Partial solar eclipse
This morning's partial solar eclipse taken from Christchurch. One of few locations in New Zealand where the weather afforded a decent view of the eclipse. The initial part of the eclipse was covered by some cloud on the horizon. There was no appreciable loss of light when the moon moved in front of the sun. This is a composite of a small selection from the 482 images that I took of the eclipse between 6:26am and 8:17am. if you zoom in on the images you should be able to see the small black dots on the sun. These are the sunspots which are temporary, dark, and cooler regions on the Sun's surface caused by concentrated magnetic fields that inhibit the flow of heat from the interior.
Partial solar eclipse
This morning's partial solar eclipse taken from Christchurch. One of few locations in New Zealand where the weather afforded a decent view of the eclipse. The initial part of the eclipse was covered by some cloud on the horizon. There was no appreciable loss of light when the moon moved in front of the sun. This is a composite of a small selection from the 482 images that I took of the eclipse between 6:26am and 8:17am. if you zoom in on the images you should be able to see the small black dots on the sun. These are the sunspots which are temporary, dark, and cooler regions on the Sun's surface caused by concentrated magnetic fields that inhibit the flow of heat from the interior.