Total Solar Eclipse (3/29/2006)


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Eclipse video on Google Video   Click on the links at left to open a window to Google Video. The streaming video (which requires a broadband internet link) will begin running after a short pause, but may look blocky. In that case, try clicking on the up/down-arrow icon at the lower right of the video screen and set the size to "Original Size".

For larger size and higher quality, click on the "Download" button in the Google Video window to download the video file to your hard disk (size is ~23 MB). If you do not have the Google video viewer on your system, you will be prompted to download it first.

Be sure to have your system sound turned on when viewing the video!

Eclipse Video
on Google Video

Notes:
  • The "ground" video was left on a fixed exposure setting for the duration of the entire video sequence to show how dark it becomes at totality.
  • The sun is not visible in the "ground" video field of view.  It was very high in the sky (about 70° up).
  • The filter on the "solar" video camera is removed 2 minutes into the video.
  • The "solar" video is set for autoexposure until just after totality (~3:10 into the video) when it is set to a fixed exposure that shows the prominences and innermost part of the corona until after third contact. 
  • The bright object at the right edge of the screen in the "ground" video is the monitor screen of the "solar" video camera.


Copyright 2006 by David A. Kodama, All Rights Reserved