Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Solar Eclipse

Today’s the day of the solar eclipse sweeping across North America from northern Mexico to Newfoundland. There won’t be another North American one for 20 years. Get out there and check it out; remember, no looking at the sun directly, and regular sunglasses aren’t good enough, so if you don’t have eclipse-certified viewing glasses, try a pinhole projection. I made the above image during the 2017 eclipse.

Here in NYC, we’re only going to see about 90% coverage. No corona action, therefore, but still pretty cool. You can see what you’ll see by location or zip code here. This presumes a good weather day…

One response to “Solar Eclipse”

  1. It was interesting enuf here in Kansas City, but I was disappointed the Rapture didn’t happen to free us of some people.

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