photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
Don Shedrick | all galleries >> Galleries >> Total Solar Eclipse El Sallum, Egypt March 29, 2006 > 2006 Solar Eclipse Outer Corona
previous | next
3/29/2006 Don Shedrick

2006 Solar Eclipse Outer Corona

El Sallum, Egypt

Total Eclipse - Outer Corona
In this longer exposure, the outer corona with prominent streamers symetrically distributed in an east - west direction, extending out nearly 2 solar diameters, can be seen. In addition, there are fainter and much shorter streamers extending out from the solar poles.

Olympus OM-1 ,Zuiko 200mm f4 & 2X-A teleconverter,Kodak Ektachrome E200
Slik U212 tripod with Manfrotto 410 Geared Head & Bogen 3420 telephoto lens support, Olympus OM Auto Winder 1 and remote electric shutter release. Exposure 1/8 sec @ f 8. Scanned with Polaroid Sprint Scan 35 Plus. Image processed with minimal tweaking in Photoshop to match the slide. No stacking of multiple images. full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
comment | share