It was a crazy, busy weekend, but there was time for me to watch an eclipse. And also time enough to lock the keys in the rental car's trunk. None of my pictures of the eclipse worked out - digital cameras by themselves aren't good for that purpose. But in Albuquerque, only about a mile from the eclipse's centerline and cloud-free (aside from a few contrails), it was a PERFECT annular eclipse, with the moon precisely centered on the sun's face. And Albuquerque won't see another one like it in 375 years! And so, I watched the eclipse as I waited for AAA (chosen at Rachel's suggestion).
We couldn't find a collander with circular holes, so we used a vegetable steamer instead to see the multiple eclipse crescents.
Watching the eclipse with the Buck family.
Caption and image from
The Atlantic (Sam Wasson / Getty): The moon crosses directly in front of the sun during an annular solar eclipse on October 14, 2023, above Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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