What a treat it was to be able to set up along the High Plains of the Texas-New Mexico border for the 2012 annular eclipse, the day after a great supercell and lightning show in western Oklahoma! In an annular eclipse, the moon is far enough away from Earth in its orbit that its apparent diameter is smaller than that of the sun. That imparted a nice, hooking crescent shape to the sun before the eclipse’s full extent.
6 NNW Bledsoe TX (20 May 12) Looking WNW
33.7010, -103.0389Crescent Sun
What a treat it was to be able to set up along the High Plains of the Texas-New Mexico border for the 2012 annular eclipse, the day after a great supercell and lightning show in western Oklahoma! In an annular eclipse, the moon is far enough away from Earth in its orbit that its apparent diameter is smaller than that of the sun. That imparted a nice, hooking crescent shape to the sun before the eclipse’s full extent.
6 NNW Bledsoe TX (20 May 12) Looking WNW
33.7010, -103.0389