This photograph is of the scientific expedition led by Walter Gale to Stanhope in Queensland to view the 1922 solar eclipse. Here we see Gale and members of his team with their instruments. The scientific community used this opportunity to confirm Einstein’s prediction that light passing the sun would be bent by gravity, by 1.76 seconds of arc. As a result a number of eclipse expeditions made their way across Australia in August 1922.
No known copyright restrictions
Post by Geoff Barker, Assistant Curator
