eClips

⬤ eClips: Current

Earlier today, an annular solar eclipse was visible in parts of South America, and a partial solar eclipse was visible in other parts of the world — all…

Oct 3, 2024 • 

Amanda Sorell

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April 2024

⬤ eClips: Blackout

Today, a total solar eclipse will cross the country. This afternoon, those in the path of totality will be struck by the soul-rattling sight of the moon…

Apr 8, 2024 • 

Amanda Sorell

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January 2024

◯ eClips: Questions

Tonight’s full moon is the first of the year. We’re right in the middle of winter, with additional minutes of daylight inching in little by little…

Jan 26, 2024 • 

Amanda Sorell

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October 2023

⬤ eClips: Solar eclipse

⬤ Who: You. ⬤ What: An annular solar eclipse. A solar eclipse can only happen on a new moon.

Oct 13, 2023 • 

Amanda Sorell

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September 2023

◯ eClips: Movie night

The just-full moon will shift by a shadowed sliver into waning today, and it’ll be joined by Jupiter over the next few nights. At a week past the…

Sep 30, 2023 • 

Amanda Sorell

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May 2023

◐ eClips: Training II

A guide for taking a slow solo trip across the country in coach.

May 23, 2023 • 

Amanda Sorell

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April 2023

⬤ eClips: Thank you for the music

Tonight’s new moon means darker skies for viewing the Lyrid meteor shower and Venus this week. Earlier tonight, a special kind of “hybrid” solar eclipse…

Apr 20, 2023 • 

Amanda Sorell

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March 2023

⬤ eClips: Salutations

We’re just past the tipping point of the spring equinox, our daylight overtaking the length of our nights, and the new moon is a sliver in the sky…

Mar 23, 2023 • 

Amanda Sorell

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February 2023

⬤ eClips: Embrace

Tonight’s new moon is the second of the year, and the darker night sky will highlight the brightness of Venus and Jupiter. This coming Wednesday, the…

Feb 19, 2023 • 

Amanda Sorell

September 2022

⬤ eClips: Perfection

The last time I wrote an eClips letter, sent on a full moon, we had just passed the spring equinox. Suddenly, six months have passed, and the fall…

Sep 26, 2022 • 

Amanda Sorell

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March 2022

◯ eClips: Textures

Happy spring! As the moon begins to wane after Friday’s fullness, today’s equinox brings a balance between night and day that will steadily give way to…

Mar 20, 2022 • 

Amanda Sorell

⬤ eClips: Expectations

Tonight is a new moon. A time to light candles and plant seeds.

Mar 3, 2022 • 

Amanda Sorell

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