Pinhole Cameras
The annular eclipse yesterday was magical to say the least. At Abilene State Park it was in the 88% coverage zone.
One final note about the eclipse yesterday. I actually may have seen a shadow band. So I had never heard of the phenomenon before until this morning while surfing on the internet. Shadow bands are thin, wavy lines of alternating light and dark on surfaces. Yesterday when I had just begun to look for the crescent shadows when I had noticed on the picnic table it was not doing the crescents. Of course I was a bit annoyed at the time. However moments later the crescents were there. To capture a shadow band it is apparently best to take a movie. Certainly for April’s eclipse, I will definitely be looking for the shadow bands.
What are the beautiful, crescent-shaped shadows that occur during an eclipse?
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The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
The hat, Briar and the pecan trees are awesome. We noticed that the Live Oak wasn’t great but Cedar Elm was was slightly better. Trees are so lacking in leaves that it didn’t display like i thought it would. I tried a piece of paper with a hole puncher size holes. The light was perfect circles at all times. Are those holes too big?
Kathy, we tried with big plastic storage cartoons. They had holes which are about 1.5 inches across. Didn’t work either. Jim suggested that I would need to hold it up real high for it too work. We were not able to hold it higher than our reach. The grease strainer we also had to hold up higher compared to the foil. Fun stuff! Thanks!
I love the close-up photo of Briar. I never heard of shadow bands either! I’ll ask Steve about it.
Great compilation of all the shadows!