famartin Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Please forgive the less than perfect quality. These were taken with a regular camera (Olympus FE 310) on maximum zoom, with the sun shots filtered by 4 pairs of regular sun glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I took this shot of the opening stages of the Partial eclipse here in Tucson through my PST with a Sony Cybershot DSC-90 in manual mode at ISO 80 and 1/160 second exposure. Notice the prominences on the far limb of the Sun from the Moon these put on an interesting show throughout the partial eclipse which hit 86% here. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 wow!!!! sadly, i live in MA...no eclipse for me...but great shots!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 not mine, nice shot from another photoforum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Was the eclipse visible from the midwest at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Was the eclipse visible from the midwest at all? Yes. In its opening partial stages. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Was the eclipse visible from the midwest at all? Yup, got this picture in Madison, WI, you can see the eclipse via the reflection. ~30% and then a cloud bank moved in. Reached 60% at sunset apparently. Saw it best with my own eyes, one of those images you'll never forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 We were overcast here for a 70% partial eclipse, but it got noticeably darker at 6 p.m. under the cloud. Saw a total eclipse in 1970 in Virginia Beach and it is worth the effort to see one during your lifetime even if you have to travel -- of course in those days, I think the entire trip cost less than a hundred bucks (from Ontario). That one was full coverage and not annular, sun near max so plenty of corona and prominences. Start counting down to (Monday) Aug 21, 2017 -- total eclipse mid-day across the U.S.A. -- sorry I don't have track details handy, this is from Jean Meeus' astronomy handbook. Would have to think that travel for that one will be within almost every budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I had an eclipse-watching party with several people. I noticed that the leaves on the trees provided sort of a natural diffraction grating. The leaves allowed repeated images of the crescent sun on the wall, in between shadows of leaves. That is really amazing. (Thanks, optics.) I also noticed this effect from the trees on May 10, 1994 with the annular eclipse. I always wished I had pictures of the 1994 eclipse. We had a short period of cloudiness, which did not really ruin the evening. Later on, I watched the local news, and learned that the football field at Boulder had 5000 eclipse-watchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Cool shots everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I actually took a wielding class in 1994 and had wielding goggles, worked amazing for viewing the eclipse safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Eclipse maximum in Tucson. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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