Portland, Oregon was near totality for today's solar eclipse. We would have had to go about 70 miles south to experience totality, but 99.44% in our back yard seemed close enough. So we walked across the street to Jamison Park, where we joined a few dozen of our neighbors to witness the event. I didn't plan to photograph the eclipse itself, but rather the spectators with their special glasses in the dark and contrasty light.
The unexpected happened as we left the park after the maximum occlusion had passed. We noticed crescents on the sidewalk under the trees. The small spaces between the leaves had acted as pinholes, serving as a set of pinhole cameras to project images of the solar crescent on the flat surface.
The unexpected happened as we left the park after the maximum occlusion had passed. We noticed crescents on the sidewalk under the trees. The small spaces between the leaves had acted as pinholes, serving as a set of pinhole cameras to project images of the solar crescent on the flat surface.
And then, walking back to our condo building, we saw this strange light pattern on the flat wall. Light was reflecting from windows in a building opposite, and the overall dim illumination allowed us to see the different intensities of reflection from the imperfectly planar windows.
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