Consequently, sites that were only a few kilometres from each other had very different viewing conditions. Some photos and spectra of the eclipsed Sun are displayed below, with short texts about the circumstances under which they were made. Please note that reproduction of pictures on this webpage is only permitted, if the author is mentioned as source. Information made available before the eclipse is available here . It begins with some sequences of the first partial phase and the eclipse watchers.
Clouds move over and the landscape darkens as the phase of totality approaches.
The Sun is again visible at the very moment this phase ends. Some further sequences from the second partial phase follow. Produced by Herbert Zodet . The weather predictions in the days before the eclipse were not good for Munich and surroundings. On August 10, it seemed that the chances were best in France and in the western parts of Germany, and much less close to the Alps.