Hi all, Jenn and I went on an "eclipse cruise" that began in Beijing, and went out to a spot near Iwo Jima for totality. Weather has been cloudy nearly every day, but meteorology pro Alister Ling was able to guide the ship to a very clear place for totality. Jenn shot this picture with a fisheye lens. It shows Venus easily, and Mercury (barely) at 1 o'clock from the eclipsed sun. These planets were spectacular visually, and Castor and Pollux pointed directly at the sun/moon. http://members.cox.net/tpolakis/astro/CRW_3883b.jpg I did my best with a 200mm lens, never looking through the viewfinder so I could take it in visually. The one sort of unique image is this gross overexposure, which faintly shows the larger maria on the moon, which was experiencing the brightest Earthshine possible at the time. http://members.cox.net/tpolakis/astro/IMG_8315.jpg More show and tell to come at the club meetings. Tom -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE ? Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.