Photon Detector » eclipse http://photondetector.com/blog News and resources for [mostly] pinhole, toy camera, and experimental photography. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:48:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Total solar eclipse 29 March, 2006 http://photondetector.com/blog/2006/03/28/eclipse/ http://photondetector.com/blog/2006/03/28/eclipse/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:54:11 +0000 Nicolai Morrisson http://photondetector.com/blog/2006/03/28/eclipse/ "On Wednesday, 2006 March 29, a total eclipse of the Sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor which traverses half the Earth. The path of the Moon’s umbral shadow begins in Brazil and extends across the Atlantic, northern Africa, and central Asia where it ends at sunset in western Mongolia. A partial eclipse will be seen within the much broader path of the Moon’s penumbral shadow, which includes the northern two thirds of Africa, Europe, and central Asia…"

Heaps more info, including times and maps, from NASA.

Obviously, this looks like a pretty sweet photographic opportinuty. Bust out your freaky optics, and mind your eyes!

Note to North Americans: we won’t see any of this, so keep your pants on.

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