eclipse2006

All pictures are taken on the roof of Saray Regency hotel in Manavgat. Thanks to all the nice people working in this hotel for helping us get the most out of the Solar Eclipse.

This my first opportunity to view and photograph a total solar eclipse and at the same time use the DSLR to webcast "live" pictures to Norway and the rest of the world..

I was asked to join the trip to Turkey to webcast the total solar eclipse for www.astronomy.no. My hope was to use the DSLR camera to transfer live pictures to Norway. I found no programs that could use the DSLR as a webcam, so I made my own macro that use existing programs already installed on my computer to resize and transfer the images on to the web server. One picture was uploaded every 25 sec. The resolution for this webcast was 800 x 533 pixels, heavy traffic on the web server was the restrictive factor limiting the image size.

This page is best viewed in 1600x1200 or higher resolutions. All pictures taken with Canon 20D

	Local time is 13.55.09 Totality begins. Chromosphere and Prominences are visible. (Click the image for a version with full resolution)
	A high resolution crop of the Prominences and Chromosphere. (Click the image for a version with full resolution)
	Prominences now on both sides. (Click the image for a version with full resolution)
	Local time is 13.56.13 A composite image showing the inner and outer Corona. (Click the image for a version with full resolution)
	A composite image showing the earth shining on the moon during the totality. (Click the image for a version with full resolution)
	Local time is 13.58.04. Closing in on 3rd Contact Prominences clearly visible on the opposite side of the sun now. (Click the image for a version with full resolution)
	A closer look at the Prominences on this side. You can see the uneven surface of the moon. (Click the image for a version with full resolution)
	Local time 13.58.33 Baily's Beads can be seen before 2nd and after 3rd contact during a total eclipse of the sun. Baily's Beads are briefly seen for a few seconds at the central path of the eclipse, their effect is maximized near the total eclipse limits. (Click the image for a version with full resolution)
	A closer look at the above image. (Click the image for a version with full resolution)
	Local Time: 13.58.38 Diamond Ring at 3rd Contact and the totality ends.

Animation of first contact.	Animation of fourth contact.

Takahashi FS-102 - ISO 200 - 1/1000 sec.	Takahashi FS-102 - ISO 200 - 1/1000 sec.

A High resolution Total Solar Eclipse

March 29th 2006 Manavgat - Turkey

Animation of the first partial part including the totality. 5,8 mb GIF file.

Partial Eclipse.

Animation of first contact.

Animation of fourth contact.

Other pictures from the eclipse


The author and his setup on the Hotel roof. The cardboard box contains the laptop. The LCD screen on most laptops is to bad to be used in the sun and needs shade. Note the MiniBorg 45ED with Coronado Solarmax 40 filter behind me for visual use.