Eclipse

On August 21st, there was a solar eclipse. Totality cut a wide swath diagonally across the United States, from Washington State to Georgia. Here in Ohio we got a partial eclipse, which was fun, but not quite the big spectacular show totality is reported to be. We'd hoped to travel to a good viewing area, but work, traffic, and coinciding exactly with the 1st day of school convinced us to wait until the next one. Lucky for us, it's only 7 years away and we won't have to go anywhere - our house is in the totality zone!


Glen set up his camera with Dad's large lens and his custom-made filter.




sunspots were clearly visible.














my little camera didn't do too shabbily. I held the special filter glasses across the lens.









Alan took this with his phone.




Lisa with her eclipse shades in place.




Lisa's view from her office in Irvine, CA




tree leaves combine to function as multiple pinhole camera lenses and project little crescents on the sidewalk.




NASA image of totality.




NASA image




NASA image




NASA image, transit of the International Space Station across the partially-eclipse sun.



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