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| Gedney Church on the Horizon with the eclipse well underway in fog and cloud - composite image |
Toot checked the weather forecast for Lowestoft last night - heavy cloud to midday! So it was an early morning call at 4.00am and off to Lincolnshire our potential window on the partial solar eclipse. When we arrived at our chosen viewing site, just around the corner from 'The Chestnut Tearooms' in Holbeach, it was 7.30 am and the weather was not promising. It was very cold, a bit foggy and clouds stretched from horizon to horizon. I set up my tripod and camera with a telephoto lens at f=300mm. protected with a mylar film white light filter. Ever so slowly the clouds thinned and the fog lifted. By the time the moon covered 85% of the solar disc the sky was clear other than a little high level haze.
Toot and I had a great time, the photographer from the local paper took our photographs in front of my camera/tripod and afterwards we had a nice breakfast at the tea rooms.
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| Early days before the clouds parted |
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| Eclipse maximum |
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| Images taken at various times during the eclipse |
Thanks Toot for a great day! We should sleep well tonight!
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