[APML] Images of the May 31. Solar eclise from Nesoddtangen, Norway

["Arne Danielsen" <arnedani@online.no>]

Dear friends,

The weather was excellent in the south-eastern parts of Norway allowing us
to pick our location for observing the event without any concerns about the
weather. We had been out scouting for suitable locations in the Oslo area
the day before and decided to go to the tip of Nesoddtangen peninsula. From
this location, just S-SW of Oslo overlooking Oslo (Norway's capital and
biggest city) and the Oslo fjord, we had a perfect view of the event. The
Sun cleared the horizon a few minutes before first contact and absolute
clear skies (only some very thin cloud filaments in the horizon) allowed us
to follow the event, without any interruption, throughout the whole duration
of the eclipse. I've uploaded my photographic results, using a Canon EOS
D-60 (digital SLR) and a Takahashi FS-60C refractor, to my website:
http://home.online.no/~arnedani/astronomy/astrophoto/eclipse/eclipse.htm

Comments are welcome!

I would also like to mention that during the eclipse there were a major
arrangement in Frognerparken (aka. Vigelands parken, one of the parks in
Oslo). Norsk Astronomisk Selskap (Norwegian Astronomical Society) had
invited the public to the park in order to watch the eclipse through
telescopes and on a big outdoor screen. The arrangement was a huge success
with tens of thousands finding their way to the park that early morning.
Some people were young, some were old, some were sleeping over in the park,
some were early risers while others were on their way home from party, but
they had one common interest that morning - to watch the eclipsed Sun! I'm
aware that not that not many of you are able to read Norwegian, but at least
you get to see the pictures in this report from the event :-)
http://www.astro.uio.no/ita/nyheter/solform_03/solformbilder.html

My favourite pictures are of two of the most famous statues in the park. The
first shows a bunch of people climbing the biggest statue in the park in,
order to get best possible view of the eclipse:
http://www.astro.uio.no/ita/nyheter/solform_03/frpark/IMGP0478mini.jpg and
the other shows "Sinnataggen" (angry little boy) equipped with eclipse
shades:
http://www.astro.uio.no/ita/nyheter/solform_03/frpark/IMGP0488mini.jpg

Best regards,
Arne
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Arne Danielsen
Langhussenter 15, 1405 Langhus, Norway
mailto:arne.danielsen@oslo.online.no
http://arnedani.home.online.no/
N59°45'14"  E10°50'38" A115m

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