A cloud on cloud nine

When I was a little kid, one of my favourite sections in the encyclopaedia was astronomy.

To keep things short and simple, here are some shots of the solar eclipse today.

Initially, it wasn't obvious

Then, a big fat cloud blocked it

The cloud left but the moon left as well

The scenery looks good, but WHERE is the MOON?

I still see no moon!

Here comes fat cloud again

Back to normal

The pictures taken during the eclipse was done using a shutter speed of 1/2500 with the highest F number coupled with the lowest ISO speed possible.

As you can see how bright the sun is even under these extreme camera settings, it is definitely a good reason why you should NEVER look at it with your naked eye. If you are not convinced, just take a look at how big the camera lens flare is.

This solar eclipse is special and grotesquely unique in a way. It involves a cloud (A very FAT and SELFISH one) in place of a moon.


If the next solar eclipse is blocked by a cloud again, I'll make sure that "cloud nine" will be known as "cloud eight" instead!

Mark my words CLOUD!