On March 29, 2006 a group of 32 people traveling with Sirius Travel made their way into Turkey's Cappadocia region to view a total eclipse of the sun. 3 minutes and 37 seconds of totality and with clear skies, we saw an incredibly beautiful and colorful eclipse! Combined with a great group of people to observe with made for a fantastic experience. Here are the photos from this eclipse trip. We hope you enjoy them!

Notes:
The feature that I noticed most about this eclipse was the Chromosphere (or "Ring of Color"). Through a telescope the prominances provided a spectacular show for the duration of the event.

Also, Sirius guide Ralph Shuping has set up a website with many of the images that he took while on the tour. Please click here to visit if you are interested. The images of his posted below are low-res versions of the images on his website.

The Eclipse:

• Partial phase through telescope by Eliane (© Dubois)
• Sun at 75% (© Deguire)
• Sun at 80% (© Deguire)
• Diamond Ring (© Ralph Shuping)
• Totality, long exposure (© Deguire)
• Totality, short exposure (© Deguire)
• Totality (© Ralph Shuping)
• Totality (© Ralph Shuping)
• Ray's eclipse video (in WinDVD format) and pics from the trip (© Madgiarz) (note - if you are having trouble with this file on a PC, try right clicking and save it to your desktop - then open the file with Windows Media Player.) **NEW**
• Temperature profile (© Madgiarz)
• Light profile (© Madgiarz)
• Eclipse data (© Madgiarz)
• Our location (© Ralph Shuping)

• Fabien, Sophie, & Barbara ready for the day. (© Wood)
• Joe, Michelle, & Jim (© Deguire)
• Julie & Jim (© Wood)
• Jody contemplates the telescope (© Sahami)
• Fifi waits for totality (© Sahami)
• John and Jennifer also wait for totality (© Sahami)
• Chris prepares for totality (© Sahami)
• The Dubois family on the hill (© Dubois)
• Viewers on the hill one, two (© Smith)
• Viewers near the bus (© Alten) **NEW**
• Vista from on top of the hill (© Smith)
• Marcel checks the image.. (© Sahami)
• Pierre & Francine (© Sahami)
• Matthew & Bernadette (© Sahami)
• Ray & Irene collecting data (© Wood)
• Ray & Irene (© Sahami)
• On the other hill (© Dubois)
• Oguz (our driver) operated the tour telescope perfectly! (© Wood)
• Our guide, drivers (we adopted the other driver as well), and Ellyn at the telescope (© Sahami)
• The moon shadow approaches! (© Eliane Dubois)
• Site during totality (© Deguire)
• Teddy post-eclipse (see the shadow still darkening the sky behind her!) (© Sahami)
• Ugur launches the post-eclipse celebrations! (© Mascall)
• Group post-eclipse (© Sweeney)
• Vicky, Ralph, and Ellyn post-eclipse (© Sweeney)
• Vicky, Ralph, Richard, and Ellyn post-eclipse (© Mascall)
• Michelle and Joe return to the bus after a successful eclipse! (© Sahami)
• Ralph celebrates: one & two (© Sahami)
• Ellyn poses with the schoolkids that inherited the Solarscope (© Sahami)
• School bus to Anapinar (© Dubois)

• Our Welcome Dinner (© Sahami)
• Ralph photographs the Blue Mosque at night (© Sahami)
• The Blue Mosque at night (and Ralph) (© Sahami)
• Breakfast at the hotel in Istanbul (© Smith)
• Street in front of our hotel in the early morning (© Sahami)
• One of the lobbies in our hotel (© Sahami)
• Group at dinner after the Turkish Baths (© Sweeney)
• The Hippodrome obelisks: one, two (© Smith)
• Ed photographs the Blue Mosque (© Sahami)
• Faucets at the entry to the Blue Mosque (© Sahami)
• Tiles inside the Blue Mosque: one, two, three (© Smith)
• Ray puts his shoes on at the Blue Mosque (© Sahami)
• The Aya Sofia (© Sahami)
• The Aya Sofia at sunrise (© Ralph Shuping)
• Aya Sofia at dawn from hotel window (© Smith)
• Golden christian mosaic in the Aya Sofya (© Sahami)
• Ralph in the Aya Sofya (with cat) (© Caivano) **NEW**
• On the boat on the Bosphorus (© Smith)
• Ellyn enjoying the boat ride on the Bosphorus (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Theresa on the boat with a wonderful backdrop (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Palace Guard on the Bosphorus (© Wood)
• Entry to the Grand Bazaar (© Smith)
• The Grand Bazaar (© Sahami)
• Turkish Delight in the Grand Bazaar (© Smith)
• The underground Cistern (© Smith)
• Jim on stage (© Wood)
• Ed and the belly dancer.. (This pic was obtained by Ralph and Theresa - nice work!)

