Simviation Forum - Solar Eclipse

Jun 6^th, 2004 at 9:39am

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Not something you see everyday, I took this at Balaton 5 years ago... (Olympus OM1 with 300mm lens)

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Reply #1 - Jun 6^th, 2004 at 1:14pm

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Amazing! Never seen one of those before Shocked

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Reply #2 - Jun 6^th, 2004 at 2:10pm

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awesome! about 4-5 years ago, this was visible in Belgium (i think it's the same eclipse)...but allas, at that exact time i was in Mexico where it wasn't visible...dang!!! i missed my chance and i don't think i will ever get the chance again to spot it here... Sad

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Reply #3 - Jun 6^th, 2004 at 3:58pm

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There is another one due in 2012 I think Ken Wink

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Reply #4 - Jun 6^th, 2004 at 4:06pm

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Wow. Very neat. I remember there was one on Christmas a couple years back... Two or three years... Cause I remember my 5/6 grade Science teacher gave our entire class glasses that would allow us to view it safely. (I'm in 8th grade now... Roll Eyes

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Reply #5 - Jun 6^th, 2004 at 4:24pm

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nice work mark:)

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Reply #6 - Jun 6^th, 2004 at 4:25pm

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We had one of them 5 years ago. Thankfully god provided us with a cloudy sky so we were never in any danger of ruining our eye sight. It was such a big even for Cornwall that Robert the Bruce came to our house specially to see it. Grin

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Reply #7 - Jun 6^th, 2004 at 5:57pm

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Woodie this was the same one, just we got it a few mins later in Hungary. It was weird, middle of the day and suddenly it got dark and cold, and I managed to blat off a few shots with my camera. The tiny white spots on the photo are in fact stars!!!
Oh and my vision is fine, in fact my weak eye is getting better 8)

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Reply #8 - Jun 6^th, 2004 at 5:59pm

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The tiny white spots on the photo are in fact stars!!!

I was going to ask about that:) Wondering if it was indeed stars or just dust. So thanks for clearing that up.

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Reply #9 - Jun 7^th, 2004 at 2:27pm

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Very nice Mark. Celestial camera settings are very tricky!
Really looks like a pro!
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Reply #10 - Jun 7^th, 2004 at 2:32pm

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That is a stunning photo pal. We only got part of that eclipse here in Central England.

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Reply #11 - Jun 8^th, 2004 at 12:13pm

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it was cloudy here Sad

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Reply #12 - Jun 8^th, 2004 at 2:26pm

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It was odd for me, I'd gone up to Balaton by train and they'd told me to be on the back half of the train as that would be going the right way after Siofok. Err WRONG! So I'd hopped off the train when I realised and literally set-up on the side of the road outside the station when the eclipse began (yes I was wearing my special sunglasses), I'm still over the moon (pardon the pun) with this particular shot, it came off better than I could have ever hoped for.
No shots of Venus today I'm afraid Sad

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Reply #13 - Jun 8^th, 2004 at 3:52pm

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Any shots of Uranus? Wink

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Reply #14 - Jun 8^th, 2004 at 4:07pm