daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
We were so lucky that the clouds parted just enough so we could enjoy the totality eclipse. Simply awesome. The difference between a partial eclipse and total is literally like night and day. What an experience… A highlight of my life!
We didn’t have any eclipse glasses, but that didn’t stop us from enjoying the solar eclipse! We used the pinhole technique to safely observe the sun’s crescent shape. We also loved seeing the cool crescent-shaped shadows of the leaves. It was really cool!
I woke up early this morning to see the lunar eclipse. I wasn’t planning on taking photos, but since the camera was already on the tripod, I figured why not? My longest lens is not very long, so the moon looks tiny, but I think I captured the color accurately.
After I went back inside the house, I set up the camera for a little time-lapse. Please take a look!
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Today was an interesting one for us in the US. We all got to view the eclipse! Some of us were able to see a total eclipse, but down here in Austin, the maximum cover up of the sun was about 64%. Still, it was amazing!
The photo above is a close crop of the eclipse as seen through some eclipse glasses, and captured with my Fujifilm X100T. Down below is our driveway mini-party, and the final picture is of a pinhole viewing box that I made.
I have several friends who are really into astronomy and traveled north so they could experience the total eclipse. On the other hand, I other friends who weren’t impressed by the eclipse at all. I would say I am pretty enthusiastic about this chance, and even though the eclipse has been over for several hours, I am still riding a high. 😎☀️🌙 It was so strange and wonderful to see how little the sun and moon looked today. I loved it.
I am really looking forward to 2013 where we’ll see a 90% eclipse in Austin, and then the following year, we’ll see a total eclipse! It’s going to be awesome!
Hope you had a fantastic Monday!
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