LAST UPDATED 1/15/2012
RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS
"We will find our place under the sun"--from a Hungarian poem.
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
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!
UPCOMING TOURS
***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS'
39th Solar Eclipse Tour May 15-22, 2012***
AMAZING ANNULAR (RING) ECLIPSE OF THE SUN FROM BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, USA
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***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS'
TRANSIT OF VENUS Tour TO CENTRAL ASIA May 25-June 7, 2012***
VISIT THESE UNIQUELY EXOTIC DESTINATIONS: KAZAKHSTAN, UZBEKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN AND KYRGYSTAN
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status: ALMOST SOLD OUT. TOUR CLOSES FEBRUARY 2, 2012.
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***ECLIPSE OF A 2ND MAGNITUDE STAR
BY AN ASTEROID 300 MILLION MILES AWAY SEP. 9-17, 2012***
9 DAY TOUR TO THE REPUBLIC OF MALI INCLUDING EXOTIC TIMBUKTU, WEST AFRICA!
HELP TO MEASURE THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF AN ASTEROID BASED ON TIMING THE DURATION OF ITS BRIEF ECLIPSE.
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***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS'
40th Solar Eclipse Tour November 14, 2012***
TOUR#1: CORAL SEA ECLIPSE CRUISE Nov.6-17, 2012(2m 05s TOTALITY)
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TOUR#2: LAND TOUR TO CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA Nov.12-19, 2012(2m 00s TOTALITY)
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TOUR#2 PRE-TOUR TO NORFOLK ISLAND
***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS'
41st Solar Eclipse Tour May 10, 2013***
ANNULAR (RING) ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OVER TARAWA (5 minutes 44 seconds of Annularity!)
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POST-ECLIPSE TOUR TO GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS
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POST-ECLIPSE TOUR TO GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS
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***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS 42nd Solar Eclipse Tour Oct. 28-Nov.9, 2013***

13 DAY CRUISE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TO OBSERVE THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE (1m 09s of totality)
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RECENTLY COMPLETED TOURS
***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS'
38th Solar Eclipse Tour July 11, 2010***
TOURS TO FRENCH POLYNESIA
Results from our mostly successful expeditions

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 37th
Solar Eclipse Tour January 15, 2010***
ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE IN UGANDA.
Results from our successful expedition

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 36th
Solar Eclipse Tour July 22, 2009***
SOUTHERN CHINA AND KIRIBATI TOTAL SOLAR
ECLIPSE EXPEDITIONS
Results from our partly successful expeditions

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 35th
Solar Eclipse Tour January 26, 2009***
ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE IN COCOS ISLANDS. status:
PRIVATE TRIP.

***RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS' 34th
Solar Eclipse Tour August 1, 2008***
WESTERN CHINA TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.
Results from our
successful expedition

***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.
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PREVIOUS TOURS*** Click
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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 |
| 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!
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