Ring of Fire - ASE '10

Eight members of the COEP Astronomy Club (along with three members of a local Astronomy group - 'Akashmitra') had gone to Rameshwaram, a coastal village in South India to catch the Annular Solar Eclipse of 15th Jan 2010. Rameshwaram was chosen for its proximity to the Central Line of Eclipse (refer figure in the previous post for belt of visibility).

In all, the long journey (around 30 hours one way!) was very much worth the 8-10 minutes of annular phase and 3-4 hours of the entire eclipse.

Click here (web album) for remaining photos of the event by the author.