Another interesting post by Johanna...

Maybe this photon peculiarity business has something to do with a strange light phenomenon I witnessed during a total solar eclipse way back when (early 80s?) one rainy AM (winter or spring?) in Olympia Washington. It was one of those amazing moments as many people went to the mountains to witness this event at a higher altitude in an unsuccessful attempt to get above the cloud layer.

Those of us who stayed behind, however, were amply rewarded when the rain stopped about ten minutes prior to the eclipse and the clouds simply broke up leaving us a full view of the sunrise and simultaneous eclipse over Mt Ranier. It lasted (I guess) about 20 minutes and remained in full view the entire time.

Anyway, as the moon began to take a bite out of the sun, lines of shadow began racing over the ground as if a fan were in front of the sun, and this happened until the sun was blotted out, and then again it occurred as the moon exited the other side of the sun, but the line shadows flashed in the opposite direction.

Might I thereby meet myself in passing? It certainly gives us yet another reason to treat each other with respect and compassion.