In order to see the eclipse, visit Arecibo, and tour the island of Puerto Rico,
my father & I opted to view the eclipse from the SE corner of the Island.
We
started out in San Juan, a beautiful modern metropolitan city, from there
we drove to Playa
Puerto Maunabo, on the coast
just south of Yabucoa and saw the event at 93% total.
This
was a kind of a convoluted method of taking an eclipse image, but, it went
like this. I used
a #7 green welders' filter in front
of a Kodak 1A 35 mm hand held camera at about 1/100th of a
second. I quess the cresent
shaped image is a 1st surface refraction of the eclipse, while the
dimmer round image is a 2nd surface
refraction of the main overexposed solar image.
(If
my thinking is off on this please let me know.)
After the event we ate at a resturant
with this as it's backyard. Then we motored to Bandos
De Coamo, a beautiful litte inn
hidden away in the PR jungle near Ponce. A great place
to stay, even found a fast food
place that sold, cheap Lobster sandwichs, excellent faire!!
Viewing the new Gregorian tertiary
reflector, is a Japanese tour group.
Here's an aerial View
The movie CONTACT had been there
a year before.
The next
day we motored towards Aericbo, through Ponce, BRING A GOOD MAP!
The natives were friendly and after
a few false leads, one couple LED us to the proper
road and we were off through the
most winding narrow paved road I've ever been on.
So narrow, that if a semi was coming
the other way you would have to wait to let it make
the switchback curve before proceeding
on. Well we made it to the home of SETI 's
telescope (among other less significant
projects) that afternoon .
11/27/2K4
tjt