Hidden in the Light
Watercolour/Gouache on Cloth
89cm x 75cm
11/12
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Ghost Portrait#4 SA 2013
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Beer Mat#11
Ink on Paper
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The Rick Fienberg Moonpath image from the South Pacific eclipse of 2012 shows what is called the Bailys' Beads. Named after the British Astronomy Francis Baily who explained the phenomena in 1836. As the Moon covers the Sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged topography of the lunar edge allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places while not in others. The effects are seen when only one or two beads are left, appearing as shining bright light spot on the edge of the lunar silhouette. Of course its other name, more easily understood is a diamond ring.
Totality.Moonpath across the Sun South Pacific 14 November 2012
Hidden in the Light
Watercolour/Gouache on Cloth
89cm x 75cm
Beer Mat #11
Ink on Paper
9cm x 9cm
GhostPortrait#4
Panasonic Lumix Lx3
South Africa 2013
Totality. Moonpath across the Sun
South Pacific
14 November 2012
©American Astronomical Society/Rick Fienberg
The Rick Fienberg Moonpath image from the South Pacific eclipse of 2012 shows what is called the Bailys' Beads. Named after the British Astronomy Francis Baily who explained the phenomena in 1836. As the Moon covers the Sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged topography of the lunar edge allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places while not in others. The effects are seen when only one or two beads are left, appearing as shining bright light spot on the edge of the lunar silhouette. Of course its other name, more easily understood is a diamond ring.