Eclipses have been on my mind recently, so wasn't too surprised to read about the one to occur Monday (today) at sunset. It ought to be visible from Asia to the middle US, so Hawaii might get a nice view of it. This is an annular eclipse (where the moon doesn't cover the sun completely, but leaves a ring). On the west coast it should start around 5:30 and get darkest at 6:15. Remember that eclipse shadows move east at about a thousand miles an hour (forget the scene in the first Mummy movie where they outrun the dawn). Remember also in any kind of solar eclipse not to look directly at the sun. As artists our eyes are irreplaceble! Carolly

I've seen several posts from you on various threads in the Renderosity forum. When I read this one today, I thought I'd check out your gallery. Where are renders of your art displayed? I'd like to have a look-see. :) pg

Also, remember to make a lot of noise during the eclipse, otherwise I might just go ahead and finish eating the sun. BELCH

Wow. I was lucky enough to see the 1999 eclipse from Harting Hill here in the UK. Blew us all away. It's the wind, man, wow. Cold light. And hey... 1000mph? I saw the shadow move across the land and it seemed so sedate!! It was 95% and more than anyone can see in their lifetime on average. I feel honoured. Jump on a plane to Hawaii!!!!!!!!!!!! Howard:)

Thanks for jogging my memory--I'm setting an alarm clock right now so that I won't miss it!

Please tell us all how it looks because I intend to see the one in Australia in December, also at sunset.

xvcoffee, We got about 65% coverage here... enough to show a major bite taken out of the sun, but the wolf spit it back out again. Camera lenses don't work that well against a white wall. Bird-watching glasses gave a nice sharp projection. My little KGB spy-rated "theatre glasses" gave the crispest image (got to love Soviet optics!). Holding a straw hat against the wall gave thousands of tiny eclisped suns. Neat! Oh, with the glasses, point the coated side toward the sun and the eyepiece side toward the wall. If you are going to photograph it, use a tripod or something to hold the glasses. Pat, Hope that you and Richard got a nice view of it. There is a funny feeling of community knowing that all over the Bay Area thousands of people were gathering sunlight at the same time. Hogwarden, Cold light is right. Even at 65% it felt noticeably cooler and weirder. Quite literally touched by a shadow. I've seen two solar eclipses that were much better, and an incredible lunar eclipse when the moon went blood red, and we all knew that the beauty was at the cost of the trees in the Stanislaus. There were hundreds of us up in Tuolumne Meadows watching that one... and mourning. Pamola, Gee, Kupa asked me that question just a couple of weeks ago. (It was a social visit, so I wasn't carrying my full kit of published work.) It has been more than a decade since I have done a piece of art just for myself (a situation which will be remedied this summer). Everything I do is for some publisher or another. If you've ever hung around chat areas such as WorldsAway, the odds are good that you've worn one of my faces. If you've played computer games (adventure, RPG, classic, puzzle), you may have killed my monsters or cursed my puzzles or gotten lost in one of my little traps. Since I don't own the art, it can only go up in a portfolio section on my own website... which isn't built yet. (You know about the cobbler's children going barefoot?) Someday, and soon! Carolly

Late as usual, but have to say to Hogwarden that to me the really uncanny thing about that eclipse was the cessation of natures sounds. Like the birds were dumbstruck.

L.D.: glad you copped to eating the sun lest others blame me, my brethern or the wolfen. (even though it always seems to grow back the blame stays.) - political correctness filter on.

Pam, You can guess why eclipses have been on my mind. "I think I've got it!" :) I've been hunting a couple of things for you. ::look of bland innocence:: Carolly

hauksdottir: So you survived the eclipse !! me too. I'll bet we get some great eclipsed moon renders in the bryce forum in the next few days. Sorry I can't make it over, mousercycle's down again, be hoofin' it for a while. (Fresno's what 3-4 hours away, but it can't be helped.) I wish I'd seen the eclipse, kinda forgot about it. - thanks for the info on the eclipse. BTW is there a Nordic Legend involving eclipses - and wolves?

Bikermouse: Quoting from pantheon.org "In Norse mythology, Sol is the sun goddess, daughter of Mundilfari. She is married to Glen. Sol rides through the sky in a chariot pulled by the horses Alsvid ("all swift") and Arvak ("early riser"). Below their shoulder-blades the gods inserted iron-cold bellows to keep them cool. She is chased during the daytime by the wolf Skoll who tries to devour her, just like her brother Mani is chased by the wolf Hati at night. It was believed that during solar eclipses the sun was in danger of being eaten by Skoll. Both wolves are the offspring of the giantess Hrodvitnir who lives in the Iron Wood. Eventually, the wolf will catch her. The goddess Svalin stands in front of the sun and shields the earth from the full intensity of its heat. " -- Mark

Yeah, Chohole... They think it's time to roost for the night! H:)

Yeah, Chohole... They think it's time to roost for the night! H:)

once.

vggdrasil: when I was 2-4 my grandmother on my mothers side used to read stories from a set of books called "the books of knowledge". They were a collection of norse and celtic legends that was over one hundred years old then. I was supposed to get them when she died, but my evil aunt ransacked the house and took the books when g'ma died. I guess that's why I ask so many questions about Norse Mythos. Skoll and Hadi gotta remember that. so Sol got Helios(a Titan) old job. Svallon stands not in Fresno, nor Phoenix. xvcoffee: um, that et looks suspiciosly like a nude vickie on a modern version of a velosipede.(nice.) - Thanks for the info