Ewan's Corner

I managed to break my ring finger recently (falling off a mechanical bull at the Derivco fun day – I only lasted 3 seconds but in my defence the longest time anyone managed to stay up was 9 seconds, and you should see his injuries). My finger has to be splinted for several weeks (really slows down typing and nappy changing) but on the plus side my x-ray came in handy during last Friday’s solar eclipse (partial from SA). I didn’t take any photos, but happily others did – nice to see some South African photographers too.
ps – I do realise that an x-ray is not an ideal (read: safe) solar filter, but it works in a pinch as long as you don’t look at the sun for more than a few seconds, and are careful.

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