The July 22, 2009 total solar eclipse will be the longest in history — about 6 minutes (as viewed from China). In Zamboanga City, Philippines however, has only 27% visibility.
Today, therefore, I have my first eclipse shots. Since we only have a partial eclipse, it’s not all impressive but it’s always nice to document scientific occurences like this. For those who miss it, here is a view from Zamboanga City.
In other parts of the Philippines, the eclipse should start by 8:33 a.m. In Zamboanga, the sun showed signs of the occurrence around 9:05 a.m.
After about 10 to 15 minutes, the moon is more visible now against the sun and slowly shifts downward.
A while later after that, the moon takes that 27% visibility as seen from Zamboanga City. It’s the most that we can see from here.
A little past 10 a.m. the moon now moves back down into nothingness.
Just a little bit more…
Now it’s almost gone…
The next solar eclipse will be on 2010 but there will be a lunar eclipse on August 6 and that will be the last of the eclipses for the year.
Armed with an old diskette film attached to the lens, photos are unedited except for some tight cropping.
hello pam! wow bueno patu ya pwde man capture konel eclipse.. I was so xcited about it, even put it in my notes. Yan redy ya tamen yo el negative pro grrrr…. nuay man yo ya pwde man witness. nauy man kel man iskuru…lol!
Anyway, thanks for these shots, at least ya pwde yo mira el na pic…heheh!
Posted by anniniput | July 24, 2009, 6:52 pm