As I promised, I went for a ride yesterday. And, yes, I was out during the eclipse.
I didn't have a pair of eclipse glasses. I vaguely remember projecting a 95 or 97 percent eclipse through a pinhole onto a piece of construction paper or something when I was 11 or 12. Since I couldn't recall the method exactly, and couldn't look it up, I wasn't able to view an image, let alone the eclipse itself. Then again, even if I had remembered, I might not have been able to see it: Clouds moved across the sky and, I believe, the sun. No one seemed entirely sure of whether the momentary dimming of the sun was caused by the moon or clouds.
All right...Maybe I'm just trying to rationalize not witnessing the big cosmic event of the year. I wasn't prepared, pure and simple. But, perhaps, someone else was:
At any rate, someone was more prepared than I was
and found an interesting way to use an old bike rack!
I didn't have a pair of eclipse glasses. I vaguely remember projecting a 95 or 97 percent eclipse through a pinhole onto a piece of construction paper or something when I was 11 or 12. Since I couldn't recall the method exactly, and couldn't look it up, I wasn't able to view an image, let alone the eclipse itself. Then again, even if I had remembered, I might not have been able to see it: Clouds moved across the sky and, I believe, the sun. No one seemed entirely sure of whether the momentary dimming of the sun was caused by the moon or clouds.
All right...Maybe I'm just trying to rationalize not witnessing the big cosmic event of the year. I wasn't prepared, pure and simple. But, perhaps, someone else was:
At any rate, someone was more prepared than I was
and found an interesting way to use an old bike rack!
