4 Responses to “Jan. 15, 2010 Sunset Partial Solar Eclipse over Manila Bay”

  1. Beautiful. I was in another place in Manila Bay taking pictures and video, and my view of the last few seconds of the setting sun was a bit blocked by the breakwater. I’m glad you captured it for us here.

    • Hi Mr. Jose Fadul,

      Do you have a website of your solar eclipse images and video? I would love to see it.

      Thanks!

      Regards,
      Erika

  2. Love the picture of “Eddie” by the sea.. hehe.. Pwede pa post sa astrophils?hehe ^_^

    • sure!



PAGASA said that a solar partial eclipse will be witness in the Philippines on July 22, 2009. the eclipse will start in Metro Manila at exactly 8:33:01 a.m. The eclipse's full visibility will be seen at 9:43 a.m. and will end at 11:01:51 a.m.

Pagasa also warned spectator to avoid looking directly at the solar eclipse without safety eye devices. wWe can use X-ray films, sun glasses, smoked glass, photographic films and negatives or we can view the eclipse by indirect viewing by projectng the image with a pinhole camera.

The Philippines will witness a partial solar eclipse on July 22, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Thursday. The state weather bureau said the path of the moon's umbral shadow will begin in India and is expected to cross Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Central China, the Pacific Ocean, Ryukyu Island, Marshal Island and Kiribati.

It said a partial eclipse will be witnessed in several parts of the Philippines including Metro Manila, Calayan Island, Laoag City, Tuguegarao City, Baguio City, Angeles City in Pampanga, Puerto Princesa in Palawan, Lucena City, Naga City, Iloilo, Cebu, Zamboanga, Sulu, Davao and General Santos City.

Source : http://ph.news.yahoo.com/abs/20090710/tph-philippines-to-witness-solar-eclipse-8061bf7.html