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.
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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.
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