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March 29th Eclipse, Orbital Imagery
djellison
post Mar 29 2006, 02:03 PM
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Attached - movie of Meteosat 7 Visible imagery during the eclipse, and I'm awaiting the MODIS imagery from Aqua and Terra smile.gif

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post Mar 29 2006, 02:14 PM
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Doug:

And from my back garden!

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post Mar 29 2006, 06:25 PM
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I got some lousy pictures with my camera and a pair of observation glasses (talk about amateur astronomy biggrin.gif tongue.gif )
I'll try to post them later today, we got about 92% coverage in Crete.
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post Mar 29 2006, 07:04 PM
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From ISS
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post Mar 29 2006, 09:55 PM
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Envisat sees the eclipse's shadow over Africa

An unsual view of the eclipse from space as Envisat's MERIS captures the
totality path slicing through northwestern Nigeria on 29 March 2006.

Full story:

http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMKZO59CLE_index_0.html


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post Mar 29 2006, 10:46 PM
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Ok, here is a couple of shots from today's solar eclipse.
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post Mar 30 2006, 12:41 AM
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This is from my workplace parking (60% occultation):
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(still frame from VHSC videocam... poor quality, no additional optics)


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post Apr 4 2006, 02:22 PM
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Spaceweather.com has a big collection of total solar eclipse images here:

http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/gallery_29mar06.htm


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and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance.
I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard,
and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does
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indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have
no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft."

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post Apr 4 2006, 05:09 PM
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Here are few eclipse shots of mine, taken in Side, Turkey:

Diamond ring before the second contact:
http://voyager.lupomesky.cz/fotky/eclipse2006-1.jpg

Corona shot:
http://voyager.lupomesky.cz/fotky/eclipse2006-2.jpg

I tried prominences (there's only one at 12 o'clock):
http://voyager.lupomesky.cz/fotky/eclipse2006-3.jpg

Third contact:
http://voyager.lupomesky.cz/fotky/eclipse2006-4.jpg

Everything taken with Canon EOS 20D and 200 mm lens.

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post Apr 4 2006, 06:32 PM
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Borek:

Nice images - I was struck on the day by how few (zero!) sunspots there were, leading to few prominences.

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post Apr 4 2006, 11:08 PM
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QUOTE (Borek @ Apr 4 2006, 05:09 PM) *
Here are few eclipse shots of mine, taken in Side, Turkey:


Very good. I am impressed. What film? exposure? filter?

EDIT: Oops I see the EOS 20D is digital, so no film.


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post Apr 4 2006, 11:36 PM
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Does anyone have the image of the total solar eclipse of March 7, 1970 as
shown from space in the August, 1970 issue of National Geographic Magazine?

Were they the first ones of their kind?

Some more eclipse images from space:

From the ISS - Total Solar Eclipse of March 29, 2006

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/...p3?img_id=17230

Total Solar Eclipses of 1991 and 1999:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/...p3?img_id=17228


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and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance.
I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard,
and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does
not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is
indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have
no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft."

- Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853

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post Apr 5 2006, 07:59 AM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Apr 5 2006, 12:08 AM) *
Very good. I am impressed. What film? exposure? filter?

EDIT: Oops I see the EOS 20D is digital, so no film.


All shots are unfiltered; pic 2 (large corona shot) is ISO 400, f/4.5, 1/60. Can't recall other shots and I'm at work now, so I can't see EXIF.
I am quite happy with the pictures considering I wanted to see eclipse with my own eyes in the first place, and only then, if conditions allow, snap some pics. Also 200 mm lens is hardly sufficient.
On 1999 eclipse I made an eclipse movie instead of still photography.

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post Apr 8 2006, 02:11 PM
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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060407.html

The Crown of the Sun

Credit & Copyright: Koen van Gorp

Explanation: During a total solar eclipse, the Sun's extensive outer atmosphere or corona is an awesome and inspirational sight. The subtle shades and shimmering features of the corona that engage the eye span a brightness range of over 10,000 to 1, making them notoriously difficult to capture in a single picture. But this composite of 33 digital images ranging in exposure time from 1/8000 to 1/5 second comes very close to revealing the crown of the Sun in all its glory. The telescopic views were recorded from Side, Turkey during the March 29 solar eclipse, a geocentric celestial event that was widely seen under nearly ideal conditions. The composite also captures a pinkish prominence extending just beyond the upper edge of the eclipsed sun.


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"After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance.
I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard,
and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does
not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is
indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have
no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft."

- Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853

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post Apr 18 2006, 06:16 PM
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There's a video of the eclipse on the web that shows the complete time span of the total phase:
http://www.spider50.de/ (the links top left)

Sven Henning recorded it on a hill (Arap Dagi, 183m) close to Antalya (Turkey). If your connection speed allows it remotely, the 50MB mpeg video is really amazing and much better than the small versions! Especially on the hill they "could watch" the coming and going of the deepest shadow.


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