Today I joined millions of other curious gazers staring at the once in a lifetime opportunity to see a unique eclipse of the sun. Everyone was looking up-heavenward to see a marvelous wonder of God’s creation. Did you just see the eclipse or did you also acknowledge the awesomeness of the Creator?
Several facts about the eclipse: (taken from Richmond Times Dispatch, August 20, 2017)
- Here in the Richmond area we experienced an 86% solar eclipse today. The next partial solar eclipse will be April 8, 2024.
- The last total eclipse for the Richmond area was July 20, 1506. The next time we will be in the path for a total eclipse will be September 14, 2099.
- The last time a total eclipse swept from coast-to-coast was in 1918.
We put on “eclipse glasses” and I also looked through a welding helmet. The welding helmet had the sun looking orange and the glasses had it looking white.
There were lots of clouds today but I still was able to get several really neat pictures of the eclipse.
The moon is the little blue sliver.
The picture below does not show the eclipse but I loved how it turned out.
This evening the sun went down as a stunning great ball of fire.
“O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth. You have set your glory above the heavens.”
Psalms 8:1
“The heavens declare the glory of God and the heavens show His handiwork.”
Psalms 19:1
Linda Burkholder Said:
on August 21, 2017 at 10:07 pm
We also had eclipse glasses and welder’s lens but our glasses made it look really orange and the welder’s lens made it look apple green. It was awesome and we did praise its Maker and gave Him the glory.
You got some good pictures! The sunset ones made us think we were in South Africa. Thanks for sharing.
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