Photo Observation #2
Annular Solar Eclipse
Courtesy of http://michellegregg.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/todays-solar-eclipse-new-moon-and-mercury-direct Copyright 1984 Jerry Lodriguss and John Martinez
THE SUN
The sun is a powerful source of light, so when something as large as the moon interferes with its light, interesting things happen. The red color caused by the eclipse and the placement of the sun in the sky is an angry red, very saturated and vibrant. The seeming motion of the red streak from the sun to the right of the photo is interesting and gives an “action shot” feeling to the image. The presence of only black and red give an intensely ominous feeling to the image. Also interesting to me is the fact that the glow from the thin crescent of bright light that is visible creates a crescent moon-shaped field of color, visually turning the sun into its “opposite.”
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