Reading: Eclipse & Revelation

Total Solar Eclipses in Science, History, Literature, and the Arts by Lange & McLeish

Excerpt from the book Total Solar Eclipses in Science, History, Literature, and the Arts edited by H.C. Lange & T. McLeish:

“A few minutes before totality, the western horizon blackened into a fearful darkness that rushed towards us at a thousand miles per hour until we were enveloped under its cloak. I experienced the extraordinary impression of hearing the rumble of some vast cosmic machinery responsible for this sweeping of the long conical arm of the moon’s shadow over the surface of the earth. I received a visceral impression of the lever-arms and circular orbits of the vast solar system above our heads.” —Tom McLeish’s Travel Diary, August 2017 Solar Eclipse (North America)

Public Domain image provided by Michael S. Adler from August 21, 2017 of the "Great American Eclipse"