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Annular Solar Eclipse (May 20, 2012)

Annular Solar Eclipse (May 20, 2012)
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Photographer

Dusty

Location

Flagstaff, Arizona USA

Date

May 20 2012, Between 5 and 7:30 p.m.

Equipment

Nikon D80, zoom lens set at 35mm

Description

The photo shows a select 21 pictures out of 250 that were exposed during the two and a half hours the eclipse was visible over Arizona.
 

Photographer

Jarrett Ladd

Location

Central Point

Date

5-20-12

Equipment

Sony A390 with a #10 welding filter processed with Photoshop.

Description

Viewing was still good through a thin cloud layer.
 

Photographer

Anthony Thomas

E-mail

antwonthegreat@yahoo.com

Location

Cedar City, UT

Date

2012:05:20 19:18:59 MDT

Equipment

Nikon D90 Orion SkyView Pro 127mm scope mounted on an Orion SkyView German equatorial mount

Description

A jet airplane protrudes from the left side of the moon as it approaches annularity. The jet's contrail can be seen on the right side of the moon.
 

Photographer

Bashar Markabawi

Location

Papago Park Phoenix, AZ

Date

5/20/2012 at 18:30

Equipment

Telescope 80 mm William Optics triplet attached to Canon 5D Mark II with white light filter. Mount Pentax 3N

Description

Recent annular eclipse with about 82.5% of sun covered by the moon.
 

Photographer

Paul Chamberlain

Location

Austin, TX

Date

May 20, 2012 8:20pm CDT

Equipment

Canon 60D, 70-300MM zoom

Description

Sunset in North Austin while partially eclipsed. Higher resolution image at http://paulcc.com/
 

Photographer

Bashar Markabawi

Location

Papago Park Phoenix, AZ

Date

5/20/12 at 19:05

Equipment

William Optics 80 mm with white light Astrozap filter. Camera Canon 5D MarkII. Mount Pentax #N.

Description

Solar eclipse with trees in front.
 

Photographer

Steve Ballard

Location

Walcott, IA

Date

20:20 CST

Equipment

Sony H9 digital camera

Description

Annular Eclipse 2012 during sunset over the I-80 truckstop in Walcott Iowa.
 

Photographer

Bob Bailey

Location

Taipei, Taiwan

Date

May 21 2012 14:09:00 UT

Equipment

Nikon D80, 200 mm, no filter, ISO 200, F 16, 1/4000 sec.

Description

Two minutes before mid eclipse peaking through the clouds.
 

Photographer

Vahid Sattary

Location

Redding, California

Date

5/20/2012

Equipment

Canon EOS Rebel xs prime-focus attached to bausch and lomb criterion 4000 telescope with Baader AstroSolar filter

Description

nine phases of annular solar eclipse starting from upper left corner and ending at lower right corner
 

Photographer

Chris Bosshard

Location

Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Date

7:34 JST 21st of May 2012

Equipment

Canon 1100d with Sigma Apo Zoom 70-300mm @ 300mm with Solar Filter 200ASA f/8 1/8s.

Description

The maximum phase of the solar eclipse over Tokyo Japan, unfortunately the clouds were increasing when the image was taken. However I am very happy that I could take this image. :-)
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