Eclipse in France - August 11th 1999

Paris, Wednesday 11th of August, 1999
Wednesday 11th of August, 1999, a total eclipse of the sun was visible in France along the line from Cherbourg to Strasbourg. Paris was outside of the shadow zone of the eclipse. In this town, the sun was 99% hidden by the moon but the 1% remaining was enough to give daylight. 

The overexposed photo of 12:29 is the result of the camera being slow to adapt to the return of luminosity. The purpose of these photos is not to show the sun disappearing behind the moon but simply to display the variation ot the luminosity during the eclipse in Paris. The photos show that there is very little variation in surrounding luminosity between the beginning of the eclipse (sun 1% hidden) and the "nearly" total   eclipse (sun 99% hidden).

The variation in luminosity is only spectacular during a total eclipse (sun 100% hidden).

Unfortunately, the time between each photo was too long to capture the exact moment of the total   eclipse. I will remember this for the next total eclipse in France, in 2081...

Maximum eclipse (99% in Paris)