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I thought the light of the eclipse of the sun would blind us. However, my father told us we must not be afraid of science. My parents made some means, which we leaned to make from the TV, newspaper and Internet for looking at the eclipse. On Wednesday, we set out to go to near Isphahan. On the way we saw a salt lake near Qom, a great number of small whirlwinds and mirages on the road. We arrived at Shazand, a small village on the total eclipse path, off Arak. At about 3:35 our time, we saw the beginning of the eclipse. We watched it with a mirror that reflected light of the sun on a piece of white paper. As it became darker, it became cool around us, the birds went to sleep in the trees and the crickets began to sing. During the eclipse, my father had asked us to look at our sharp shadows, the stars, the twilight in the horizon, the automatic lights in a far distant town. When we did not see the sun on the paper we looked up and saw the moon is in front of the sun. It was the most beautiful scene that I have ever seen. A minute later, the sky began to light again and we set about going back home.
-------------Mojdeh, 8 years
Iran |
