Partial Solar Eclipse
10 June 2002
Contents
Background
On 10 June 2002, Tucson was in the path of a partial solar eclipse. I walked out to the University of Arizona mall to check out the event. I had also just bought a new telephoto lens, so I experiment with some eclipse photography....
Pictures
![]() | Large version 0014 kB | Full size 0069 kB | Date: 10 Jun 2002 | The beginning of the eclipse. (Multiple images of the sun are due to the presence of multiple filters over the lens of the camera... maybe I should have invested in a solar filter....) |
![]() | Large version 026 kB | Full size 0134 kB | Date: 10 Jun 2002 | Palm tree backlit by eclipse. |
![]() | Large version 0011 kB | Full size 0103 kB | Date: 10 Jun 2002 | Partial eclipse viewed with the addition of a red filter. |
![]() | Large version 0080 kB | Full size 0268 kB | Date: 10 Jun 2002 | Jani Radebaugh holds up a solar eclipse screen (a manila folder) for a projection from a pinhole. |
![]() | Large version 0066 kB | Full size 0212 kB | Date: 10 Jun 2002 | A solar eclipse screen (Jonathan Fortney) onto which multiple images of the eclipse have been projected. |
![]() | Large version 0071 kB | Full size 0227 kB | Date: 10 Jun 2002 | Ralph Lorenz gets into the act. |
![]() | Large version 0065 kB | Full size 0375 kB | Date: 10 Jun 2002 | Projections of the eclipse onto a sidewalk in front of LPL. The "pinholes" were actually openings in between the leave of nearby palm trees. |
![]() | Large version 0013 kB | Full size 0120 kB | Date: 10 Jun 2002 | Jonathan backlit by the sun. |
Links
Links Which are Vaguely Relevant to Solar Eclipses
Author: Peter Lanagan (planagan@lpl.arizona.edu)
Last updated: 29 Oct 2003