Cappadocia:

• The Peri Hotel (© Ferguson)
• Jody, Fifi, Teddy, & Jim (© Sahami)
• Stephen takes in the view (© Sahami)
• Vicky & Michelle (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Ellyn photographs the scenery (© Sahami)
• Fifi, Chris, & Teddy returning to the bus (© Sahami)
• Theresa (© Sahami)
• Theresa & the fairy chimneys of Cappadoccia (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Ralph & Michelle at the base of a fairy chimney (© Sahami)
• Eliane & Fabian race around a fairy chimney (© Sahami)
• Fairy chimneys (© Sahami)
• Camel Rock (© Sahami)
• Ralph, running through the fairy chimneys (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Matthew & Bernadette in the underground city (© Wood)
• Matthew (6'2") measures the ceiling in the underground city (6'5") (© Smith)
• A door to deter invaders in the underground city (© Smith)
• Ed seals off the door (© Caivano) **NEW**
• The Dubois kids (© Wood)
• Eliane learns to weave (© Sahami)
• John, Jennifer, Teddy & Ellyn take a break during the weaving demonstration (© Sahami)
• Group listens to an explanation about Turkish carpets (© Sahami)
• Jim, Dennis, & Eliane consider a carpet (© Sahami)
• Dennis inspects a carpet (© Sahami)
• Teddy & Vicky in Goreme (© Sahami)
• Goreme Valley with blooming almond trees (© Sahami)
• Goreme Valley (this hill is featured on our t-shirts..) (© Sahami)
• Becky & Jim in Goreme Valley (© Sahami)
• Christian murals in Goreme: one, two, three (© Smith)
• Chris in Goreme (© Sahami)
• Irene in the Zelve Valley (© Sahami)
• Vicky & Ellyn in a cave in the Zelve Valley (© Ralph Shuping)
• View from a cave in the Zelve Valley (© Sahami)
• Theresa takes a photo in Zelve (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Fifi in Zelve (© Sahami)
• Michelle (and Joe) in the Zelve valley (© Sahami)
• Cliff dwellings being used today (© Sweeney)

Caravanserai:

• A Caravanserai from the Seljuk period (© Smith)
• Close-up of the doorway with Liz & Vicky (© Sweeney)
• The summer stables (© Sahami)
• The mosque (© Sahami)
• Liz starts up the stairs - note building code: railings, riser size.. (© Sahami)
• Becky stays at the bottom of the stairs.. (© Sahami)
• Bernadette in the Caravanserai's mosque (© Sahami)

Konya & the village we stopped in east of Konya:

Pamukkale:

• A cat samples the ancient baths (© Sahami)
• Travertine pools (© Ralph Shuping)
• Chris & Vicky (© Wood)
• Chris & Ellyn (© Sahami)
• Sophie tests the waters (© Wood)
• Bill wades in (© Sahami)
• Sophie & Barb (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Becky steps carefully (© Sahami)
• Theresa takes a photo of the travertine pools (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Becky & Jim (© Sahami)
• Fabien & Eliane (© Sahami)
• Eliane enjoys a wade (© Sahami)

Hieropolis:

• Sheepdog among the tombs in the rain as we enter the site (through the window) (© Caivano) **NEW**
• A tomb (through window) (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Beautiful flowers growing among the tombs (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Chris takes a photo of Theresa (© Sahami)
• An archway on the street (© Sweeney)
• Ed was spotted.. (© Sahami)
• Vicky (© Sahami)
• Fifi (© Sahami)
• Teddy (© Sahami)

Aphrodisias:

