The Feb. 26, 1998 Solar Eclipse
Additional Photos from
Maracaibo, Venezuela
These three photos were taken with a 500mm f/8 mirror lens and a 2x extender.
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Crescent phase photographed with aluminized filter that reduces the light 100,000 times. |
Last moment before totality. Photo taken at 1/2000 of a second and no filter. |
Inner corona of sun. Shutter speed about 1/125 sec. |
Beth Yule and Ruth after totality at Ft. Mara.
Ed (in sunhat) watching veteran eclipse chaser
Roger Tuthill setting up equipment before totality.
Ruth observing partial phases before totality.
Equipment on tripod being protected from sun by sheet.
Totality and foreground taken with a 24mm lens.
Ed's fingers showing projection of crescent sun images.