Total eclipse in Libya - 14 years on
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Total eclipse in Libya - 14 years on
Fourteen years ago, I was travelling around Libya. While in the the east of the country, the Great Sand Sea, I observed and photographed nearly 5 minutes of totality. For a week before the eclipse I travelled to the western region where Libya meets the borders of Algeria and Tunisia. Near the border, there is a Unesco World Heritage mud brick city called 'Ghadames' that has been inhabited since the 4th Century.
Post eclipse, I spent a week in the Sahara desert to the south and west of Sabha. So have extracted a couple of photos from this trip plus eclipse images.
Call to prayers at dawn woke us too. So we headed out and photographed this beautiful mosque at sunrise
Detail of the construction of the mud brick city of Ghadames.
The umbra pokes its nose over the horizon a couple of minutes before totality.
Totality over the arabian style tents of the Jalu Desert Camp
3rd contact.
Dune fields. On a 4wd tour in the Sahara, west & south of Sabha our 4wd broke down in the midst of these fantastic dunes. We camped there overnight while we waited for parts. I woke before dawn, walked off to this spot and took this photo as the sun rose.
Post eclipse, I spent a week in the Sahara desert to the south and west of Sabha. So have extracted a couple of photos from this trip plus eclipse images.
Call to prayers at dawn woke us too. So we headed out and photographed this beautiful mosque at sunrise
Detail of the construction of the mud brick city of Ghadames.
The umbra pokes its nose over the horizon a couple of minutes before totality.
Totality over the arabian style tents of the Jalu Desert Camp
3rd contact.
Dune fields. On a 4wd tour in the Sahara, west & south of Sabha our 4wd broke down in the midst of these fantastic dunes. We camped there overnight while we waited for parts. I woke before dawn, walked off to this spot and took this photo as the sun rose.
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Re: Total eclipse in Libya - 14 years on
Wow these are incredible Oz... I wish I could do something like that! Very impressive, thank you for sharing it with us.
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Telescope: Explore Scientific 80mm FCD100 Triplet APO Refractor
Mount: EQ6-R Pro
Cameras: ZWO ASI1600mm Pro (Cooled) | Canon DSLR EOS T7i
Auto-guiding: ZWO ASI120mm-Mini + Astromania 50mm Guidescope
Filters: ZWO 31mm Ha/Oiii/Sii 7nm + LRGB | Orion 2" Skyglow Filter
Accessories: Explore Scientific 2" Field Flattener, ZWO EFW 8 Position
Software: APT, SharpCap Pro, PHD2, CPWI | PixInsight, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop
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Re: Total eclipse in Libya - 14 years on
This is beautiful work, Joe.
Travel to Libya would have been "exciting" in itself !
I am assuming this was a trip planned to chase the eclipse as you did last year in SA.
Thank you for posting this wonderful set !
Regards to you Sir.
Travel to Libya would have been "exciting" in itself !
I am assuming this was a trip planned to chase the eclipse as you did last year in SA.
Thank you for posting this wonderful set !
Regards to you Sir.
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