Commemorative plaque

A commemorative plaque was unveiled by President José Cassandra at a ceremony at the Roça Sundy plantation, on 29 May 2009: the 90th anniversary of the solar eclipse.

Close-up images of the manufactured plaque are available

• Whole thing (252 kB)
• Whole thing (592 kB)
• Left (164 kB)
• Center (176 kB)
• Right (108 kB)
• IYA2009 logo (244 kB)
• Einstein (196 kB)
• Eddington (592 kB)
• Portuguese text (180 kB)

The original design can also be downloaded, in a variety of formats

• 1024x342 low resolution bitmap (188 kB)
• 2048x684 medium resolution bitmap (648 kB)
• 4096x1369 high resolution bitmap (2 MB)
• Vectorised PDF format (960 kB)

Also available is a photograph of the supporting legs (220 kB), and their original design (124 kB), supplied by manufacturers Premier Engraving.