Partial Solar Eclipse 31.5.2003

At 06.02

It was no easy task to wake up early to see this morning eclipse in the local observatory of Tampere.

At 06.28

Near the best moments of this partial eclipse.

Picture: Canon Powershot G3 + AstroSolar-filter.

At 06.30

The Sun behind a welder's glass and the Moon.

At 06.32

Despite the early timing of the eclipse, lots of local folks bravely crawled to the observatory.

At 06.32

At 06.47

"You can try this at home always when you happen to have a solar eclipse"
-- Henrik 2002

Antti Mäkelä plays with the eclipse's shadows. Click the image to see the eclipse-shaped shadows.