We took a trip to Turkey to watch a total solar eclipse!
See David's photos of this trip at http://stokesinternet.com/eclipse2006/
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We start at the train station at Leuchars |
And for once David is on the train with me! |
David at Cancer Research UK, where we meet Maria |
We go out to an Indian Resturant |
Where the food comes nicely presented |
Anne at the airport EARLY! the next morning |
Here's our plane |
In Turkey it's sunny and warm |
The BBC interviews people in line for the tours |
Our hotel room has stairs! |
The upper level has the beds |
Anne at the top of the stairs |
Emerging Topics in Human Functional Genomics and Proteomics I actually got emails about this conference! |
The hotel pool |
Anne in the pool |
Beach along the Mediterranean |
Anne swims in the Mediterranean |
David touches the water |
The next morning we do a bit of birding |
Then take buses to the eclipse watching area |
David on the bus |
On the way we see cool mountains beyond the Turkish cities |
And mosques |
I'm not the only one taking photos out the bus window |
Everyone sets up cameras and telescopes |
David setting up his camera |
David looking at sunspots in a telescope |
Anne Notice how I'm wearing short-sleaves as it's so warm |
Eclipse times and BBC coverage times are provided |
We eat lunch at a local resturant |
Here's the sun before the eclipse |
Here's the sun in parital eclipse you can't really see much without... |
Sun filters I'm holding one here. And notice the sweater; it's getting cold! |
Everyone's looking up |
David takes photos |
And then... Totality! |
David's taking photos |
Here he is with the sun in the background |
The sun comes back and David's still taking photos at speed |
I finally figure out how to get a shot through a filter |
Near the end of the eclipse |
We run into Anne, a Professor in Biology at St Andrews, and her partner Keith |
David and Anne |
The tour makes us pizza |
Then we walk along the beach |
And discover that "Cornwall is Forgiven" (Cornwall was cloudy during the last eclipse visible from Britian) |
Then it's back to the plane |
And London where they have Cadbury machines in the tube |
See... I bought a chocolate bar in the tube! |
On the train back we somehow end up in first class |
And to top off the whole trip a beautiful rainbow on the way home |