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