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Raymond
Barbour, Lusaka, Zambia |
#1 |
R. Barbour: "This Diamond Ring shot was
taken in Lusaka using a Pentax MZ-7 with a sigma 70-300mm zoom
lens with a 2x double on Fuji iso 400. This was after totality
and the image was rotated through 180 degrees." |
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Rudolf
Reiser, Lusaka, Zambia |
audio files: MP3
or RealPlayer |
R. Reiser in Lusaka recorded this
MP3 audio file containing the cheers of about 1000 eclipse
enthusiasts during the last 30 seconds of totality. |
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Mitzi
Adams, Lusaka, Zambia |
audio files: MP3
or RealPlayer |
NASA astronomer Mitzi Adams, along with students
and scientists from Williams College, observed the eclipse from
Lusaka. A microphone recorded their cries
of delight as shadow
bands swept by their camp moments before totality. |
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Mitzi
Adams, Lusaka, Zambia |
#1 |
The Moon's shadow is cool, literally! When it
swept by Lusaka, Zambia, on June 21st the air temperature dropped
nearly 5 degrees F. Click
here to view air temperature measurements by NASA astronomer
Mitzi Adams. |
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Raquel
Yumi Shida, São Paulo, Brazil |
#1 |
R. Y. Shida captured this photo of the partially
eclipsed Sun near dawn from Brazil. The cloudy Sun doesn't appear
eclipsed, but the lens reflection reveals a fat crescent! |
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Paul Venter,
Johannesburg, South Africa |
#1 |
P. Venter: "These were crescent-shaped spots
of sunlight under trees during the height of the eclipse as seen
from Johannesburg." |
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SOHO
at the LI
point in space & Jay Pasachoff in Lusaka, Zambia |
#1 |
At the center of this montage is an extreme ultraviolet
image of the Sun captured by SOHO. The innermost corona (grey)
was photographed by Jay Pasachoff in Zambia. The outer corona
(red) was imaged by a SOHO coronagraph. All three images were
captured at the same time. |
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Faan Le
Roux, Lusaka, Zambia |
#1, #2 |
Photo Details: F. Le Roux captured the diamond
ring using a 500 mm mirror lens and totality
using a Celestron 8 inch telescope. Both photos were recorded
on 400 ASA film. |
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J.A.
Pereira, Olinda, Brazil |
#1 |
Early Thursday when the Moon's shadow was first
touching down on Earth, J.A. Pereira (Recife Astronomical Society)
captured this photo of the partially eclipsed Sun projected onto
the ceiling of his kitchen. |
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MeteoSat,
Earth orbit |
#1,
0.9 MB movie |
Eumetsat's MeteoSat satellite captured these
images of the Moon's shadow racing across the Atlantic Ocean
and Africa on June 21st. Don't
miss the movie. Images are copyright © 2001 EUMETSAT |
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Tony Simon,
Lusaka, Zambia |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4 |
T. Simon captured these images of 2nd
contact, 3rd
contact, and totality
from Lusaka. Photo details: 500mm lens f/8 and a 1.4 telecon,
giving 700mm f/11. Film: fugi Superia RealA100. See also this image of Mars and
the Milky Way captured the night before. |
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Rudolf
Reiser, Lusaka, Zambia |
#1,
#2 |
R. Reiser captured these photos of the Sun's
corona and the "diamond
ring effect" from Lusaka, Zambia. He also recorded this MP3 audio file
containing the cheers of about 1000 eclipse enthusiasts during
the last 30 seconds of totality. |
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Olivier
Staiger, Lusaka, Zambia |
#1,
more |
The main image shows the Sun's inner corona with
pinkish prominences poking out around the solar limb. The inset
reveals the spiky outer corona along with the bright planet Jupiter
shining at the lower left. |
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Christo
Keyser, Pretoria, South Africa |
#1 |
Marius Vogel, Justin Joubert (the group's artist)
and Christo Keyser captured this amusing photo of the partially
eclipsed Sun in Pretoria, projected onto a white piece of paper.
Says Keyser: "Most of South Africa took a midday break to
watch." |
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Jiri
Dusek & Marcel Belik,
Sumba, Angola |
#1, #2 |
Photo details: Olympus Camedia digital camera
C-2100, exposures #2
1/4 s, #1 1/250 s. Copyright
2001 Observatory Upice, Czech Rpublic |
