Video of Total Solar Eclipse 20090722, Chongqing, China
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The video was shot on a tripod mounted Sony High Definition Handycam, HDR-XR500V, fitted with a 2X teleconverter.  This was actually Plan B.  I had practiced with the handycam mounted piggyback on my telescope, thereby eliminating the need for manually re-centering the camera every few minutes.  I discovered eclipse morning that I had forgotten to pack the mounting bracket.  Lesson re-learned.  The video runs 9 1/2 minutes.

Still shots of the eclipse can be seen on my
Flickr Page.
Click here for Google Maps view of eclipse site
Click here for Janaki Lund Jensen's report from the Niels Bohr Institute