An unusual annular solar eclipse swept across the western sky of the Texas South Plains region in May 2012, along the New Mexico border. This was the day after a fruitful supercell intercept in western Oklahoma, and Rich Thompson and I were there to witness the spectacle. The eclipse wasn’t yet finished by sunset time, creating this rarely photographed effect of the shark-fin shaped solar segment at sunset. Our last view of the sun that day was a pointed tip! The previous shot shows the scene just a few minutes prior. The photo location is in Texas, and the sand hills on the horizon are in New Mexico.
6 NNW Bledsoe TX (20 May 12) Looking WNW
33.701, -103.0389Shark’s Fin Sunset
An unusual annular solar eclipse swept across the western sky of the Texas South Plains region in May 2012, along the New Mexico border. This was the day after a fruitful supercell intercept in western Oklahoma, and Rich Thompson and I were there to witness the spectacle. The eclipse wasn’t yet finished by sunset time, creating this rarely photographed effect of the shark-fin shaped solar segment at sunset. Our last view of the sun that day was a pointed tip! The previous shot shows the scene just a few minutes prior. The photo location is in Texas, and the sand hills on the horizon are in New Mexico.
6 NNW Bledsoe TX (20 May 12) Looking WNW
33.701, -103.0389