An annular eclipse of the Sun, as seen from Madrid, Spain, in 2005.

Images were all taken using a Canon 10D with a 300mm Canon lens with Baader film to prevent holes being burned through the back of the camera. The colour balance has been changed to make it look more yellow and less purple!

I actually used a standard tripod, and kept moving the camera every 5 minutes or so to keep up with the rotation of the Earth. I wrote a program using IDL, to align all the images.

The actual eclipse lasted about 2 hours.

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Three ladies enjoying the wonders of the partial eclipse - the smiles say it all!

Taken during the 1st August 2008 partial eclipse from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich

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The gaps between the leaves act as wonderful pinhole camera's during the Annular Solar Eclipse from the European Space Astronomy Centre (Vilspa, or Villafranca) on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, 3rd October, 2005.

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The view through a SolarScope of the partial eclipse on the 1st of August 2008, from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich

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Workmen using welding glasses to observe the annular solar eclipse from the European Space Astronomy Centre (Vilspa, or Villafranca) on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, 3rd October, 2005.

Note that shade number 14 welder's glass is considered safe for solar observing.

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