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In 2001, I traveled through Zimbabwe for two weeks. Near the end of the trip, I went to the north of the country to witness the total eclipse of the sun. While the country was already reeling under the polticial and economic crisis that has destroyed so many lives today, a lot of effort was mobilized to enable people to travel fairly well during the weeks before the eclipse. It was hoped that the event would bring an influx of tourist dollars to the suffering nation.
The day started out cloudy and I was worred we wouldn't be able to see the rare event. But, by the afternoon, the clouds had blown away and left the sky absolutely pristine. During the partial eclipse, everyone wore mylar spectacles to view the sun. The actual eclipse last only a couple of minutes. I actually found it to be a kind of spooky and disturbing sight. This photograph was taken with a Nikon N50 35mm camera. I don't remember the exposure I used. It was a matter of just shooting away at a variety of exposures without really paying much attention. The eclipse was so short, you wanted to experience the sight and not just be looking at your camera controls. I scanned the negative and cleaned it up a little noise. What look like dust specs, though, are actually stars. I have some close-up shots of the sun, as well. Maybe I'll post one another day. |
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Hi Hugh!
Very beautiful picture.
Congrats and thanks.
With best wishes,
Mishe.