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Old 09-02-2008, 11:29 AM
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The weather turned out to be nice and sunny at work in Mornington (just south of Melbourne) by mid-afternoon (although I had been a bit uncertain earlier - but thats Melbourne weather).

I took a pair of 10*25 binoculars, my camera (Canon Powershot A560), and the solar-filtered 'Eclipse Shades' (handouts from the 2002 eclipse) in to work.

Around mid-eclipse, I projected the Sun through the binoculars onto card, and was showing that to a couple of workmates. Then, I got nearly everyone in the office to look at the eclipse through the 'solar sunnies'. Many were quite impressed by the sight.

I also got a couple of photos of the Sun while projected (holding the camera in one hand and the binoculars in the other), as well as a photo of the Sun with the sunnies over the camera lens.

I've attached below a copy of the latter photo (just the area around the sun itself, clipped out).
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