.

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 27th Solar Eclipse Tour to Africa December 4, 2002***

Results from our successful expedition

Total eclipse observation at the southern limit of the eclipse path.

***FOR ACCOUNTS OF SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS TOURS*** Click Here

KEEP YOUR EYES FOCUSED ON FUTURE ADVENTURES
WITH "RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS"

Please join us on another eclipse tour by monitoring this web site.
The following eclipses are on our event horizon.

Solar Eclipse Type	Date	Region of Visibility
Total	Pacific/S.America
Annular	20 May 2012	Asia/USA
Total	13 November 2012	Australia/Pacific
Annular	10 May 2013	Australia/Pacific
Annular/Total	3 November 2013	Africa
Annular	29 April 2014	Antarctica
Total	20 March 2015	Svaalbard
Total	9 March 2016	Indonesia/Pacific
Annular/Total	1 September 2016	Africa
Annular	26 February 2017	S.America/Africa
Total	21 August 2017	USA
Total	2 July 2019	S. America/S.Pacific
Annular/Total	26 December 2019	India/S.E.Asia
Annular	21 June 2020	Africa/Mideast/Asia
Total	14 December 2020	S.America
Annular	10 June 2021	Canada/Greenland
Total	4 December 2021	Antarctica
Annular/Total	20 April 2023	S.E.Asia
Annular	14 October 2023	N.America/S.America
Total	8 April 2024	USA/Mexico

We just arbitrarily stopped here, but we are planning beyond 2024!

Who to Contact

email any comments to ramkissoonf@carlsontravel.com

Carlson Wagonlit Travel's Mainpage

Carlson Wagonlit Travel

Owned and Operated by
Future Travel Inc.
1085 Hercules Ave., Houston, Texas 77058
Telephone (281) 480-1988, Fax (281) 480-2587

http://www.digits.com