May 19-21, 2012 ALP Xiamen Annular Solar Eclipse Report - Day 1
by James Kevin Ty
 

Day 1 (May 19) - Arrival in Xiamen

Last May 19, ALPers headed by ALP President James Kevin Ty went to Xiamen , China to observe and document the May 21, 2012 annular solar eclipse.  Joining the Xiamen eclipse team were ALP VP Jett Aguilar and Mark Vornhusen.

They departed Manila to Xiamen at around 9:05am after a short 20 minutes delay and arrived in Xiamen at around 10:50am.  Afterwards, they proceeded to Xiamen Hwa Quiao Hotel which is about 20 minutes away from the airport.  Since it was raining and super cloudy that afternoon , they decided to cancel their site inspection as well make a dry run for their equipment.

They then opted  to just take some rest a bit before proceeding to SM Xiamen to buy some needed items as well as have a heavy dinner at a Korean restaurant at the Mall.  They then look around at he mall and got to visit some photo shops and got to see Canon banners promoting the May 21, 2012 annular solar eclipse :)  They were also able to test out 2 generic 70mm and 80mm binoculars as well. 

A nice , delicious early lunch was provided to the eclipse team members during their flight to Xiamen.

ALPer Mark Vornhusen posed in front of SM Xiamen.

ALPer Jett Aguilar enjoying the Korean food they ordered.

Mark:  You want some ???? Come dine with us at Xiamen :)

Canon poster promoting the May 21, 2012 annular solar eclipse at the camera shops.

Canon banners promoting the eclipse as also seen at the camera shops :)

ALPer Mark Vornhusen testing out the 80mm large binoculars.

ALPer Mark enjoyed testing out several models of binoculars there at the camera shops.

They then went back to the hotel and Mark continue to test around his webcam for use with the Coronado PST he brought to view the eclipse.

ALP MAY 21, 2012 ANNULAR / PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE PHOTO GALLERY

May 21, 2012 ALP Annular Solar Eclipse Expedition to Xiamen, China Main Page

 

 

 

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