The moon passed in front of the sun earlier today, treating some folks in the United States to a total solar eclipse. Pueblo didn’t get the big totality show like the folks up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming got some 620 miles to the north, but it was eerily impressive nonetheless. From what I’ve read, the eclipse in the Steel City was at 89% of totality.

The quality of light here during the eclipse rendered everything in a sort of muted silvery, soft, open shadow. A thin layer of cirrus clouds accentuated the effect. It was like the “day for night” technique cinematographers used in old westerns. I took advantage of the light during the nearly 90-minute event and photographed some geraniums. It was just too good to let pass.

As for the eclipse itself, I wasn’t as interested in looking at it as I was wanting to photograph it. Needing to keep things simple and not go blind in the process, I ended up using a pair of Nikon binoculars to project the eclipse on the back of my iPhone’s Otterbox case.

It makes for a nice keepsake of the event and should suffice until the next U.S. solar eclipse in 2024.