アメリカ自然史博物館のインスタグラム(amnh) - 8月18日 08時51分

FROM THE ARCHIVES: in anticipation of Monday's eclipse, the Museum is releasing rarely seen footage and photos of a 1937 Museum expedition to the Peruvian Andes to capture some of the first color video of a total solar eclipse. The trip included shots like this one, taken from a plane at 25,000--images which would improve scientists' understanding of the Sun's corona. In 1937, Hayden Planetarium Curator Clyde Fisher and some dozen fellow sky-gazers traveled to Peru to be in the path of the Moon’s shadow on June 8th and to record their scientific observations. It promised to be a spectacular sight, as the Sun would be near the horizon—about half an hour from setting—adding the glory of a sunset to the uncanny coloring of an eclipse sky. The expedition personnel were divided into five groups, each positioned at a distinct location in case cloudy skies obscured a particular viewing spot. Team members observed the eclipse from 14,600 feet (4,450 meters), or nearly 3 miles, above sea level in the Andes, but Major Albert Stevens might have laid claim to the most unique view—he photographed the eclipse from a plane at 25,000 feet (7,620 meters). This was a higher elevation than had ever been attempted for eclipse photography. Photo: Maj. Albert Stevens. #tbt #archival #amnh #solareclipse #astronomy #airplanephotography #eclipse #eclipse2017 #peru

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