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Solar Eclipse Results

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Posted by Don Kurz on July 26, 2009 at 9:04 AM
By now, you have probably seen the results of the total solar eclipse. The link below shows the finished product using digital photography. I read somewhere that the U.S. won't see a TOTAL solar eclipse like this one for about 150 years so be patient. :wink:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090726.html
Posted by Matthew Kennedy on July 26, 2009 at 10:32 AM
cool and it only took 33 different photos
Posted by PAMERNST on July 26, 2009 at 10:41 AM
That was actually three years ago but who's counting. When you've seen one....
Posted by Don Kurz on July 26, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Tim, you're right, I hadn't noticed the date in the text. Next time, I'll wait until until I have a second cup of coffee. The photo looks like it has a solar flare at the top so this one is unique and tagged for future reference. I am surprised they haven't posted last week's image yet.

Best,
Don
Posted by PAMERNST on July 26, 2009 at 1:36 PM
I actually find the photos on that site to be very misleading at times - remember the big one last year from inside the cave looking out at night that was proclaimed to be "only one image" by the photographer - turned out to be many images blended together. These are not NASA photos but a lot of folks think they are and therefore believe everything they see there. Terrific photographic illustrations for sure (and a lot better than I could do!), but not always all they are crapped up to be!