Eclipse

May 20th was the day of the eclipse. We went to the farm to check it out. Catherine and Anne were clever and had made pinhole cameras.

The light shines through the pinhole in the tinfoil and reflects on the second board. Here you can see just the smallest bite out of the corner.

We all sat around waiting for the sun to get devoured. The light was really strange and magical. Notice we're eating fava bean hummus and home made pitas.

As the eclipse progressed, the cracks between the leaves had the same effect as the pinhole camera, throwing eclipse-shaped shadows on the ground.

Notice how dark it looks. This was around 6 pm, and this time of year, that's a good 2 hours from sunset.

Here you can see the complete "ring of fire" effect. It was wonderful and magical.

By this next picture, the sun had begun to re-emerge.

If you look closely, you can see that the curve of the reflection is different now.