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The phases of the Solar Eclipse, 20th March 2015, over Neath South Wales.

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  1. Laurence Green avatar Laurence Green says:

    Mike

    Something I know will be of interest to you:-

    You might like to have sight of this fantastic view of the event – photo comes from NASA’s APOD page
    http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150331.html

    – look for the rare “Bailey’s Beads” around the Sun’s circumference. These are akin to stunning brilliant blue and/or white sparkling diamonds with eye-blinding light. Celestial magic!

    Kind regards.

    Laurence

  2. Laurence Green avatar Laurence Green says:

    Mike

  3. Michael Davies avatar Michael Davies says:

    Many thanks Laurence

  4. Laurence Green avatar Laurence Green says:

    Hi Mike

    Thanks so, so much for this wonderful collection of photos of a unique lifetime event. So glad you took precautions about your eyesight – when born we are given just one pair of eyes for our whole life. Never ever sacrifice them.

    To supplement your photos just that wee bit further and enhance your photo montage here are some further views of the big event.

    http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=34558

    Best wishes many thanks for all your fine effort.

    Laurence

  5. Photo Editor avatar Photo Editor says:

    Comment from Mike Davies….”Millions of people in the UK and northern Europe have glimpsed the best solar eclipse in years.
    A great swathe of the Earth’s surface was plunged into darkness as the Moon came between us and the Sun.

    Here, in the vale of Neath we had excellent weather with wall to wall blue skies
    The deep shadow formed first in the North Atlantic and then swept up into the Arctic, ending at the North Pole.
    People keen to catch a glimpse of the rare phenomenon were advised not to look directly at it. Looking directly at the Sun can cause serious harm,
    The following images were captured using the correct solar filter
    any other filter would damage the camera. and your eyesight.
    for this I used a cloth over the back of the camera allowing me to see the image on live view.
    it was an exciting moment when the shadow of the moon started it’s transit over the sun, later at maximum eclipse the temp dropped, the light faded and there was not a bird to be seen
    Camera– Canon 7D using a 420 Canon Lens
    settings– shutter speed 1/800 F8 ISO 400 and remote control”.

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