Total Solar Eclipse - 29 March 2006
Pictures by Frank Van der Putten (Mechelen)
Observation from the Side Star Hotel, Side, Turkey,
with Meade ETX-70AT telescope and Canon G5 camera
 
side
Apollo Temple in Side
 setup
My setup near the beach
frank&danny
The eclipse chasers

Danny Van Bruyssel
and
Frank Van der Putten

 webcam
Installing the webcam
first contact
First contact at 12:38:23
 50 percent before max
About 50 % (before max)
frame1
The horizon
10 minutes before totality
frame2
The horizon during totality
(the lighthouse is ON !)
90 percent before max
About 90% (before max)
 totality
13:55:00 to 13:58:45 - Totality !
90 percent after max
About 90% (after max)
 sikkeltjes
Eclipsed Sun through the trees
40 percent after max
About 40 % (after max)
 last contact
Last contact at 15:13:35
morning after
The morning after ... 30 March


     Perfect blue sky during the
    whole eclipse!   Wonderful!

   The next day,
    the sky was full of clouds.

   Counting down towards the next
   total solar eclipse ...
   
    1 Aug 2008 in Novosibirsk (Russia)
       or wait until
    22 July 2009 in Shanghai (China)


    Patience please ...