TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES

Images and Accounts by IAS members observing Total Solar Eclipses:

See also Annular/Partial Solar Eclipses.


The Australian Outback Eclipse on 4th Dec. 2002

Eclipse 2002; click image for higher resolution (51K)

From Koolymilka, South Australia: A multiple exposure taken on a single frame. Taken by John O'Neill with a 50mm focal length camera lens using Kodak Elite Chrome 100 slide film.


The 2001 June 21 Eclipse from near Rushinga, Zimbabwe

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Red prominences erupt from the eclipsed sun (left) and the classic solar minimum corona (centre) on 21st June 2001. Taken by John O'Neill with a 480mm focal length Pronto 70mm refractor with Kodak Elite Chrome 200. Exposures 1/1000 sec and 1/15 sec respectively.

The Solar Corona over the Ruya river valley (right) on the Lowveld of Zimbabwe on 21st June 2001. 28mm lens with 200 ISO film. 1 second exposure. Taken by Angela O'Connell.


The 1999 Eclipse from Kamen Brag, Bulgaria

Prominences; Click image for higher resolution (63K)

Red prominences circle the eclipsed sun on 11th August 1999 in this dramatic shot. Taken by Gerry Moloney with a 100mm Borg refractor on an Equatorial Mount.

Read also Cold and Alone , an account of this totality by John Flannery.


The 1998 Eclipse from the Caribbean

Corona; Click image for higher resolution (8K)

The Solar Corona on 26th February 1998 from the deck of the M.S. Statendam off Curaçao in the Caribbean. Taken by John O'Neill with a 480mm f6.8 Pronto 70mm Refractor. Ektachrome 400 slide (1/15 sec.).


The 1994 Eclipse from Chile

Eclipse 1994; click image for higher resolution (53K)

The Solar Corona over the twin snow capped volcanoes Pomerape and Parinacota in the Chilean Andes on 3rd November 1994. Site at a height of about 4,000m. Two frames combined. Taken by Angela O'Connell.


Hawaii Eclipse 1991

Eclipse 1991; click image for higher resolution (66K)

Solar prominences and the extreme inner Corona. Taken by John O'Neill from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 11th July 1991.

Zoom Lens at focal length of 210mm.


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