Solar Eclipse in Tahiti, July, 11 2010

Solar Eclipse in Tahiti, July, 11 2010, originally uploaded by Pierre Lesage.

Solar Eclipse in Tahiti, July, 11 2010
Images shot with a Nikon D90 - Sigma 400 mm- Maximum density Neutral filter
Shot between 06:57 AM and 08:47 AM
First contact was at 07:16 AM
99,6 % Totality at 08:28 AM
Football worldcup started at 08:30 AM - a busy morning indeed.
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At 99,6% totality, I took the max densirty neutral filter out to discover the famous "diamond ring"
Totality was not complete on the island of Tahiti and we could not observe the Baily's beads or the corona, but a few atolls in the Tuamotus archipelago had up to 4 minutes 100 % totality.