From: magedtoson@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 01:29:26 -0700 (PDT)
Dear All
I feel that experiencing the Solar Eclipse was so unbelievable that no mail can describe it.
I really enjoyed the company above all.
Off course the center piece of the day was the Eclipse itself, yet i find it important to tell you a bit about what was going on down on Earth. So many feelings and moments but I'll just focus on a few.
Before the start of Eclipse every body was getting there cameras ready. i saw lenses that i have never seen before, cameras that looked like they were designed for the eclipse, telescopes that were huge ( so huge that i didn't know which side to look into) . In our area ( W ) it was like a big festival or carnival. every were you go you meet people you know , old friends, dedicated safarists, and the atmosphere was just great. An open area with friends going all around with their cameras and lenses , every body sharing their photography experience with others, and even sharing equipment. I personally borrowed a filter from Rania, and a film ( I'm considering borrowing her photos). Dr. Samir was sitting on a table making a lot of experimental filters using any material he could find around then giving the results to everyone.
During the partial Eclipse, people were shouting ( Ahoo ahoo bada2 ) then others replying ( feeen daa ) then you hear ( I can see any thing ) a reply would be ( Look the other side ) .It was getting colder and colder. Some of us wet back under the shelter and were praying. and all the shutters were racing . Just before totality the temperature was dropping drastically. The Tiger ( Ahmed el Nemr) said " Hey look on the ground, there are things moving ". I though to my self , here is the first one going crazy. Nemr :" ya gama3a bosso 3ala el ard" , and thought , he one guy looking completely in the wrong side. Very soon every body was looking on the ground. There were ......, well......., things moving on the ground . Things like shadows of clouds but no clouds in the sky. No body ever found out what are the things.
Now totality; unbelievable, just unbelievable, scary if i can say, beautiful it was , Amazing is a word that could be used , cold , dark, conflicting and confusing, It wasn't night and it wasn't daytime. I guess "It was an Eclipse" . But Eclipse is not just a word, I learned that Eclipse is an experience.
Sob7an Allah
Maged Toson
Eclipse is not a word its an experience.
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experience with others, and even sharing equipment. I personally borrowed a filter from Rania, and a film ( I'm considering borrowing her photos). Dr. Samir was sitting on a table making a lot of experimental filters using any material he could find around then giving the results to everyone.
body was looking on the ground. There were ......, well......., things moving on the ground . Things like shadows of clouds but no clouds in the sky. No body ever found out what are the things.
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