On Saturday morning, May 31, 2003, we were very lucky at our location between Heiligenstadt and Kalteneggolsfeld. Nearly no clouds are visisble shortly before sunrise. We had a beautful view far to the north-east. The towers on the top of Ochsenkopf and Schneeberg in the Fichtelgebirge are clearly visible.

The following pictures show the solar eclipse as seen with a Sony F707 Digital camera without any other help. For the last views a solar filter was used.

Just before sunrise (5 am)	First light of the sun (5:15 am)	Sun has rised	Nearly maximum
Maximum occultation (85%)	Schneeberg and Ochsenkopf in the Fichtelgebirge	10 Minutes after Sunrise	Sun is getting brighter and brighter
Solar filter necessary	6:25 am, Solar eclipse over

The following pictures were made with a Vixen FL102 telescope on a Kodak 100 ASA film. The negatives were scanned by a CanoScan 2700F film scanner. For the last views a solar filter was used.