Total Solar Eclipse - August 1, 2008, China 

Trip :  Jul 23 - Aug 15, 2008

Eclipse viewed near Yiwu, Xinjiang, China near border with Mongolia.  Eclipse tour organized by Civilized Adventures and RASC Calgary. Also did extra days in Shanghai, Huangshan, Hangzhou and Tokyo.

    


Cropped images taken with Nikon D3, 300mm telephoto with 1.4X extender:

Diamond Ring 2nd contact


Prominences

Corona

 

 Two image photoshop composite:

Diamond Ring 3rd contact
 

 Other pics:

Framegrab from video:

Shadow approaching:

 

VIDEOS:

Warning: Very large files:

 
1. Wide view of eclipse   (164 MB)   Prominent shadow. Recorded with Fuji F30 digital camera..

 

2. Zoomed view   (610 MB)              Recorded with Panasonic GS300 DV camcorder.

 


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