4th Dec 2002 Ceduna Total Solar Eclipse
It's difficult to describe a total eclipse. We waited, on a cold and cloudy day, after travelling almost a thousand kilometres; feeling the tension build, the apprehension - will the sky clear?The newspapers warned us not to use the eclipse glasses, but the scientists seemed to think it was okay, so we did, and we weren't disappointed as the orange glow of the sun disappeared behind the invisble moon.
An eerie premature dusk bathed the viewers on the foreshore with yellow light and then suddenly all went dark. The sky turned a midnight blue, but my eyes were fixated on the splendid jewel in the sky - the total eclipse of the sun. It's something I'll never forget and something I definitely want to see again!
View photographs of 2002 Australian Total Solar Eclipse
Setting up camp ~
Outside the Tourist Information Shop ~
Waiting for Totality
Scientists along the foreshore ~
Totality without filters ~
Diamond ring effect ~
Sunset over the water
Photographs copyright Dec 2002 Robin Paine
Text copyright Dec 2002 Beverley Paine
