Diamond Ring (2nd Contact), Total Solar Eclipse 2009 (203/365)

Wuhan, China, 9:23 AM July 22nd, 2009


We left Shanghai on the 21st because the forecast sucked ass, and made it to Wuhan. Unfortunately, it was still cloudy where we were. It would've been much better if we were maybe another 1 km north of where we went. It would've been perfect if we'd decided to go all the way to Chongqing (twice the distance, twice the money). Ah well, 'tis the way of astronomical events. An awesome experience nonetheless.

32 frames extracted and stacked from the video I shot (I gave up completely on taking still shots; exposure calculation would've been useless because of the clouds) using Kieth's Image Stacker.


Weapon of the Day:
K-7 + Pentax DA* 60-250mm F4 + Kenko Pz-Af 1.5x Teleconverter + KendrickAstro D670