May 19-21, 2012 ALP Xiamen
Annular Solar Eclipse Report - Day 1
by James
Kevin Ty
Day 1 (May
19) - Arrival in Xiamen
Last May 19,
ALPers headed by ALP President James Kevin Ty went to
Xiamen , China to observe and document the May 21, 2012
annular solar eclipse. Joining the Xiamen eclipse
team were ALP VP Jett Aguilar and Mark Vornhusen.
They departed
Manila to Xiamen at around 9:05am after a short 20
minutes delay and arrived in Xiamen at around 10:50am.
Afterwards, they proceeded to Xiamen Hwa Quiao Hotel
which is about 20 minutes away from the airport.
Since it was raining and super cloudy that afternoon ,
they decided to cancel their site inspection as well
make a dry run for their equipment.
They then
opted to just take some rest a bit before
proceeding to SM Xiamen to buy some needed items as well
as have a heavy dinner at a Korean restaurant at the
Mall. They then look around at he mall and got to
visit some photo shops and got to see Canon banners
promoting the May 21, 2012 annular solar eclipse :)
They were also able to test out 2 generic 70mm and 80mm
binoculars as well.
A nice , delicious early lunch
was provided to the eclipse team members during
their flight to Xiamen. |
ALPer Mark Vornhusen posed in
front of SM Xiamen. |
ALPer Jett Aguilar enjoying
the Korean food they ordered. |
Mark: You want some ????
Come dine with us at Xiamen :) |
Canon poster promoting the May
21, 2012 annular solar eclipse at the camera shops. |
Canon banners promoting the
eclipse as also seen at the camera shops :) |
ALPer Mark Vornhusen testing
out the 80mm large binoculars. |
ALPer Mark enjoyed testing out
several models of binoculars there at the camera
shops. |
They then went back to the hotel
and Mark continue to test around his webcam for use with
the Coronado PST he brought to view the eclipse.
May 21,
2012 ALP Annular
Solar Eclipse Expedition to Xiamen, China Main
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