Chinese eclipse site inspection
Miscellaneous photos
July 2009

Aurora in Shanghai...

...and like the real thing, is more spectacular at night!

The night spectacle of Shanghai's Pudong district as seen from the Bund

The river boats compete with the illuminated buildings in a spectacular fashion...

...and I'm not sure which wins!

Speedy blue.

You can even watch TV while it's all going on!!

Colonial buildings along the Bund, Shanghai

View from my hotel room in Shanghai...

...and from my room in Hangzhou.

The only Sun seen on the inspection visit was from Wuzhen!

The selected viewing area at Wuzhen

Noctilucent clouds seen at 35,000 feet over Russia on the flight over to China

Tianhuangping Reservoir didn't look inviting on our first visit...

...in fact the weather was dreadful!

The Sunny Resort Hotel, looking anything but...

...however, sometimes you need to take a leap of faith.
The Pearl Tower, Shanghai (50% original size)