Kensington, Md., April 8, 2024 — The ancients thought eclipses were omens. Don’t we wish, except what side would receive the benefit of its support? I prefer to think of it as a Bat Signal as described in a “Screen Rant” story entitled: The Secret Meaning of the Batman’s Bat-Signal Revealed.

According to the story, “These are the nights when Batman and the GCPD are pushed to the brink, and the people hunker in their homes, kept awake by the sounds of chaos. On those dark nights, Commissioner Gordon deliberately leaves the Bat-Signal on all night. “That’s the funny thing about the signal,” Gordon reflects in a text-box. “People think it’s an alarm, a warning that danger is coming, a call for help. ‘It’s to make them know we’ll make it to morning, even if we make our own d*** light.“

“… At first the citizens saw the Bat-Signal only as a call for help, but little by little they would have found comfort in it, realizing it meant Batman was active and on the way.”

So, let’s just call the eclipse a symbol that the best is yet to come.

So much for hope as a personal priority. I was too lazy to charge the battery for my Sony A6000 SLR. Instead my iPhone 12 pro had to do. “Do” it did with a sunlight filter held in front of the lens.

We were in a 95 percent-plus obscuration zone that was unfortunately compounded by a broken overcast. It took luck, but I got one good shot shown above.

Note the eclipse image captured in green in a camera flair to the lower left.

The clouds added to the dramatic effect. At its maximum, the light from the sun dramatically decreased, it wasn’t enough to trick animals into assuming nocturnal habits. The birds continued chirping while the squirrels danced in the shrubbery. All seemed to be normal.

Guess the bat-signal was the correct omen.

Sisu