Where is the viewing site located?
Our chosen site is in Gansu Province in the northwest of China, just off the Gansu Corridor portion of the ancient Silk Road and near remnants of the Great Wall. We will be operating out of Wuwei, a remote but sizeable city on the edge of the Tengger Desert. Our viewing site is about one hour outside of Wuwei, along a good paved highway, so travel to and from the site presents no problems. The site is a few miles north of the centerline along the road between Wuwei and Minqin, roughly midway between the two towns. It is a level, open field near the end of a large reservoir with clear sightlines towards the part of the sky where the eclipse will occur. A dirt road veers off the main highway and, in a short distance, encounters another firm dirt road running at right angles, which provides eclipse viewers a chance to spread out laterally. This is critical in this case, because the eclipse will be low in the sky, and everyone will need to set up side by side, to avoid blocking each other’
