Svalbard 18.3.2015-20.3.2015

Longyearbyen - Advendalen - Total Solar Eclipse 20.03.2015

Video compilation of

total solar eclipse

- partial phase - diamondring

- totality  - fisheye timelapse

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our campsite west of Longyearbyen

tenting at -18°C

mountain range to the W

ice covered rocks at the coast

coastal ice deposits

coastal ice deposits

ice covered rocks at the coast

ice covered rocks at the coast

ice covered rocks at the coast

sun and cloud mixture

strange rock erosion

our campsite in sunlight

searching for a perfect observation site

road to Advendalen

Advendalen

equipment training at the campsite one day before eclipse

visiting Longyearbyen

visiting Longyearbyen

afternoon light

pancake ice

pancake ice indicates freezing of fjord

hour long sunset due to 89° latitude

hour long sunset due to 89° latitude

evening light

evening light

hour long sunset due to 89° latitude

hour long sunset due to 89° latitude

our camp on eclipse day

fjord freezing over due to permanent cold

tourist observation site on eclipse day

Polarbears are common in Svalbard

preparing for the eclipse

preparing for eclipse

preparing for the eclipse

shortly before eclipse

shortly after first contact

partial phase

shortly before total eclipse

last sunrays before totality

chromosphere gets visible

diamondring before totality

last sunray, totality starts

beginning of totality

inner Corona at totality

landscape under total eclipse

mid eclipse view

Solar Corona at mid of total eclipse

full Solar Corona

near end of totality

totality ends, beginning diamondring

end of totality

shortly after total eclipse

partial phase after totality

 

Svalbard, airborne view

Svalbard, airborne view

sea ice accumulation, airborne view

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