THE LAST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF THE MILLENNIUM OVER ROMANIA
1999 August 11


PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS OF STEFAN BERINDE


THE REAL SCENARIO OF THIS ECLIPSE

the sky is very clear, today it looks to be a normal hot summer day, do we have for sure an eclipse today? emotions increase...
first contact 12h:43m:53s
01. C=0.1%
T=12h:44m:25s
EXP=1/500s+F
02. C=0.3%
T=12h:45m:32s
EXP=1/500s+F
03. C=0.5%
T=12h:46m:10s
EXP=1/500s+F
04. C=0.9%
T=12h:47m:11s
EXP=1/500s+F
05. C=2.4%
T=12h:50m:08s
EXP=1/500s+F
06. C=3.0%
T=12h:51m:06s
EXP=1/500s+F
07. C=7.1%
T=12h:56m:50s
EXP=1/500s+F
08. C=11.5%
T=13h:01m:48s
EXP=1/500s+F
09. C=16.5%
T=13h:06m:51s
EXP=1/500s+F
10. C=21.9%
T=13h:11m:52s
EXP=1/500s+F
11. C=25.3%
T=13h:14m:50s
EXP=1/500s+F
sun becomes weaker, dogs start to bark, peoples are gathering to observe the sun, daylight decreases slowly.
12. C=30.8%
T=13h:19m:22s
EXP=1/500s+F
13. C=35.0%
T=13h:22m:42s
EXP=1/500s+F
14. C=41.4%
T=13h:27m:33s
EXP=1/500s+F
15. C=42.9%
T=13h:28m:39s
EXP=1/500s+F
16. C=49.0%
T=13h:33m:10s
EXP=1/500s+F
wind starts to breeze, insects intensify their activity, sickles becomes visible under the trees, birds fly mainly around trees, the temperature at sun is still high.
17. C=53.8%
T=13h:36m:33s
EXP=1/500s+F
18. C=59.2%
T=13h:40m:21s
EXP=1/500s+F
19. C=67.8%
T=13h:46m:16s
EXP=1/500s+F
20. C=73.0%
T=13h:49m:52s
EXP=1/500s+F
21. C=74.1%
T=13h:50m:34s
EXP=1/500s+F
small bevys of birds appear on the sky, the environement's luminosity decreases very quickly.
22. C=81.2%
T=13h:55m:16s
EXP=1/500s+F
23. C=86.3%
T=13h:58m:40s
EXP=1/500s+F
24. C=91.5%
T=14h:02m:08s
EXP=1/500s+F
25. C=96.7%
T=14h:05m:39s
EXP=1/250s+F
26. C=98.6%
T=14h:07m:01s
EXP=1/250s+F
venus appears shyly, the dark swallows us, peoples cheer, solar corona is outlining, light disappears in a diamond ring, second contact 14h:08m:19s outside is night, it seems to be cold, crickets sing, the horizon is yellow all over around, Baily's beads anchor the solar disk all the time, red protuberances are like hurts.
27. C=100%
T=14h:08m:21s
EXP=1/250s
28. C=100%
T=14h:08m:25s
EXP=1/125s
29. C=100%
T=14h:08m:29s
EXP=1/60s
30. C=100%
T=14h:08m:34s
EXP=1/30s
31. C=100%
T=14h:08m:40s
EXP=1/30s
32. C=100%
T=14h:08m:59s
EXP=1/60s
33. C=100%
T=14h:09m:02s
EXP=1/125s
34. C=100%
T=14h:09m:08s
EXP=1/125s
35. C=100%
T=14h:09m:58s
EXP=1/30s
36. C=100%
T=14h:10m:20s
EXP=1/60s
from west a wall of light comes at high speed, the diamond ring appears instantaneoulsy,
third contact 14h:10m:35s
the sunlight becomes blindly, we put back the sunglasses and filters, outside is daylight again, a little bit disappointment because it was to short.
37. C=100%
T=14h:10m:27s
EXP=1/125s
38. C=100%
T=14h:10m:34s
EXP=1/125s
39. C=99.9%
T=14h:10m:38s
EXP=1/250s
40. C=97.9%
T=14h:12m:19s
EXP=1/250s+F
birds fly again grouped in small bevys, outside is not hot yet and sun shines like in the morning, everybody has disappeared already from streets.
41. C=96.7%
T=14h:13m:07s
EXP=1/250s+F
42. C=94.4%
T=14h:14m:39s
EXP=1/500s+F
43. C=90.9%
T=14h:16m:52s
EXP=1/500s+F
44. C=86.6%
T=14h:19m:32s
EXP=1/500s+F
45. C=82.0%
T=14h:22m:27s
EXP=1/500s+F
the temperature at sun increases suddenly
46. C=72.9%
T=14h:28m:14s
EXP=1/500s+F
47. C=66.0%
T=14h:32m:38s
EXP=1/500s+F
48. C=63.3%
T=14h:34m:25s
EXP=1/500s+F
49. C=54.7%
T=14h:40m:07s
EXP=1/500s+F
50. C=49.3%
T=14h:43m:49s
EXP=1/500s+F
the day becomes normal, it's very hot now, just the notched sun remebers us about the eclipse.
51. C=35.2%
T=14h:53m:48s
EXP=1/500s+F
52. C=28.6%
T=14h:58m:49s
EXP=1/500s+F
53. C=20.9%
T=15h:05m:06s
EXP=1/500s+F
54. C=15.5%
T=15h:09m:51s
EXP=1/500s+F
55. C=9.5%
T=15h:15m:47s
EXP=1/500s+F
for the naked eye the eclipse is over.
56. C=5.7%
T=15h:20m:15s
EXP=1/500s+F
57. C=1.9%
T=15h:25m:48s
EXP=1/500s+F
58. C=0.9%
T=15h:27m:39s
EXP=1/500s+F
59. C=0.7%
T=15h:28m:16s
EXP=1/500s+F
60. C=0.5%
T=15h:28m:50s
EXP=1/500s+F
last contact 15h:30m:48s ECLIPSE OVER! LEGEND


C - solar disk coverage
T - time (GMT + 3)
EXP- exposure (F - with filter)
61. C=0.2%
T=15h:29m:37s
EXP=1/500s+F
62. C=0.2%
T=15h:29m:44s
EXP=1/500s+F
63. C=0.02%
T=15h:30m:36s
EXP=1/500s+F

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This page was created on August 25th, 1999 and last modified on December 10th, 1999 by Stefan Berinde.