Strained shadows

The shadows cast by the ring of light of the Sun are probably the most spectacular thing about annular eclipses. This is an iPhone picture of the shadow of a pasta strainer projected on a piece of cardboard. Each hole, instead of appearing round, shows the annular shape of the Sun’s disk with the dark side of the Moon in front of it.

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The shadows cast by the ring of light of the Sun are probably the most spectacular thing about annular eclipses. This is an iPhone picture of the shadow of a pasta strainer projected on a piece of cardboard. Each hole, instead of appearing round, shows the annular shape of the Sun’s disk with the dark side of the Moon in front of it.

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