March 20th 2015 – Solar Totality!

Solar totality as seen from the deck of the Fred Olsen cruise ship MS Boudicca on the morning of March 20th 2015. Despite walking out into a heavy snow storm at 5am, a bit of tenacity, positional adjustment and plain old luck brought MS Boudicca into a patch of sea 230 miles north of the Faroe Islands, which had blue skies! A more detailed report will follow but for the moment here are a few shots of the event…

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1 thought on “March 20th 2015 – Solar Totality!

  1. Many thanks for sharing the photos. Witnessing Totality & seeing the Northern Lights are almost the only items left on the bucket list. One day….

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