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“Crescent Sun”
Description:
This photograph shows the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse as seen from Maine during its partial phase. The event marked Maine’s first total solar eclipse since 1963 and was the second total solar eclipse visible in the United States this century.
Story:
The long moments leading up to totality are a slow march without fanfare. Unless you’re wearing eclipse glasses or looking through a telescope, you’d never know anything unusual was happening. But once the sun becomes a crescent, the world changes. The light dims. Colors desaturate. The air feels different.
Many countries place a crescent moon on their flags — often with a star, usually Venus — a symbol tied to Islam since the Ottoman Empire. But what about the crescent sun? During a solar eclipse, people like to say the sun is “60% eclipsed” or “75% eclipsed.” In this photograph, the sun is about three-quarters covered.
Yet when I see this image, I don’t see a percentage. I see a waxing crescent sun, as if the roles of day and night have swapped for a moment. It’s like measuring ingredients with cups instead of scales — an instinctive way of seeing, not a technical one.
Who or what is there to howl at a crescent sun?
Only the oohs and ahhs of those who showed up to witness it.
-BAP
Location:
Bethel Church
Oakfield, Maine, USA
46° 07' 18.8" N, 68° 09' 44.8" W
Google Map Link
Time: 15:22 EDT (sunset 19:11)
Date: April 8th, 2024
Camera & Settings:
Single shot:
Nikon D810, NIKKOR 200-500 mm f/5.6G, Sky-Watcher Star Adventure 2i, Tripod, Thousand Oaks Optical Solar Filter (S-4250)
ISO 400, 500 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec
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“Crescent Sun”
Description:
This photograph shows the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse as seen from Maine during its partial phase. The event marked Maine’s first total solar eclipse since 1963 and was the second total solar eclipse visible in the United States this century.
Story:
The long moments leading up to totality are a slow march without fanfare. Unless you’re wearing eclipse glasses or looking through a telescope, you’d never know anything unusual was happening. But once the sun becomes a crescent, the world changes. The light dims. Colors desaturate. The air feels different.
Many countries place a crescent moon on their flags — often with a star, usually Venus — a symbol tied to Islam since the Ottoman Empire. But what about the crescent sun? During a solar eclipse, people like to say the sun is “60% eclipsed” or “75% eclipsed.” In this photograph, the sun is about three-quarters covered.
Yet when I see this image, I don’t see a percentage. I see a waxing crescent sun, as if the roles of day and night have swapped for a moment. It’s like measuring ingredients with cups instead of scales — an instinctive way of seeing, not a technical one.
Who or what is there to howl at a crescent sun?
Only the oohs and ahhs of those who showed up to witness it.
-BAP
Location:
Bethel Church
Oakfield, Maine, USA
46° 07' 18.8" N, 68° 09' 44.8" W
Google Map Link
Time: 15:22 EDT (sunset 19:11)
Date: April 8th, 2024
Camera & Settings:
Single shot:
Nikon D810, NIKKOR 200-500 mm f/5.6G, Sky-Watcher Star Adventure 2i, Tripod, Thousand Oaks Optical Solar Filter (S-4250)
ISO 400, 500 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec
