Sunday, May 20, 2012

Solar Eclipse

Trust me.  I didn't look through the camera lens to take this picture. When viewing a bright object (like the sun) the optics of the camera will often registure a reflection on the picture. Decided to use that "feature." In this picture the sun is too bright to show that the eclipse has started but the reflected image in the lower right shows it clearly. This reflection is a mirror image and upside down. The sun is just going below the horizon so the reflection shows trees (upside down) at the top of it's image instead of a sharp cusp like it's lower limb. Didn't think I would get any pictures since the entire day had been overcast and it only started clearing from the west as the sun set. Hope you also experienced a little unexpected luck today.

1 comment:

Brent said...

Cool picture! -
or maybe I should say hot picture.