Solar Eclipse 2001
After two nights at the Sambesi river we had to leave the park due to lack
of space to stay overnight. So we left Mana Pools NP to get some gas and we met the first eclipse chasers
as well as a television team.
After we got enough gas we drove through Mana Pools NP and some safari areas
to the border of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. After hours of dirty roads
and and incredible empty country we arrived at Kanyemba Lodge where we want to watch the eclipse.
In the early hours of June 21st we visited a observing place where we observed the eclipse during the day.
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I observed the eclipse with a 10 cm f/10 Maksutov telescope. Unfortunately, you can't imagine the feelings and impressions during the eclipse. You have to see an eclipse to understand why many people from all over the world travel to the path of a total solar eclipse. The next one happens next year over southern africa.
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Only a few seconds til the corona appears. It got colder and darker. The sun disappeared and the diamond ring appears. |