An Eclipse Without Vampires

". . . the sun assumed the shape of a crescent and became full again, and during the eclipse some stars became visible."

--Thucydides, on the annular solar eclipse visible in Greece on August 3 (July 29) 431 BCE
 

Annular eclipse as seen from Red Bluff, CA, 5/20/12. We drove 200 miles to get into the "totality" zone, where the complete ring (Latin: annulus) would be visible. I took the pictures by taping eclipse glasses over my camera lens.

                                                           
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