From 19952762f56c01b7c123920d7fd917fd1387ac6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Duncan Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 23:01:22 -0400 Subject: add content/posts/2024-04-08-solar-eclipse.md, static/files/posts/solar-eclipse/ --- content/posts/2024-04-08-solar-eclipse.md | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2024-04-08-solar-eclipse.md (limited to 'content/posts/2024-04-08-solar-eclipse.md') diff --git a/content/posts/2024-04-08-solar-eclipse.md b/content/posts/2024-04-08-solar-eclipse.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fbdcf0d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2024-04-08-solar-eclipse.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +--- +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] +  + +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." -- cgit v1.2.3