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Pictures of the Sun / Aurinkokuvia
Pictures taken with Sony DCR-TR7000E Digital-8 camera (Sun pictures with 20x
zoom and a mylar filter).
Sunspot pictures post-processed from upto 50 frames for temporal
filtering and additional 2x digital zoom with some actual added
resolution.
Click the pictures to see the full-resolution versions.
Some sunspots just before the first contact:
Actual Eclipse Pictures
Sunspots 4.5.2003
Multiple sunspots 2003.05.04_11-29-31
Mercury Transit 7.5.2003
Sunspots have moved in three days: one big one, which actually contains two
smaller ones is clearly visible. Do not confuse Mercury and sunspots.
Mercury is really small and right at the limit of my DV camera.
2003.05.07_08-18-16
Mercury at the north-west edge 2003.05.07_08-23-45
Mercury approaches the center line 2003.05.07_10-25-15
The following AVI (120KiB) shows some of the Solar activity and atmospheric interference.
au2003.05.07_10-25-30.avi
A small video (DIVX, 3469 KiB) of the event at Tampere : Taursa-Merkurius20030705.avi.
Sunspots 30.5.2003
Compare these spots in the evening sun to the spots in the next morning sun.
Actual Eclipse Pictures
Sunspots 7.7.2003
It almost seems like Don Rosa had hidden a Mickey Mouse figure in the sun.
Holmes17P 4.11.2007
Well, not very sunny picture, but anyway. Taken with Sony DCR-TR7000E Digital-8 video camera (20x zoom).
Midsummer Lightning Strike 22.6.2008
Another sunless picture.
Total Solar Eclipse 22.7.2009
Hangzhouwankuahai Bridge, Nan'an Service Area
N39°19'37.9" E121°10'46.6"
Eclipse2009.avi.
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