Partial Solar Eclipse on 10. May 1994

Only a few summery cumulus clouds sometimes interfered with the view to the partial solar eclipse at early evening on May 10, 1994 in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany. With sinking sun some nice views were possible, like the sun crescent beside the chestnut blossom. Sky turned to soft yellow and orange colours. Shortly after taking the picture with the chestnut blossom the partial eclipsed sun disappeared behind a bank of clouds. Unexpectedly the sun came out again shortly before sunset, appearing in a pale red, then sinking into the grey of haze before reaching the horizon. Most parts of the solar eclipse I viewed from my garden like 1984.

Partial Solar Eclipse on 10. May 1994 The picture of the sun and the cloud was taken with an Olympus OM2 through a Revue refractor (f=910mm, D=60mm) and was exposed 1/1000 second on Fuji100 negative film.

Partial Solar Eclipse on 10. May 1994 The pictures of the sun crescent beside the chestnut blossom an the eclipse set were taken with an Olympus OM2 and Tokina tele zoom 80-200mm with 2x tele converter at 400mm on Fuji100 negative film.