Today's much talked about Solar Eclipse was partial (at 80%) in my southwest corner of British Columbia. It reached its peak at Crescent Beach by around 10:20 this morning when we discovered even a partial sunlight of 20 percent went a long way to keep the day bright. It never got dark and the awesome effects of a crescent sun, resulting from the moon's shadow, were visible only with special glasses ... unless you were looking at the ground and benches.
Not only the bench but shadowy fingers were littered with crescent reflections.
I didn't look but pointed my camera in the sun's direction ...
risking the health of my camera taking the shot above without proper lenses.
Mostly, it was fun to walk on the tiny scatterings of moon shapes everywhere.
Sometimes a multitude of crescents, bunched up together, made the flat sandy walkway look like a bumpy trail of clouds gathering on a stormy day.
Someone brought a sunflower umbrella in honour of the occasion.
Although such grand events in the sky come along only once in a while, there's plenty of daily wonder beneath our feet to keep the young and young at heart busy and enthralled. I'm guessing the kids (below) missed the entire show because they were building their own spectacular event.
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Awesome eclipse photos ~ quite the event ~ I was at the doctors ~ rather be digging in the sand with the kids ~ ^_^
ReplyDeleteI like the sun patterns on the ground
ReplyDeleteThe crescent shapes on the ground were a clever way to record the eclipse.
ReplyDeleteWhat pretty crescent shapes! And I love that umbrella.
ReplyDeleteOh wow I love all the crescent moon shapes on the ground never seen it. Love the beautiful umbrella as well. And kids will be kids. Nothing better than playing with sand.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Enjoyed the pictures and your thoughts. Some of the pics in the eclipse post I'm working on for tomorrow will be similar but not as good as yours.
ReplyDeleteThose are fascinating photos, very enjoyable. Sadly we missed it. We were taking a friend home and a big, black cloud covered the sun and we didn't see a thing!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. Here in Ontario the eclipse was a bit of a non event.
ReplyDeleteI stayed inside the house during the eclipse. I noticed weird shadow formations on the balcony railings. It did not occur to me to take photos. It got really dark in the house. Great shots!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful post. You are clever to think of looking down when everyone else is looking up. Cool photos and the last one made me laugh. I totally agree with your philosophy about daily wonder.
ReplyDeleteWow, I love all those little crescent shadows you captured!! I had to look closely to see there is a child buried under all that sand in the last photo. I'm sure they are oblivious to everything outside of their own little orbit!
ReplyDeleteThe shadows were almost the best thing about the eclipse, especially if you weren't in The Path. Looks like the kids were having fun, too.
ReplyDeleteYou got some fun shadows here.
ReplyDeleteHello, the crescent shadows are cool. Great captures. Happy Friday, enjoy your day and weekend!
ReplyDeleteThese were wonderful! I saw the total eclipse and kept watching the ground - I guess I was looking in the wrong place. I've seen various photos of the crescents and yours are the best by far. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeletecool...I love the photo of the person walking among the crescent suns!
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