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The last minutes before 2nd contact. |
Only a few seconds til 2nd contact. |
The glas filter is removed and a ... |
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sequence of 2 images per second ... |
is started ... |
to capture the ... |
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shrinking sickle ... |
of the sun. |
Some Bailey's Beads ... |
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with a Diamond Ring ... |
become visible. |
A few moments later ... |
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only the chromosphere ... |
remains and ... |
dominates the image. |
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In the closeup the filamentary network of the protuberances are visible. |
Then the exposure time ... |
was increased ... |
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by 2 steps ... |
for each consecutive ... |
image until ... |
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30 sec. were reached. This time around midtotality was used for visual observing with 10x50 binoculars and a 4"-Astroscan telescope provided by Tom Pfleger (Thanks for these great sights, Tom). |
After a programmable timer announced the last 10 seconds of totality ... |
a new sequence ... |
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of 1/250 sec. ... |
exposures were started ... |
to document the 3rd contact ... |
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up to the films end. |
Beginning with this image ... |
the Sigma APO 170-500 mm lens ... |
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was used with a focal length ... |
of 500 mm @ f/8.0. |
In this high resolution scan star up to 7.2 mag are marked. |
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This happens, when a long duration exposure lasts after the 3rd contact. |
A fine Diamond ring finished the series of images of the 2001 eclipse. |
The view throug a Peleng 8mm fish eye lens during totality. |
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A fish eye image with 7 h exposure
time. In the middle is Mars, Venus and the Moon are rising in the
east (left) behind trees. |
This image of my equipment was taken after the eclipse as you can see from the bottle of fine zambian MOSI beer. |
After the eclipse: the compulsory group picture of 14 happy german amateur astronomers and the 2 zambian scouts form ZAWA. |
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Besides the eclipse we stayed 3 weeks in Zambia and visited four National Parks and the Victoria Falls: |
The Main Falls, where an umbrella isn't enough. |
Only from a helicopter the full extent of the Vic Falls can be seen. |
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The largest variety of animals ... |
were seen in the Livingstone NP: |
zebras, buffalos, 4 of the 5 rhinos living in Zambia, ... |
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giraffe and ... |
elephants crossing the road. |
Also impressive: a sunset cruise on the mighty Zambezi. |
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This huge baobab tree is in ... |
Lochinvar NP, famous for its birds and antelopes. |
Here we stayed for two nights. |
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A scene in Mumbwa, on our way to ... |
the Kafue NP. First we stayed in a camp at the Kafue river ... |
with many hippos lying in the river and fresh lion marks only 100 m from our tents. |
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This is a typical dirt track in Kafue NP. We drove more than 100 km due north from the tarmac road to reach our next camp site ... |
in the middle of the Busanga Floodplains. Here we saw ... |
many birds as eagles and marabus. |
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This grasshopper visited us in our eclipse camp. |
After 2 days back in civilisatin in Lusaka we headed for the Lower Zambezi NP, ... |
where we stayed for 4 days just outside the park at the Chongwe River Camp. |
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On the other bank of the small Chongwe river crocodiles, ... |
elephants and hippos ... |
showed up from their best side. |
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On the way back to Lusaka we made an excursion to the Kariba Dam near Siavonga. Here you can see me at the 128 m high crest of the dam. |
Our last hours in Lusaka we spent relaxed at the Vineyard Lodge, which has always been a pleasant home when we stayed there (6 nights at all during 4 stays). |
The last view back to a wonderful country which we all appreciated during these 3 weeks. |
