A Ring of Fire and 4 Nerds

Today, on 26 December 2019, there was an annular eclipse. This is a full eclipse of the sun where for 2 minutes, all that is visible of the sun is a bright ring of fire shining at us from behind the moon.

In ancient cultures, stories abound of sun eating dragons (Chinese), sun eating wolf siblings (Vikings), sibling quarrels where the Moon God chased after the Sun Goddess (Inuits), matriarchs who drakened the sun to stop villagers fromgrowing too argumentative (Togo and Benin), sun eating demon head (Hindus).

Historically, solar eclipses came with a huge sense of loss and fearfulness. People thought they might lose their sun.

The Husband and I were freaked out by warnings of losing our sight. So, we resolved to wait for others to post photos for us to enjoy. We went to eat tauhuey at Chong Pang Market. We came home to 2 pairs of partners (The Daughter and her boyfriend, plus The Son and his girlfriend) working on a pinhole projector that would enable them to safely view the eclipse as it happens.

The Son and his girlfriend's photo of the partial eclipse.

The Son and his girlfriend messing with their pinhole projector.

The Daughter and her boyfriend's pinhole projector.