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Annular Eclipse of 22nd August 1998
Viewed from Pulau Pemanggil
This web page was created 05 September 1998
This page was last updated on Saturday, November 07, 1998
 A whole group of divers
specially took the trouble to witness an unforgettable event.
This event is none other than the last solar eclipse to ever touch Asean shores before the millenium is up. The annular eclipse took place on 22nd August 1998 at around 8 a.m. Singapore time. "Annular" means ring-shaped and an eclipse happens when a celestial body is blocked by another celestial body thus creating a rare and unforgettable experience for all. In an annular eclipse, the sun would look like a ring as the moon came into alignment with it.
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 Pulau Pemanggil was one of
the Malaysian islands which would be directly
along the path of the eclipse, thus offering the
participants an opportunity to go for a dive trip
and see the eclipse.I am now proud to present you with my photos of this remarkable event! They are remarkable in that all I used was a pair of sunglasses, a pair of "eclipse shades" and a simple automatic camera (and it wasn't even an SLR camera!), plus a few trick techniques experience has taught me. Right now I want to thank Pua Lip Peng of DSO National Laboratories for lending me the use of the Nikon Coolscan to transfer the images directly from the film, without which the images you now see would never have been so good! (Damned photo studios don't ever seem to be able to get the right print).
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Photos from the
trip Click here to see the whole
batch of photos. Pay particular attention to
Frame #16 - it is the highlight of the day, with
the annular ring visible. |
There are related sites that carry information about eclipses. Some of these sites are really cool. Check them out:
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