Well, no…it’s not. I read a tweet yesterday. Teachers announced to the children there was going to be a total solar eclipse and the entire student body looked up and yelled, in unison….”NOOOOOOO!!!!!” I had dinner with a dear friend last night. He said one of his granddaughters is scared to death about the eclipse. She is convinced something horrible is going to happen because all she has heard is the urgent warnings not to go outside and look up.

In keeping with all things eclipse-ish, here are three odd images that only occur during a total eclipse. The first two demonstrate a phenomena that occurs immediately following totality. It’s called “shadow bands” and looks like the ripple effect on the bottom of a pool. It is a sort of glittery effect cause by the atmosphere very close to earth. The third picture is the sunlight passing through the leaves of trees. The spaces between the leaves acts like a pinhole camera. I thought it was one of the pretty cool things about the eclipse.

This eclipse has taken over “the path”…that sixty mile wide swath of land that cuts the US diagonally into two pieces…sort of like a grilled cheese sandwich. I read that for the few seconds that the moon totally covers the sun, you can actually look at it with the naked eye and see the rays radiating out from the side like a halo. That’s only in the area of totality. I’m not risking looking at anything that can turn my retina into Swiss cheese. I’ll use the pinhole projector method.

The world will be back to its regularly scheduled programming tomorrow so until then…It’s Monday. It’s Eclipse Day. Be safe out there!

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“I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.””
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭91:2‬ ‭NIV‬‬