Partial Solar Eclipse from Athens



This is my picture from my balcony in southern Athens(KM17UW) today the 20th of March 2015 showing the partial solar eclipse that took place. Enjoy. Also in the upper left side of the sun disc you a can see a sun spot. I am using a Nikon DSLR and a Tamron 70-300 lens ,and of course attached is the solar filter.

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