Kaya Side Hotel - Eclipse Day, 3/29/2006

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An Eclipse-Chaser's Dream751 viewsThe beachfront park behind the Kaya Side Hotel was an ideal site for watching an eclipse, and the weather was cooperative.

Mezze751 viewsTurkish hors-d'oeuvres.

Cabbage Rolls and Stuffed Peppers750 viewsIn Turkish the cabbage rolls are called Lahana Sarmasi; in Romanian they are Sarmasi, in Greek they are Lahanodolmades, in Polish Golabki, in Russian Golubtsy. Regardless of what you call them, they are delicious.

Rube Goldberg Improvisation748 viewsChuck and Elouise concocted some cockamamie scheme to try to capture the onset of totality, while I looked on with bemused scepticism. Don't remember how well their crazy apparatus worked.

Shadows on the Sheet747 viewsThe image of the partially-eclipsed sun is projected through Sandie's binoculars onto the sheet spread on the ground.

Closing in on Totality739 viewsThe binocular projections show us that the Sun is now about 2/3 covered by the Moon.

Dining Companions738 viewsChuck and Elouise munch away on the Kaya Side goodies, as do Jim Windlinger, Attila, Michelle and Cherie at the next table. The emply seats opposite Chuck and Elouise are ours; Sandie and I were scampering about taking pictures.

Bombe II736 viewsIn the movie, the dessert chef and heroine, played by Jacqueline Bisset, is to be killed by a bomb within a bombe. The Kaya Side bombes also exploded, but only with flavor in one's mouth.

LIghting the Fuse736 viewsMaybe these are real bombs after all, and the cooks are really terrorists in disguise.

Lap of Luxury735 viewsThe Kaya Side was probably the most luxurious hotel I've ever stayed in, not excepting Las Vegas. The roses and rose petals scattered around the bathroom added an extra touch of opulence to an already outstanding ambience.

Shooting the Eclipse733 viewsMichelle Evans borrowed an 8" Meade LX-200 Schmidt-Cassegrain (large scope in center) from Space Camp Turkey for the eclipse, but it was for visual use only, no photography. Some photographers were content with cameras on tripods (right of center). Others didn't event bother with tripods.

Ready to Shoot the Eclipse733 viewsMy equipment: a TeleVue Pronto 70mm refractor on a TelePod mount; a Baader mylar white-light filter, and an Olympus OM-1 film camera. In the background, just behind my back, Marvin Blaski is relaxing and enjoying the spectacle.

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