That’s All Folks

This is a shadow from a tree but shows a replicated view of the crescent sun as the eclipse is nearing totality

Enjoyed the shadows cast on the fence just several minutes before totality of what is dubbed to be the “great American eclipse“. It’s interesting how it created the effect of people’s heads in a crowd.

Just a few minutes before totality.

I thought my camera created a chromatic aberration here with the purple ring but other people’s footage also showed purple.

Path of totality: Salem, OR

Less than 2 minutes to view a once in a lifetime occurrence of totality with a very limiting optical device. Bummer! But, it was spectacular! Total darkness during daytime and experiencing the sudden drop of atmospheric temperature is something I’ll never forget. It certainly had an eerie feel attached to it as my son mentioned would make a great plot for a game where people who saw the eclipse would turn into zombies. It is interesting how scientists pick this particular day to send off balloons with bacteria resistant to antibiotics into the atmosphere.

Notice the inverted imprint as the sun peeks out again

And a few minutes later… I wish I could rewind time to see it again.

Life goes on and sad to say, back to the humdrum of societal chaos.