Time: 3:53pm CST
Camera: Minolta XG-M SLR & Nikon Coolpix 950 digital(top thumbnail)
Lens(on Minolta): 210mm with 2X teleconverter w/polarizer
Aperture: f/22, auto-exposed
Film: Kodak Elitechrome 200
Notes: tripod, partly cloudy, 45 degrees F, windy
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| Partial solar eclipse - Dec. 14, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| *featured on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day website on Dec.21, 2001* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location: Johnston, IA Time: 3:53pm CST Camera: Minolta XG-M SLR & Nikon Coolpix 950 digital(top thumbnail) Lens(on Minolta): 210mm with 2X teleconverter w/polarizer Aperture: f/22, auto-exposed Film: Kodak Elitechrome 200 Notes: tripod, partly cloudy, 45 degrees F, windy |
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| Notice the sunspot group in the middle of the sun's disk on the large version of this photo where I projected the sun's image onto a white piece of paper using my binoculars. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| This is a shot of the partial eclipse at sunset, a little bite out of the sun is all that is left. | ||||||||||||||||||
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