Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Total Solar Eclipse

I taught astronomy/earth science 37 times over the course of 30 years.  That's 37 times of explaining eclipses - lunar, annular solar, partial solar, and  total solar.  37 times of using photographs and diagrams to explain the celestial events.

Pictures don't do justice to any of those.

I've seen half a dozen lunar eclipses and three or four partial solar eclipses over the years.  I saw an annular solar eclipse in 1984.  They were all beautiful occurences.

None of them remotely compares to the glory of a total solar eclipse.  One passed through our area - right over our school - on Monday.

I took this picture with my phone, but it does not do justice to the sight.  No picture out there does justice to the actual event.  People have called it a religious experience.  Especially for a Christian, that is correct.  It was an incredibly gorgeous testament to an Almighty Creator.


1 comment:

Susan said...

How wonderful that you got to experience this outside your own home especially since you have a keen interest in astronomy. The skies certainly do point to a creator God.