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Solar eclipse photos

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Here are some of the solar eclipse photos I took during today’s 11:13 am solar eclipse. Tokyo had 70% of total. I think the fact that it was cloudy adds to an other-worldly atmosphere.

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doug

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1925 Eclipse Viewer

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

I have this Thorp & Martin eclipse viewer booklet from the 1925 Boston eclipse. I was hoping to use it to view tomorrow’s 70% eclipse in Tokyo – the first solar eclipse here in 46 years! But I can’t contact Thorp & Martin, and somebody else thinks the viewer provides no protection. Can I look at the LCD of my digital camera while taking a photo of the eclipse?

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doug

Sakura falling on to the Kanda River

Friday, April 13th, 2007