Today’s annular eclipse probably went completely unnoticed, at least here in Adelaide anyway!

For those in the Northern part of Australia and living within the 150Km wide transit path the experience would have been a surreal soft yellow ambiance. For those actually observing the eclipse they would have seen the moon fitting neatly inside the the sun creating a fiery donut of light in the morning sky.

Here in Adelaide we only got to see a 33% partial eclipse. As I was capturing this image a high school student walked by. I showed him the eclipse in the camera display and he was dumbfounded how nothing around hinted at what was happening tin the sky.

If only there were a way to show both the sun and the moon in the same frame rather that just its silhouette. Still I think this image is dramatic enough on its own with surface texture and sunspots visible.

More about today’s annular eclipse can be found at http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2013.html#SE2013May10A

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 497, An Odd Shadow’ 1/8000s f/32 – ND ISO160 400mm