Total from Pacific Dawn, port douglas

[steve000]

Hi Guys, not the easiest picture to get with the ship moving around etc. We were also fighting a cloud... but I got to see it, my first eclipse. Strange, very hard to hold back emotion and I was in a strange state of mind for a good 20mins afterwards.

I was also joined by astronomer Peter Anderson

[Larryp]

Good stuff, Steve!

[Kal]

I was looking at the Pacific Dawn through my scope yesterday afternoon when I saw it out at sea.

Great pic, the shot of the eclipse fighting through the clouds sums up the experience for alot of us :)

[steve000]

Cool, My cousin called me and she is at the beach at port douglas, I got her to stand next to a landmark and I took a picture of her from the ship :P Gotta love telescopes and cameras hey, "Woah you can see that far, my $xxxx lens cant do that"heheh

On another note it would appear I captured a prominence? Its for real and not a strange artifact as its in most of my images. take a look and let me know.

Thanks for all the comments so far, first eclipse, first cruise

[Kal]

Yep, I'd say it is the same loop prominence that I have in the top of this pic (http://0d271c92-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/astroandrew/home/eclipse2012/IMG_0062.JPG?attachauth=ANoY7crg0Uv PYkL0xNKmOyp5DjxLVPa_-TEoixIBzMFFF7a6DLtKj9qDY1_T-ePWHIB60Og2xc7iY-mWJaJPDFNhzMQJ_-rUkt_bNCPfcPn3lDtEzkD8wdzZY4vshR6bO MdyJjjJ63Bh_zecjwMsx7ublXjG4K0Mryww E2QM7tO3D5QQGjsY8OD0ELbpw6hGeU0-SsKEYZuSZB10cM756Bpebey-QB-wylo9RRhRKON_yt1ux9uaXxA%3D&attredirects=0) I took

[Shark Bait]

Doing the eclipse in style. Sounds like a great way to see it.

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Steve
Yep it will be a prom - there are quite a few of them around!

[strongmanmike]

Wow watching a solar eclipse on a cruise ship...that's the life, could probably even get my wife to hang out with me then :lol:

Mike

[anthony.tony]

Nice Work - Tony