Partial Solar Eclipse

10 June 2002


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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

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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....)
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Date: 10 Jun 2002 Palm tree backlit by eclipse.
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Date: 10 Jun 2002 Partial eclipse viewed with the addition of a red filter.
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Date: 10 Jun 2002 Jani Radebaugh holds up a solar eclipse screen (a manila folder) for a projection from a pinhole.
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Date: 10 Jun 2002 A solar eclipse screen (Jonathan Fortney) onto which multiple images of the eclipse have been projected.
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Date: 10 Jun 2002 Ralph Lorenz gets into the act.
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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.
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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