Liquid Drop Effect
by Dan Heim
Photographer Comments:
Optics: Takahashi FS-128,
eyepiece projection @ 104X, Coronado SM40 H-alpha filter
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, 1/10 s exposure at f/15
November 8th, 2006, Heimhenge, AZ, 1600 MST
As Mercury approached 3rd contact, I captured a series of images
in hopes of seeing the "liquid drop" effect. This is
the best of that series. By this time, the Sun was getting pretty
low in the sky, and the seeing was less than ideal.