“Moonburst.” A semi-realistic illustration of the moon combined with abstract ink shapes. The outline of the moon is both broken and unbroken, surrounded by geometric and organic forms. It’s a bold, abstract, eye-catching composition. The magenta pieces seem to be transparent and could be created with a material collage. This drawing also works very effectively in square dimensions.
A Reddin Symposium in the Wood County District Public Library, February 22, 2024. The symposium featured participants of our Eclipsing History Podcast.
A non-lineal history of eclipses in Mexico that uses the great 6-minute of August 23rd, 1691 as the starting point to discuss the longer history of eclipses in Mexico.
This bonus episode focuses on the Hopewell earthworks—true astronomical marvels of ancient Ohioan civilizations located only a few miles away from the totality path of the 2024 North American eclipse. Stay with us to learn more about these monuments, the civilizations behind them and their relationship to other civilizations in the Americas.
Early in our project we interviewed Randall Rosenfeld, archivist from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. You will notice that midway we had to switch to a phone line. The depth of Randall’s answers well overcome any loss in audio quality. Randall weaves the eclipse observation to the cultural and political history of Canada as a colony and then as an independent nation. Randall also discussed how settlers perceived indigenous views of astronomy.
