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The Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative,
which we also call the DEB Initiative,

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is a network of telescopes all across
North America and they're volunteer

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operated.

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We're using standardized
astrophotography software

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and what essentially is a standardized
astrophotography set up - small telescope,

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small camera attached to it, and a laptop
collecting the data.

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So we'll have 75 observation teams

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throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

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And we're looking during the total solar
eclipse for that evolution of the corona

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as we look at the eclipse
along the entire path of totality,

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and we're also looking outside
of the path of totality

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at the solar disk
to be able to connect the changes

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that we see in the solar corona
back to the surface of the sun.

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So we get images

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all along the path of totality
and outside the path of totality,

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and we can put those images together
in a movie.

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Each site makes a frame as we see
the corona evolve during the total

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solar eclipse.

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This is outreach in a big way.

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We expect to have close to 300 volunteers
on these teams doing the observations

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and those groups pull in other people
that are interested in it as well.

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A project like this enables them

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to see how they fit into science projects
how they can contribute to it.