The whole bruhaha about the solar eclipse here in Ghana is come, and gone. It was indeed an exciting experience that I witnessed, free of charge. 😀
At the time the natural phenomenon began this morning, I watched it on TV3, as the moon moved gradually to block the rays of the sun from reaching the Earth. When it was getting close to the centre, I quickly moved to the beach nearby, to have a clear view. [The Atlantic ocean is a stone’s throw from my abode].
On getting to the beach, the sun was still shining brightly though a look through the eclipse shade showed that the moon was almost half-way across the sun. I settled down with a friend who accompanied me, and called another friend in Nigeria [Joseph Ojemanya] to ask if they were experiencing same. They were not, because Lagos was not within the path of the total eclipse.
Some minutes later, the visibilty reduced dramatically. Soon, it was close to total darkness. One thing I noted was that the insects around the place decended on us, heavily. Apparently, the insects thought it was night, and time for them to be active.
At this time, we decided to head for home, to see what was on TV.
All the images I captured were by my good old Nokia 7250i camera phone.
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