Posted on 09/10/2023 12:27:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What is this person doing? In 2012, an annular eclipse of the Sun was visible over a narrow path that crossed the northern Pacific Ocean and several western US states. In an annular solar eclipse, the Moon is too far from the Earth to block out the entire Sun, leaving the Sun peeking out over the Moon's disk in a ring of fire. To capture this unusual solar event, an industrious photographer drove from Arizona to New Mexico to find just the right vista. After setting up and just as the eclipsed Sun was setting over a ridge about 0.5 kilometers away, a person unknowingly walked right into the shot. Although grateful for the unexpected human element, the photographer never learned the identity of the silhouetted interloper. It appears likely that the person is holding a circular device that would enable them to get their own view of the eclipse. The shot was taken at sunset on 2012 May 20 at 7:36 pm local time from a park near Albuquerque. Next month, on October 14, a different narrow swath across North and South America will be exposed to a different annular solar eclipse, if the sky is clear. Simultaneously, cloud-free observers almost anywhere on either continent will be able to see a partial solar eclipse.
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Sun is showing its displeasure with the NM Governor’s attempt to unilaterally suspend the 2nd Amendment ....
No doubt. It is a big sideways frown.
That is a cool picture! I plan on watching our next one next month. I won’t see it at its darkest, but it will be cool to see.
Hope the muzzies don’t take this as a sign from allah.
I saw the last one at Holloman AFB. Very cool, and I will see the next one from Albuquerque NM.
I am planning to see my first total eclipse next year in southern Texas. I had planned to head to Washington State to see the last total eclipse in the USA but my daughters wedding changed my plans as I couldn’t change hers.
HEY! That’s my brother! He’s always gets in the way, just to make sure he gets in the picture...
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