For anyone interested, Kunming will experience a partial solar eclipse

on Sunday 21st June from 2-5pm. Can't make any promises about cloud cover though!

www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/china/kunming

Wow, 86% magnitude

Cloud wasn't in the way. Saw eclipse like 15 minutes ago. Dimmed sky followed by a cresent sun. Blinding Lights weeknd, lol

Thanks Ocean for literal heads up!

I was wondering why people were taking pictures of the beautiful clouds...

Light cloud cover seemingly made for better mobile phone shots.

I had special eclipse viewing glasses from the 2017 total eclipse of the sun. It was fun going around the neighborhood, inviting people to view today's partial eclipse phenomenon safely. Quite a few oohs and ahs. A few people had no interest at all. I always made sure to tell folks, "Don't look at the sun directly, use these special glasses."

That 2017 total eclipse was really special. I stood on a high hill and actually saw the dark shadow of the moon racing toward us, and then racing away. Once in a lifetime!

And I learned a new word today, 日食. Literally means "sun meal" as in the moon eats away the sun.

Luckily Kunming got to see most of it on which was a mostly cloudy day. It was a hot day but you could feel the heat lessen and the light dulled for a while. Difficult to see without special lenses. These events are always special!