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.

There’s some more on my Flickr

Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010 in facebook, out, Photography.

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Dee
2010-01-15 14:07:49

beyond awesome.

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Chaar~Max
2010-01-15 14:50:57

Hope Grahm is ok..

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Whimsical
2010-01-15 15:33:15

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.

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Anush
2010-01-15 16:51:41

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.

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crow
2010-01-15 18:52:34

the ‘R’ on the spine ?

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Yoga
2010-01-15 19:41:48

Thanks. Was it worth a trip?

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Sabby
2010-01-15 21:13:37

Ooooh. How clever.
Hope your retina is okeh :)

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Adam Stone
2010-01-15 21:15:39

Ooh, it was an annular eclipse? Even better.

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BookBaker
2010-01-15 21:33:11

Absolute Awesomeness!!

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B.I*
2010-01-16 03:36:18

Thanks for sharing.

I really wanted to see some good pictures of the eclipse :)

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Sascha
2010-01-17 07:06:19

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.

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smackthewanker
2010-01-16 07:07:54

Oh – you are so sexy hanging 10 in Jaffna – man I’m sure the locals just love you!

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Black Rose
2010-01-16 08:48:59

Ooooh, hope your retina is okay

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Chavie
2010-01-17 12:34:22

lol, I took photos thru an old xray too! :D my eyes started hurting after that… :D

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