Hi JJJ,
I would imagine he is out here for the eclipse as well?
If you had not spotted it, on ABC TV this coming Thurs Nov 8, he features on Catalyst talking about eclipses.
See
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc1/...-08T200000.htm
You might recollect there was a program where he went to Varanasi to watch the
eclipse there -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOvWioz4PoQ