Photographs of the
Total Solar Eclipse of 1995 Oct 24
By Fred Espenak

The three photographs of the total solar eclipse of 1995 Oct 24 were taken by Fred Espenak (NASA/GSFC) from the small town of Dundlod, India. The eclipse was unique for its low altitude (23 degrees) and short duration (40 seconds), due to the fact that the Moon was only 1.1% larger than the Sun. As a result, the limbs of the Sun and Moon were in close proximity to each other over a rather long arc at second and third contacts. 

The photos were made with a Nikon FE and a Sigma 400mm APO f/5.6 lens using a 2x Tamron converter to give 800 mm at f/11. Exposures were 1/125 for the diamond ring shots and 1 second for the shot of totality. The photographs were made on Kodak Royal Gold 100 which was developed and digitized onto a Kodak Photo CD.