glenc
02-10-2007, 04:26 PM
We saw the total solar eclipse from ancient Side (pronounced C-day) on the south coast of Turkey in 2006 so this picture has extra meaning for us.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0710/tutulemma2_tezel_big.jpg
Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel (http://mstecker.com/pages/apptezel.htm) and Cenk E. Tezel
If you went outside at exactly the same time every day and took a picture that included the Sun, how would the Sun appear to move? With great planning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Train_wreck_at_Montparnasse_1 895.jpg) and effort, such a series of images can be taken. The figure-8 path the Sun follows over the course of a year (http://www.uwm.edu/%7Ekahl/Images/Weather/Other/analemma.html) is called an analemma (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search?analemma). With even greater planning and effort, the series can include a total eclipse of the Sun (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050407.html) as one of the images. Pictured is such a total solar eclipse analemma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma) or Tutulemma - a term coined by the photographers based on the Turkish word for eclipse. The composite image sequence was recorded from Turkey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey) starting in 2005. The base image for the sequence is from the total phase (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060404.html) of a solar eclipse as viewed from Side (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side%2C_Turkey), Turkey on 2006 March 29. Venus was also visible during totality, toward the lower right.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0710/tutulemma2_tezel_big.jpg
Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel (http://mstecker.com/pages/apptezel.htm) and Cenk E. Tezel
If you went outside at exactly the same time every day and took a picture that included the Sun, how would the Sun appear to move? With great planning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Train_wreck_at_Montparnasse_1 895.jpg) and effort, such a series of images can be taken. The figure-8 path the Sun follows over the course of a year (http://www.uwm.edu/%7Ekahl/Images/Weather/Other/analemma.html) is called an analemma (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search?analemma). With even greater planning and effort, the series can include a total eclipse of the Sun (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050407.html) as one of the images. Pictured is such a total solar eclipse analemma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma) or Tutulemma - a term coined by the photographers based on the Turkish word for eclipse. The composite image sequence was recorded from Turkey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey) starting in 2005. The base image for the sequence is from the total phase (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060404.html) of a solar eclipse as viewed from Side (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side%2C_Turkey), Turkey on 2006 March 29. Venus was also visible during totality, toward the lower right.