Baily's beads at second contact - 11 Jul 2010

Posted by parpin
on Wednesday, July 21, 2010

by Pierre Arpin from Longueuil, QC, Canada.

 

Picture taken : July 11 2010

Location  Hao Atoll airport, French Polynesia

Object : Showing a tring of Baily's beads seconds before totality.

Equipenent : Modified Nikon D40 fitted to accept standard cable release coupled to a 500 mm catadioptric telephoto bought on Ebay. Manual guiding.

This shot is a part of sequence of 1/1000 sec (3  frames /sec) @ ISO 200

 

 

 

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