With the predominantly cloudy weather of late, I missed the Quadrantid meteor shower, despite staying up until after 3.00am this morning. So, after only 4 hours sleep, I amazed myself by waking in time to try and catch the partial solar eclipse. Venus blazed away in the South as I peeped through the curtains, which shocked me into hurriedly getting dressed and collecting my camera gear.
I wasn't sure what time the sun would manage to creep over Shearhatch Wood, so was lucky to arrive just before it showed it's face. The hazy clouds near the horizon made for patchy viewing, but I think gave the scene a little more atmosphere. These are a few of the images I managed to take before the sun disappeared permanently behind the growing cloud. I think I was lucky to see it at all!
Images taken with DSLR at 420mm through Baader solar-film.
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| Sunrise over Shearhatch - 08.26 UT |
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| 08.36 UT |
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