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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2023.
Sun eclipse in Kuwait
Artist
George Rodger
Culture
British
Date
1952
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (24.8 × 19.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Susan and Neal Yanofsky
Object number
2022.43.36
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for Blackwell at his camera during the eclipse while the sun was more than 9/10th's covered by the moon. Blackwell spent five weeks in Arabia preparing for these vital three minutes during which time he took 3,000 pictures with a high speed 35 mm camera. His camera was synchronised with chronometers and also with time signals radioed from Rugby, so that the time of each exposure could be recorded to the fraction of a second
George Rodger
Blackwell at his camera during the eclipse while the sun was more than 9/10th's covered by the moon. Blackwell spent five weeks in Arabia preparing for these vital three minutes during which time he took 3,000 pictures with a high speed 35 mm camera. His camera was synchronised with chronometers and also with time signals radioed from Rugby, so that the time of each exposure could be recorded to the fraction of a second
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