La Serena
La Serena was our eclipse base. We stayed in Hostal Casa Matta, a family run guest house close to the main plaza.
The FaceBook Eclipse Group
A FaceBook Eclipse group was set up for the eclipse. We made many new friends and we all met up one evening in La Serena.
Kryss with Chilean born, Josie and Canada born, Joy.
Kryss with Iranian born, Shadan, a planetary scientist.
Tara (USA), Kryss (UK), Talaat (UK), Lukasz (Canada), Xavier (France), Steve (UK), Tunc (Turkey).
Kryss giving a talk about past eclipses at the FaceBook Eclipse Group meeting in La Serena.
Group Photo
The FaceBook Eclipse Group a couple of days before the eclipse.
Janine, the founder of the group, is fourth from the left.
T-Shirts
T-shirts for sale in La Serena.
Mamalluca
Kryss and Talaat at Mamalluca Observatory.
Eclipse Day
A bird flies between the eclipsed Sun and Venus during Totality. The Green Flash at sunset.
Post-Eclipse
Local newspaper the day after the eclipse.
Talaat, Lukasz, Kryss and Evan after a post-eclipse lunch.
Lunar Eclipse
Two weeks after the solar eclipse there was a partial eclipse of the Moon which we saw from our nineth floor apartment in the city of Cordoba in Argentina.
Moonrise over Cordoba. Above the eclipsed Moon (going up) are Saturn, Jupiter and Antares.
The lunar eclipse of 16 July 2019.
Photo Credits
Kryss Katsiavriades
Hostal. T-shirts. Totality, green flash. Newspaper. Lunar eclipse.
Talaat Qureshi
Kryss with Joy, Shadan. Small group. Post-eclipse lunch.
David Wetherall
Kryss with Josie.
Joy Daniels
Kryss giving talk. All group.
Mamalluca Observatory
Kryss and Talaat at Mamalluca Observatory.
KryssTal Related Pages
The 2019 eclipse main page.
Maps of the path of the 2019 eclipse from Fred Espenak and Xavier Jubie and eclipse details at the observation site.
People from the 2019 eclipse.
Photos from Caleta del Hornos, the village of the 2019 eclipse.
General photos of the eclipse base, posters, t-shirts and meetings.
