Jaffna Eclipse Photos

Through the brain scan
I hope my eyeballs are OK. We got a tailor to cut up some old x-rays and looked at the solar eclipse through Graham’s brain scan. The sun became a crescent, then a ring. Then it started pulsing, or perhaps that was my retina. We were on a lagoon road, water on all sides. To see better we clambered on top of a bus stand. It was great fun, just watching the moon pass across the sun.



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beyond awesome.
Hope Grahm is ok..
Cool.. I heard it was especially auspicious in India because of the Kumbh Mela… apparently the best spot to watch it was in the Maldives.
Mate, here are some photos from a rooftop in Colombo.
http://anushwij-photos.blogspot.com/2010/01/longest-in-millenium-january-15th.html
Wishing I came up to Jaffna though, because we didnt get to see the full annular down here.
the ‘R’ on the spine ?
Thanks. Was it worth a trip?
Ooooh. How clever.
Hope your retina is okeh :)
Ooh, it was an annular eclipse? Even better.
Absolute Awesomeness!!
Thanks for sharing.
I really wanted to see some good pictures of the eclipse :)
I saw the perfect photos of the eclipse, taken with special equipment by the Uni of moratuwa staff, from Kytes. Indi’s eclipse through the skull are way more interesting.
Oh – you are so sexy hanging 10 in Jaffna – man I’m sure the locals just love you!
Ooooh, hope your retina is okay
lol, I took photos thru an old xray too! :D my eyes started hurting after that… :D