Eclipses & Eclipse Weather

Since we in America will have to wait a long while for another Solar
Eclipse
why don't we talk about Eclipses & Eclipse Weather?

For the May 10, 1994 Annular members of The Bucks-Mont. Astronomical
Assoc., Inc.
traveled to a state park in southern New York State.

I recorded a drop of 22 degrees Farenheit during the eclipse and as we
watched the partly cloudy skies clouded up almost completely soon after
annularity finished.

I had always heard that you could only see Shadow Bands on a very light
colored background but we saw them move across newly cut grass.

Of course we also saw Crescent Suns under the trees but no one ever
told me at annularity you will also see not crescents but complete
rings under the trees.

Very impressive!

In article om,
wrote:

Of course we also saw Crescent Suns under the trees but no one ever
told me at annularity you will also see not crescents but complete
rings under the trees.

The reason no one told you this could be one (or perhaps both) of these:

1. It's obvious. The leaves of a tree work like many hole cameras
which simply image whatever shape the uneclipsed Sun has. So if the
uneclipsed Sun is a crescent, you'll see Crescent Suns under the
tree. And if the uneclipsed Sun is a ring, of course you'll see Ring
Suns under the tree.

2. Few stargazers ever see this. They travel far to see total
eclipses, but don't bother much to see annular eclipses. So the
stargazers who ever see an annular eclipse are almost only those who
happen to reside in, or sufficiently close to, the zone of annularity.

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