• Theresa & Vicky in the theater (© Caivano) **NEW**
• The stadium with its long aspect ratio - a lion's eye view (© Sahami)
• Vicky in the stadium (© Caivano) **NEW**
• The gate at the crossroads to the city (© Sahami)
• Gateway (© Alten) **NEW**
• Teddy at the crossroads to the city (© Sahami)

Kusadasi:

• Silhouettes at sunset (© Sahami)
• Theresa (© Sahami)
• Jody & Stephen (© Sahami)
• Ralph (© Sahami)
• Tennis, anyone? (© Sahami)
• Looking toward the harbor from the hotel at sunset (© Smith)
• The sun sets into the Aegean Sea (© Sweeney)

Ephesus:

• Most of the group in front of the Library of Celsius in Ephesus (scanned, © Sahami) **NEW**
• A curious sign outside of Ephesus (© Dubois)
• Bernadette (& Matthew) in Ephesus :) (© Sahami)
• Three Dubois strolling down the street (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Chris in Ephesus (© Sahami)
• Bill (© Sahami)
• An intricate archway (© Sahami)
• Chris & Vicky (© Smith)
• Vicky under an arch (© Alten) **NEW**
• Bill & Liz (© Sahami)
• Ed & Ellyn (with cat) (© Sahami)
• Ralph as sheepdog (© Sahami)
• Teddy in Ephesus (© Sahami)
• A mosaic duck (© Sahami)
• The Thinkers (ancient public toilet) (© Wood)
• Jody & Stephen (© Sahami)
• Ellyn in Ephesus (© Sahami)
• Matthew listens to a guided tour (© Sahami)
• Irene in front of the Library of Celsius (© Sahami)
• Ray pauses in front of the Library (© Sahami)
• Ed & Ellyn (© Caivano) **NEW**
• A beautiful doorway with blooming tree (© Sahami)
• The Library of Celsius (© Sahami)
• Brothel advertisement (© Sahami)
• The market area with the library in the distance (© Sahami)
• Theresa in the Ephesus stadium (© Sahami)
• Theresa in the Ephesus stadium (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Joe in the Ephesus stadium (© Sahami)
• Jody, Becky, Pierre, & Ellyn outside the Ephesus stadium (© Sahami)
• Pam & Richard in Ephesus (© Sahami)
• Vicky & Ralph (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Looking back at the stadium (© Sahami)
• Bill gives the guard the signal at the House of Mary Magdelene (© Sahami)
• The House of Mary Magdelene (© Sahami)
• Priest entering House of Mary (© Smith)
• The Temple of Artemis - one of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World (© Sahami)
• Flowers of an almond tree (© Sweeney)

Pergamum:

• Ave Pierre (© Deguire) no, wait, Ave Bill! (© Sweeney)
• Pierre on a fallen column (© Sahami)
• A column head (© Sahami)
• Ralph explores the site (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Ralph photographs Ellyn in the upper theater (© Sahami)
• Richard at the top of the stadium (© Sahami)
• Theresa strolls through the ruins (© Caivano) **NEW**
• An archway overlooking the valley below (© Sahami)
• Ralph looks for stray passengers (© Caivano) **NEW**
• The ruins of Pergamum (© Sahami)

Troy:

• a Trojan Cat (© Caivano) **NEW**
• a clean Trojan Cat (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Joe bonds with a Trojan Cat (© Sahami)
• Francine and Teddy stroll through the site (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Ed in Troy (© Sahami)
• Ed manages the film in his camera (© Caivano) **NEW**
• Dennis in Troy (© Sahami)
• The Trojan Horse (© Sweeney)
• Hollywood's version of the Trojan Horse from the movie "Troy" (© Sahami)

Leather show and pottery place..

• Model Ellyn (on left..) (© Wood)
• Model Joe (© Wood)
• Model Ray (on right..) (© Wood)
• A woman near the pottery place (© Deguire)
• A man operates the pottery wheel (© Smith)

On the bus:

• Theresa recharges her batteries (© Wood)
• Barbara & Sophie (© Sahami)
• Our bus driver, Oguz (© Sahami)
• Our guide, Ugur (© Sahami)
• One day on the bus. (© Sahami)
• Another day on the bus.. (© Sahami)
• And another.. (© Sahami)