An Indonesian eclipse
Sunday, March 20th, 2016
This is how the corona of the Sun could be seen in perfectly clear skies, only at the time of a total solar eclipse. I observed the 2016 TSE from Tidore, a volcanic island in the eastern part of Indonesian archipelago. The totality lasted roughly 3 minutes and 5 seconds. Here are some pictures from my trip to this extraordinary Indonesian eclipse. The first image is made from a sequence of 12 frames I took, with a Nikon D7200 + CFF Telescopes 80mm f/6 apochromatic oil spaced triplet. It was processed by Alson Wong.
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- Corona and Earthshine
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- Big protuberance at C2
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- Earthshine
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- Sky at totality
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- Baily’s beads at C2
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- Totality ends with Baily’s beads and diamond ring
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- Above Maluku islands
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- Ternate from plane
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- Gamalama volcano with cloud
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- Observation point briefing
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- Tidore island
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- Eclipse contest
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- Streets of Ternate
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- Lava rocks at the base of Gamalama
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- My favorite image
Wonder how was the sky during totality? Here is a short timelapse from my spot: