© Dennis Put
© Willy Schuppert"Early this morning I climbed the heli-port on top of the VUMC hospital building in Amsterdam, to observe this amazing eclipse, together with an even more amazed helicopter pilot. I used my Nikon D60 camera to take some shots of this thrilling sight."
© Rob Driessen"A very lucky morning today to catch this partial solar eclipse in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Missed the sunrise because of a band of clouds, but then it was all worth my while. Best partial solar eclipse I've ever witnessed. Camera used Fuji Finepix S9600 at 300mm and with solar filter except for the first solar picture. Even with the small camerasensor one can easily see the sunspot when the moon has almost moved away from the solar disk. Finally got to use my China 2009 eclipse goggles..."
© Jan KoemanWesterschelde river, the Netherlands: "This morning I saw the most beautiful 'double' sunrise I've ever seen! The eclipsed sun appeared through the clouds above the horizon like an orange banana. At one moment the sun looked like a smoking gun, but this was smoke from the industrial area of the Antwerp harbour in Belgium, beneath the fantastic display."
© Jan Koeman
© Wouter VerhesenSolar eclipse just past maximum in Sittard, The Netherlands 09:56 local time. Solarmax 40 F10, Lu075.
© Peter Rosén"For the partial sun eclipse the weather forecast was very pessimistic until last moment here in Stockholm. But then it changed and we got a fantastic display although a little delayed because of the clouds. The eclipse started before sunrise but did not emerge from behind the clouds until 8h16 UT. The first picture also shows a green, possibly a blue flash. It was taken through a WO FLT-110 apochromatic telescope at prime focus with a Canon Eos 40D and without a sunfilter. I then put on a sunfilter and the second picture shows the crescent emerging at 8h22 UT. The third picture taken at 8h41 UT is from the maximum at 85%, just a little bellow the theoretical maximum of 86% visible in the north of Sweden. The fourth picture was taken at 8h52 UT and the clouds started coming back and completely obstructed the view a little later."
© Peter Rosén
© Kari A. Kuure
© Luke Broom-Lynne"Well, I hit lucky with the eclipse this morning in Norfolk, UK. Found a suitable high spot to view the sunrise, but thick cloud prevented viewing anything. However, at 8:45 the clouds miraculously cleared and gave superb filtered views. I've seen loads of solar eclipses, including a total one, but this one was particularly spectacular due to the low elevation, interesting clouds and a fortuitous flock of birds. Taken with a 75-300 Canon zoom on a Canon 450D."
© Philippe Van den Doorn"Early, this morning, (center of Belgium) a beautifull eclipse, between clouds, very low and... a very cold sun! (EOS 450+ 80mm telescope - Sony @ +zoom 200mm)."
© Rob Kantelberg"This morning I imaged the partial eclipse rising sun with a Sony DSLR and a 400mm telelens from the Netherlands. There was just a small gap in the clouds on the eastern horizon."
© Rob Kantelberg
© Robbert-Jan Westerduin"Very impressive sunrise! First a pillar of light annoucing the sunrise. And then the partially eclipsed Sun. I was very lucky, it was complete overcast except for a small band at the horizon. Photo's are made with a Canon 450D with 200mm lens."
This photo from the Netherlands shows three dark lines that are all connected together if you look fairly closely.
As I understand features of this size ( and this one is absolutely enormous! ) can only be generated by activity deep within the Sun.
Not sure what it means though....