The pictures on the next page were taken from a tripoid while we were watching the eclipse. We did not take pictures of sun and moon. You will only see the eastern horizon and be able to watch the changes in the atmospere.

Have a close look though. You will be witness of two phenomena. First, the clouds clearly dissolve while the atmosphere chills. Second, the moonshadow shifts eastward: when the total eclips starts above us, the clouds on the horizon still catch sunlight; and vice versa, when we catch the first rays of the reappearing sun, the eastern horizon is still darkened by the shadow of the moon.

Vouziers, a small village in the county of Champagne in France, was exactly on the center line of the eclips.

We had darkness for 2.12 minutes. Lucky for us - but not for many people in the neighbouring hills - the sky was clear around the sun so we fully enjoyed the spectacular view. See the map.

Warning: the pictures on the next page are quit large. Altogether, your browser has to devour some 450 kB.

Btw: I received a notice of Dave Carter from Great Britain: he took pictures in Vouzier as well, of the eclipse itself, and you can view them on his internet site! He shows how you can safely view the sun 'through' binoculars. Interested in the sun and moon themselves? Look at Jan Pieter's website.