Mediterranean Total Solar Eclipse Cruise

March 2006

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Side, Turkey - CNN cameras preparing for eclipse
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Paula in downtown Antalya
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Antalya mosques
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Antalya seeks eclipse tourists
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Antalya street vendor selling solar filters
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Antalya market
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Water pipes and backgammon boards
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Turkish man drinking coffee
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Alex, Paula and Cameron at cruise formal night
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Cameron, Alex and Barbara at cruise formal night
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Eclipse day on Costa Classica cruise ship observation deck - March 29, 2006
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Barbara and Paula
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Evan photographing partial phase with borrowed solar filter
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Evan discussing photography techniques
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Passenger sharing eclipse filter with Costa Classic crewmember
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Evan videotaping with high definition camcorder
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Evan and Paula looking chic
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Evan, Paula and Barbara
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Crescent sun projected on towel through holes in cabin keycard
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Totality! Venus at lower right. Canon Digital Rebel, 1/25 second, f/3.5, ISO 1600, focal length 10mm. 10:44:00 UT.
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Alex and Cameron viewing partial phase after third contact
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Welding mask used as solar filter
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Alex fitting his solar filter
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Paula viewing through image-stabilized 15x50mm binoculars with solar filters
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Creative solar filter holders
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Path of Costa Classica from Antalya to Naples - the change of course was where we observed totality
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Entrance to Pompeii ruins
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Pompeii Marina Gate - small entrance for pedestrians, large entrance for chariots
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Evan deciding where to go in Pompeii as Cameron and Alex wait
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The Pompeii Forum with Mount Vesuvius in the background
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Evan at the Forum
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Barbara at the Forum
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Mount Vesuvius and the Forum
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Alex with map, Cameron with Pompeii: Before and After book
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Alex reading his Pompeii map
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Alex resting on Dad's walking stick
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Plaster cast of Pompeii victim
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Alex on stepping stone for crossing water-filled street
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Wall painting in Pompeii private home
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Alex and Paula
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Greeting at entrance to House of the Faun -- "Have" means "Hail" or "Hello"
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Waiting on line to get back on the Costa Classica, Naples
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Naples harbor with castles at bottom and top of hill
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Costa Classica and Mount Vesuvius
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Costa Classica departing Naples harbor



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