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+slug: solar-eclipse
+title: "Solar Eclipse: Old Man Shakes Fist at Moon"
+date: "2024-04-08T22:35:08-04:00"
+pics:
+  dashboard:
+    css: "image"
+    tip: "Solar dashboard with eclipse time highlighted."
+    sources:
+      - "/files/posts/solar-eclipse/eclipse-ate-our-solar-20240408.webp"
+      - src: "/files/posts/solar-eclipse/eclipse-ate-our-solar-20240408.png"
+        width: 845
+        height: 624
+---
+
+Today's solar eclipse took a healthy bite out of the energy generated by
+our solar panels this afternoon.  According to the [solar eclipse page
+on timeanddate.com][timeanddate-eclipse], the moon obscuring the sun
+from 2:04 pm until 4:32 pm Eastern.
+
+Those times line up perfectly with the dip shown on our dashboard:
+
+[{{< pe-figure "dashboard" >}}][dashboard]
+&nbsp;
+
+Unfortunately we couldn't find our solar eclipse glasses, so we had to
+fall back to [ye olde pinhole method][pinhole].
+
+[timeanddate-eclipse]: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/washington-dc?iso=20240408
+  "Solar eclipse details on timeanddate.com"
+[dashboard]: /files/posts/solar-eclipse/eclipse-ate-our-solar-20240408.png
+  "Solar dashboard with eclipse time highlighted."
+[pinhole]: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/make-pinhole-projector.html
+  "Solar eclipse pinhole projector."