On Dec 4, 2002 there was a solar eclipse
visible in parts of Australia. These photographs were taken by
Julia Bell, a contributor to the list, at Ravensthorpe. W.A.
Some relevant links, courtesy
of Ian Musgrave:
While we are at it, here is a
link to the sky and telescope article on the eclipse, with a cute animation
of the shadow
http://skyandtelescope.com/news/current/article_804_1.asp
and here are some preliminary photos of the event from another correspondent
http://homepage.mac.com/stevoss/PhotoAlbum20.html
Ian's own effort
http://home.mira.net/~reynella/skywatch/ecl_2002.htm
the ABC site
http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/eclipse2002/
the Astronomical Society of South
Australia
http://www.assa.org.au/observing/eclipse2002/
and Toby Fiander added:
Well, if you look here, Peter
Adderley posted some nice photographs of the interaction between the smoke
and the eclipse to CLICKON!, but where I was there did not seem to have a
similar softening effect from the smoke:
http://www.acay.com.au/~adderley/dec2002/
