About 5 years ago some friends and I decided to go to Cornwall in August 1999 to
see the eclipse. As the time approached, I did a bit of Internet research and discovered
that the chances of cloud in Cornwall would be 60%. Further research showed that the
clearest skies would be in Iran, so I went there instead, on a 11-day trip which included
visits to five beautiful Persian cities. I made comprehensive notes so that I could
put a travelogue here, but lost the notes on the last day. So here are a few of my photos.
They are in no particular order. Well, actually they are in
alphabetical order of filename, which is how my thumbnail generator lays them
out.
 The
Back Seat Crew Some of the friends I made on the trip. Such lovely
people. 92.24 Kb |
 The
courtyard in the Citadel at Bam The Citadel at Bam is a walled city
built almost entirely from sun-baked brick. 79.95 Kb |
 The
Citadel Gatehouse at Bam More sun-baked brick. 107.87 Kb |
 Live
chicks in the market Young chickens, dyed fluorescent colours, sold as
toys for little children. 106.20 Kb |
 The
Eclipse If you look carefully, you can see that the spots of light
between the shadows formed by the leaves are crescent shaped. This was after
totality. 139.39 Kb |
 A Mosque We saw so many beautiful buildings that I cannot remember where this one was. The Emam Mosque in Esfahan was one of the most beautiful buildings I have ever
seen. The decoration uses hand-painted glazed tiles. 174.60 Kb |
 Not
a pinhole camera This image was produced by pointing a telescope at the
sun before totality. 77.26 Kb |
 Post
Box Everything is so beautifully decorated. This was the post box in
the hotel at Esfahan 88.47 Kb |
 Sugarloaves Sugarloaves
and granular sugar for sale in the market 114.23 Kb |
 The
Eclipse-chasers Convention
About a third of our group setting up their tripods and experiments
before totality. 126.14 Kb |