Total Eclipse Photographed with Fish-eye Lens

This photograph was taken during totality using a fish-eye lens with a field of view of about 160░. The picture clearly shows how small the lunar umbra is. Throughout the whole horizon from the east (on the left) to the west (on the right) one can see that the Sun is shining in the distance. The Sun in the picture is so small and the corona so bright that the black Moon is invisible. In the original picture the Moon's disk diameter should be approximately 0.15 mm. The small white spot on the left under the Sun is the planet Venus. The subjective impression that one gets from the picture is that it is brighter than what you perceive when witnessing it "live". This is caused by the fact that the picture was taken using a long exposure time, sensitive color film and that during the scanning of the negative I tried to preserve the details in the dark part of the picture (landscape). Click on the picture to view a darker, more contrasted version of the picture.