Posted on by Willem

Saturday/ the partial solar eclipse 🌛

The band of area from which the ‘ring of fire’ view of the solar eclipse could be seen ran through the Pacific Northwest, New Mexico and Texas.
Farther afield, the moon passing in front of the sun made it appear as a crescent shape. 
[Source: Eclipse data from NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio]
The ‘ring of fire’ as seen from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP]
Here in Seattle, the sun came out from behind the clouds just in time for this morning’s partial solar eclipse.
At about 9.20 am, 81% of the sun was obscured.

Here is my own ‘pin hole camera’ view of the sun, taken at about 9.11 am in Seattle. (The sun’s light passing through three pin holes in a piece of tin plate, catching the crescent shape of the sun not obscured by the moon).

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