Total Solar Eclipse, Aug 1, 2008, in Nunavut Eclipse Ends

The total eclipse of the Sun, seen over the Canadian Arctic, August 1, 2008. Photographed from an altitude of 27,000 feet from a location 140 km east of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Movie by Alan Dyer, taken with a Sony HD video camera.

This movie takes us from just after mid-totality through the second diamond ring, past third contact and into the partial phases. Notice the dramatic and sharply defined edge of Moon's shadow departing the scene as it moves off the Sun to the left (west) and as it does so, the diamond ring appears. After this, the shadow moved off away from us and headed north toward the Pole and over the Pole into Russia and China. We were the first in the world to see this eclipse -- 8 of us Canadians and two pilots on board a KingAir aircraft out of Cambridge Bay. We flew out about 2:30 am and intercepted the path and the shadow nearly on the centreline at almost precisely at mid-eclipse.

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[xcruzrr6]

that's cool as sh*t. nice shot