Sirius (formerly Corona) group - August 12, 1999 - Divrigi, Turkey
Photo: Vicky
Istanbul:
- Istanbul at night Lacey
- Istanbul at night: Karen
- A man selling bread by the Bosphorus: Lacey
- The Spice Market: Bob Cowan
- The spice market: Feldhausens
- The covered market: Lacey
- A rug sellers shop: Vicky
- A motley crew after shopping in the covered market! Lacey
- The egyptian obelisk in the Hippodrome: Lacey
- The Hippodrome: Vicky
- The Aya Sofia: Vicky
- The Aya Sofia with flowers: Karen
- The Aya Sofia interior dome detail: Karen
- The Blue Mosque: Vicky
- The Blue Mosque - all 6 minarets: Karen
- Inside the Blue Mosque: Vicky
- The Blue Mosque interior arches: Karen
- Ceiling of the Blue Mosque: Feldhausens
- Prayer rug inside The Blue Mosque: Karen
- Tile inside The Blue Mosque: Karen
- A minaret at the Blue Mosque: Vicky
- The Blue Mosque - from the front door: Vicky
- Wooden door at the Blue Mosque: Vicky
- Another intricate door at the Blue Mosque: Vicky
- Tile inside the harem part of Topkapi palace. Karen
- More tile inside the harem part of Topkapi palace. Karen
- And more tile inside the harem part of Topkapi palace. Karen
- An array of ceramic figures in a market in Istanbul. Karen
- Elizabeth with Medusa in the underground cistern (this is a poor scan of a great slide!): Ralph
- Ralph makes a wish in the underground cistern: Vicky
- Mary and Karen with waiter in Istanbul: Feldhausens
- Boys hitching on tram: Karen
- Dinner near the fish market on the last night: Karen
Divrigi:
- No water? No problem! The Divrigi fire engine fills the water reservoirs on the roof of our hotel. Lacey
- Still filling... Peter
- Divrigi local boys (and one Hungarian cowboy) at the hotel: Peter
- In the course of looking for an observing site... Lacey
- View of the eclipse site with the fortress on top. Peter
- North wall - Divrigi Mosque doorway: Peter
- West wall, southern portal - Divrigi Mosque: Peter
- West wall, northern portal - Divrigi Mosque: Peter
- West wall, northern portal - Divrigi Mosque: Bob Cowan
- Detail of the same doorway: Vicky
- Ellen inspects the doorway: Peter
- More detail on the mosque in Divrigi: Lacey
- Again, the mosque (great building!): Vicky
- A young boy stops for a photo by the mosque. Vicky
- Detail of doorway on fortress at the observing site: Peter
- Our observing site in the morning Vicky
- Bob films the eclipse Lacey
- Jon photograghs the observing site: Lacey
- Ansel Feldhausen Feldhausens
- Mary makes pinhole art: Karen
- Jon pretending to be a mountain goat: Karen
- Jon the mountain goat pauses to pose: Karen
- The Soike's staying cool before the eclipse. Vicky
- Teddy, Virginia, and Ed relax before the eclipse. Ralph
- Ersan makes friends with the cops - always watching out for the group - what a guide! Lacey
- Vicky plays Gameboy (Jen and David help) - that's no telescope controller! Karen
- Peter: Peter
- Local kids watching the eclipse: Ralph
- Crowd of observers on the left side of the hill. Karen
- Crowd of observers on the right side of the hill. Karen
- Observing continued after totality Lacey
- Success! Jon celebrates a successful eclipse with a cooling slice of watermelon. Lacey
- Bob also celebrates a successful eclipse with a cooling slice of watermelon. Karen
- Fan club outside the bus in Divrigi. Feldhausens
- Arteeest at work: Karen
- Post eclipse BEER (and coke): Karen
- Sunset from the hotel: Peter
ECLIPSE!
- A double exposure of the site and the eclipsing sun - cool effect Lacey
- Partial phase of the eclipse Feldhausens
- Pinhole art of the partial eclipse - shooting star Feldhausens
- More pinhole art of the partial eclipse - Turkiye 1999 Feldhausens
- Jon projected the eclipsing sun onto the building at the observing site Lacey
- Jon projected the eclipsing sun INTO the building at the observing site Feldhausens
- A great eclipse montage from Bob's video! Bob Cowan
- Full sun. Karen
- Eclipse photo #1 Karen
- Eclipse photo #2 Karen
- Eclipse photo #3 Karen
- Eclipse photo #4 Karen
- Eclipse photo #5 this is about when Ralph and Vicky throw themselves off the cliff... Karen
- Eclipse photo #6 Karen
- The valley during totality. Note the streetlights! Feldhausens
- Valley during totality: Peter
- The Diamond Ring (from slide) Ralph
- The Diamond Ring Feldhausens
- Peter and the eclipse: Peter
Cappadocia:
- Avanos pottery Bob Cowan
- A potter potting: Peter
- Michael takes a turn at the wheel Vicky
- Michael shows off his work! Feldhausens
- Making the plates: Karen
- Painting the plates: Karen
- Weaving the rugs: Peter
- Showing the rugs: Vicky
- Ralph and Mary inspect a rug: Karen
- Rug frenzy: Peter
- Ed considers the rugs Lacey
- The Soike's buy rugs! Vicky
- Anna and the rugs Vicky
- Turkish rugs Vicky
- And more rugs!!! Vicky
- The weavers (from slide): Ralph
- Cappadocia: Lacey
- Cappadocia: Ralph
- Jen in a pot in the underground city: Vicky
- Ralph looking a little passessed: Karen
- Lacey in Cappadoccia: Karen
- Ivan and Teddy in Cappadocia: Feldhausens
- The Cowan's wave goodbye: Lacey
- A selection of evil eyes: Vicky
Ankara:
- Ivan makes a face at Vicky outside of the museum in Ankara (surprise!): Feldhausens
- Ceramic bulls in the museum in Ankara. Karen
- Mother Goddess in the museum in Ankara. Karen
- I know this 'thing' had some great significance at the museum, but without my books (thank you yet again JFK for losing my luggage) I don't know what it is. Karen
- A vendor passes Ersan on the stairs outside the museum: Peter
Random:
- Lacey and Mary trapped on the bus. Karen
- Eda and Karen in Malatya: Feldhausens
- Eda helps the group. Karen
- Ralph sleeps on the bus: Lacey
- Kas on the Mediterranean from the Cowan's trip South: Bob Cowan
- Bodrum: Bob Cowan
- Vicky's dad (Ivan) in a museum in Selcuk, Turkey after the eclipse trip. Vicky
- WWI trench on the Galipoli peninsula. Karen
- Circumcision bed. Karen - what the heck did you DO on that trip extension?? Karen
- Pre-circumcision. Karen
- Men during circumcision street party. Karen
- Young girls during circumcision street party. Karen
- Women during circumcision street party. Karen
- Taking the wares to market, Egridir: Karen
- Karen and her co-travelers stopped for a morning mudbath (Karen is in the back, left): Karen
- Mudbath rules: Karen
- Dusk shot of the thermal pools at Pamukkale; formed from calcium salt deposited as water runs down the hill: Karen
- Pergamum, one of the many ruined column sets we came across: Karen
- Some of the eathquake destruction we saw near Yalova: Karen
- Some of the eathquake destruction we saw near Yalova: Karen
- Some of the eathquake destruction we saw near Yalova: Karen
- Ancient tombs hewn out of mountainside in Dalyan: Karen
- Touristy trojan horse in Troy: Karen
- View of bay in Kale (part of the turquoise coast) taken through window of Byzantine fort: Karen
