In centuries past different cultures had different explanations for the eclipse. Beasts eating the sun whole, plunging the world into an eternal night. In my reading, perhaps my favorite such legend was from the Viking culture. In Norse mythology the sun is a goddess drawn across the sky by two steads, chased from east to west by the offspring of Fenrir and Angrboda, Skoll. The legend says that at Ragnarok three winters in a row shall come with no spring to revive nature, then the two wolves will swallow the sun and moon. Despite these dire tales, we today can look up at the sky, watch this celestial event, not with horror, not terror, but with awe. Though I suspect, somewhere in the back of all of our minds, there is a hint of worry that the ancients knew something we did not.
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Aperture: f11
ISO: 250
SS: 1/800th
Focal: 560mm
Fujinon 100-400mm
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Extremely visible solar flares and prominences this time around. I had a great time viewing it in person!
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