Although Las Cruces wasn't along the path for the best viewing of the
May 20, 2012 annular eclipse, we still had plenty of fun gathering with a big crowd up above the city to watch the show. Local organizations sold eclipse-viewing glasses but soon ran out, so we used pairs of paper plates with a pinhole in one to do our looking. You can read about making such a pinhole camera
here.
To tell you the truth, I enjoyed the people watching almost as much as the eclipse watching.
Although it was hard to tear myself away from the crowd and some mighty interesting eclipse-viewing outfits, I tried taking a couple of not-very-successful shots of the eclipse, once it was well underway.
The
National Geographic photos are much more impressive.
