I took these photos last night during the brief period when the sun and moon were aligned with my dwelling. It was an annular solar eclipse, meaning the moon was relatively distant from the Earth which meant that the moon’s orb size in the sky was not big enough to entirely block out the sun as in a total solar eclipse. But what did I care? I had these amazing shimmering crescents everywhere to look at. They are caused when tiny gaps between leaves act as pinhole cameras.
The third picture is an image of the eclipse after the light passed through an actual pinhole in a piece of paper. You might have to enlarge it to see the tiny crescent.
5 Responses to “Ecliptical Crescents on My Wall”
How did you produce the second photo with the multiple rings of fire?
Joe, those images were the light coming through leaves on a tree. I’ve seen that before, only it was hundreds of tiny eclipses. I wish I’d been medding back then. It would have been very cool to sit beneath a tree meditating with thousands of dancing suns on me. Neat, Tommy. I don’t feel I missed it anymore. Thanks.
Awesome job thx you for this…I
was not prepared to see this so thx
“How did you produce the second photo with the multiple rings of fire?”
That picture is untouched and uncropped. All I did was stand really close to one of the walls that had crescents on it and shoot. I have no idea why the wall came out blue. It’s actually white.
Excellent photos Tommy! I especially love the third one with the chicken eating the box of Junior Mints.