Dear Friends, These are most intriguing photos and I am delighted to see them.
Several years ago we were fortunate to have a partial solar eclipse visible from our town during the school day. Knowing of my interests in such things, the principal of the school asked me to show it off to the grade school. We covered the entire south-facing window of one room, making it quite dark, except for one pin-hole in a small piece of aluminium foil (to make a crisp edge for the hole). The children filed past the projected image of the sun, several inches in diameter, and clearly saw the eclipse and (as I recall) some spots, as well. We could move the music stand supporting a white paper screen to follow the motion of the sun during the viewing time. One interesting phenomenon did occur. Being in the room all the time, I was partially dark-adapted and could make out two horizontal lines across the screen. It was not clear what these were until a bird landed onto one of those telephone wires, upside down, of course! Just thought you'd find this amusing. John F. Schilke, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 184 Harding Blvd. Oregon City, OR 97045 122W36, 45N21
