Partial Solar Eclipse on 29 March 2025
Taken by John H. Menz on March 29, 2025 @
Nonington, Kent, England
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These two images come from video clips. The upsidedown photo of the "blue spot" proves that the sun and moon were together at that moment. And the thin clouds racing across the sun's surface allowed the "sunspots" to appear with great detail to adjust the camera's 'light aperture'.
Watch my 8 minute video here:
https://youtu.be/YsqAq8VMYV0
In Kent County England, I recorded the 31 percent Partial Solar Eclipse on 29 March 2025 using a telescope projecting its image onto white paper on a magnetic board. This was mounted on a makeshift stand using a ladder to get it at the proper angle.
The Newtonian's 10" mirror gives "mirror images", (which means they are 'left to right' reversed). In order to correct this, I used PowerPoint software to horizontally reverse the photos of the images on the white paper. Then I drew a perfect circle in order to fit each sun eclipse photo in the same place. The time of the photo comes from the information given on the cameras. Yes, I used two cameras: an Olympus and a Phone camera.
That "spot" bouncing off the lens from the bright disc of the sun is usually a nuisance on the photographer's picture. There's even a feature on camera phones called "spot remover"! But this time the spot recorded the eclipse as "proof" that it was happening, because the eclipse was not noticeable to the naked eye.
Most people were unaware of this astronomical event. The intensity of the brilliant sunshine in a blue sky, (even with 31 percent blocked out), was seen as just another nice Spring morning here in England.
Photographer's website:
https://youtu.be/YsqAq8VMYV0
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