Not exactly the perfect ring of fire, but cool nonetheless. The first pic is right at the time of maximum occlusion. That's a partial eclipse alright. The second is the shadow of palm fronds, with the gaps serving as miniature pinholes; the result is a pattern of crescent suns.
The background looks blue, but it's really a white envelope used as a projection screen for the pinhole.
It looks like my palms have crescent-itus! Whatever is the cure? Oh that's right, just wait 45 minutes. There's a pretty striking pic here of the same phenomenon, from elsewhere.
Remember kids, don't look straight at the Sun, even when the sky looks dim. Use a sheet of cardboard to make a pinhole camera and keep those retinas intact.
ps, 10/15: APOD shows a pic of an "eclipse tree" with those crescents in the shadow here.
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