2012-2

2012.05.20 2012 Annular Eclipse Event at MRO – Event Pictures

First of the arrived guests at the 2012 Annular Eclipse at the MRO site enjoying the view. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests from Rancho Hidalgo setting up their solar viewing equipment. Photo by Tony Giancola

Van Romero, Christy Neilson and event guests looking at the 30 inch telescope brought by one of the guests. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests setting up solar telescopes. Photo by Tony Giancola

Professor Jay Pasachoff giving a talk on solar eclipses to event guests. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests preparing their solar telescopes. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests preparing their telescopes for solar observations. Photo by Tony Giancola

VIew in the soutwest direction from the MROI site. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests starting their tour of the 2.4-meter telescope. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests during their tour of the 2.4-meter telescope: control room. Photo by Tony Giancola

Dome of the 2.4-meter telescope. Photo by Tony Giancola

View to the south from the 2.4-meter site. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests making their way up to the 2.4-meter telescope. Photo by Tony Giancola

Dr. Eileen Ryan giving the tour of the 2.4-meter telescope. Photo by Tony Giancola

Professor Jay Pasachoff (far right) enjoying the demonstration of the 2.4-meter telescope. Photo by Tony Giancola

Dr. J. Lewis Fox for NSO giving a talk about solar eclipses. Photo by Tony Giancola

Dr. Colby Jurgenson giving a tour of the MROI. Photo by Tony Giancola

Christy Neil talking to guests. Photo by Tony Giancola

Dr. Dan Klinglemsith giving a mini presentation to a guest of the event about weather monitoring system at the MRO. Photo by Tony Giancola

Graduate student Tyler McCracken giving a tour of the MROI. Photo by Tony Giancola

Dr. Michelle Creech-Eakman giving a talk on NESSI, an instrument that is being built for the 2.4-meter telescope. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests at the start of the BBQ dinner. Photo by Tony Giancola

NMT Astronomy Club members Angie and Jesse volunteering their time at the information desk. Photo by Tony Giancola

NMT and MRO employees helping with the BBQ. Photo by Tony Giancola

Eclipse cookies! Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests enjoying afternoon lectures. Photo by Tony Giancola

Projected image of the sun before the start of the eclipse.

Image of the sun before the start of the eclipse taken with a solar filter

Projected image of the eclipse as it starts

MRO employee Alisa Shtromberg (left) and NMT Alumni Ivana Gorgievska enjoying the festivities

Guests preparing for the start of the eclipse. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests looking through their solar telescopes at the start of the annular eclipse. Photo by Tony Giancola

MRO employee Jan Deninger and other guets looking at a pinhole projection of the eclipse. Photo by Tony Giancola

Photo by Tony Giancola

Many guests enjoyed the front row seat to the eclipse. Photo by Tony Giancola

Dr. Dan Klinglemsith showing the eclipse via a solar telescope to the event guests. Photo by Tony Giancola

Projected image of the sun as the eclipse progresses

Image of the eclipse at the start. Photo by Tony Giancola

Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests waiting for the eclipse to start. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests enjoying the beautiful eclipse. Photo by Tony Giancola

Guests and staff enjoying the eclipse. Photo by Tony Giancola

A solar telescope. Photo by Tony Giancola

Photographer Tony Giancola caputring all the event guests and the eclipse with the assistance of guest and NMT Alumni Carsten Steinbach

View of all the event guests and the annular eclipse. Photo by Tony Giancola

Clouds passing over the image of the annular eclipse after it has peaked. Photo by Tony Giancola

View of all the event guests and the solar eclipse. Photo by Tony Giancola

Event participants and guests enjoying the view of the annular eclipse. Photo by Tony Giancola

Dr. J. Lewis Fox taking a picture of the annular eclipse projected onto a screen. Photo by Tony Giancola

Dr. Ifan Payne getting a peak of the annular eclipse. Photo by Tony Giancola

Eclipse photo sequence taken by Magdalena Ridge Observatory graduate student Heather Bloemhard

Crowd gathered watching the eclipse.

Not that is not blurry! The eerie shadows formed by the eclipse.

Annular eclipse before it peaked. Photo by Curtis Warren

Photo by Curtis Warren

Children enjoying the eclipse festivities. Photo by Tony Giancola

Full annular eclipse image taken with a filter. Photo by Curtis Warren

Projected image of the eclipse during its totality

Full annular eclipse image taken with a filter.

Annular eclipse. Photo by N.G. Chakhtoura and Jon Spargo

Beautiful sunset as the eclipse comes to an end