Eclipse

Today was the date of the annular solar eclipse and just our luck, Reno was greeted by lots o' clouds.  No worries though, because I definitely was able to see this cool natural phenomena at least a few times before it was over.  For all you who aren't quite sure, a solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, casting a big huge shadow over everything.  It happened at about six o'clock this evening and took place for roughly an hour, during which time the sky got darker and the lighting looked super cool.

pro-photograph

As you can see in this loverly picture from National Geographic, during the solar eclipse the sun turns into a fiery ring much like the one found in Mordor as the moon orbits over our favourite star.      

my photograph

In my picture you can see a tiny crescent of the sun through these handy-dandy sun protection glasses.  Yesterday my father and I took the bus downtown to the planetarium and waited in line for about half an hour with tons of other people in order to buy these little things.  Safety first ya know.  Anyways, that concludes this post, so remember, enjoy/protect nature my lovies and have an excellent day!