Friday, February 22, 2019

Dallas Solar Eclipse 2024

The solar eclipse a few years back was a neat experience.  We got together with some friends and had a hamburger cookout and watched as the sun made a crescent shape and went back to normal.  The shadows multiplied the effect and gave us all a nice show.

We also used mirrors to reflect the shape onto the far walls by the pool.  The bigger the mirror the brighter but fuzzier the image, much like a camera does with the aperture.

Coming up in a little over five years we will get to experience the total eclipse though as darkness will descend upon the DFW metroplex.  One of the few phenomenon I haven't seen yet.  I'll probably still do burgers though.  I mean, who doesn't like burgers?

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