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Thursday, August 24, 2017

AUGUST 2017 -- Eclipse Haiku

Almost to Totality - Eclipse 2017 L. Rizzuti

If you saw any part of this spectacular event, you will understand that I couldn't let August go by without some tribute. Thus the following haiku:


Thirsty shadow feeds
 
Gnawing daylight from the sky
 
Holding sun captive.
 
 
 
Shadow swallows sun
 
A cold, dark veil flows eastward
 
Speckled with day stars.
 
 
 
If Moon's shadow drinks
 
All the sunlight from the sky
 
Is Earth's refill free?
 
 
 
Note: Photo taken with the camera on my Kindle Fire aimed through 10-power binoculars with a solar filter mounted on a camera tripod--a job that took 4 hands. 👍👍 👍👍