Cebu: Partial Solar Eclipse

March 9, 2016

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Partial Solar Eclipse happens when the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth, but they don’t align in a perfectly straight line, so the Moon only partially covers the Sun’s disc.

Solar Eclipse 01

We experienced this phenomenon today and I was awestruck at how the sun looked like a crescent moon.

We were in Boljoon when I took the above photo at around 9 AM. I took it with our van’s tinted windows as my photo filter. Our driver noticed my struggles in framing my shots, so he pulled over so I could take more photos. Yey!

Here’s my favorite shot from today.

Solar Eclipse 02

Photos taken using a Sony RX 100 II.

6 responses to “Cebu: Partial Solar Eclipse”

panhirsch

Mar 10, 2016 at 7:14 am

Beautiful shot! Excellent!

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1. milai
  
  Mar 10, 2016 at 2:27 pm
  
  Thank you.
  
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T. Madigan

Mar 10, 2016 at 1:44 pm

Great post, Milai and great partial eclipse pics too. Would you mind if I share them with my readers?

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1. milai
  
  Mar 10, 2016 at 2:29 pm
  
  Hi. It was an amazing sight. Thanks for dropping by. And yes, feel free to share. 😊
  
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  1. T. Madigan
    
    Mar 11, 2016 at 2:35 am
    
    Hi Milai, I’ve updated my blog post to include your image of the eclipse and a link to your blog and your post about the eclipse: http://wp.me/p6EO97-Nr. Thanks again for sharing.
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