May 20, 2012 a "ring of fire" solar eclipse moves over northern California.
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| NASA photo |
Unfortunately, we're a bit too far south to get the full "ring of fire", but we do get an 80% coverage of the sun in the evening. The morning starts out with great promise of clear skies by viewing time.
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| Morning over Monterey Bay |
We start out taking photos in the late afternoon.
With the movement of the sun, we move to the front of the house to catch the maximum sun coverage.
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Who are those two old grandparents?
Opps - we are grandparents |
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| I get an eclipse on my shadow |
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| Peter focuses eclipse on my shadow |
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OK so... we go a little crazy taking photos ....
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| Peter - Eclipse Man |
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| Me with the eclipse on my shoulder |
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| dances with eclipses |
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At the max, people start shooting off guns in the hills (why?) and the birds start chirping away like it's morning. The light is very strange and noticeably darker.
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| Me taking photos with Peter and David focusing |
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Later we all toast to the sun and hope to see the total eclipse forecast for 2017.
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| To the sun, moon, and all the heavens for a great show |
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