The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. (Psalm 19.1, ESV)

And there’s no better example of that than a solar eclipse, which Mark, Kesley, and I drove down to New Mexico to see yesterday.

Pictures by Mark. (They’re not great, but they’re ours! Shot with a phone through eclipse glasses.)

What made it fun was finding a place. We were going to drive all the way to Albuquerque where there would be over 4 minutes of totality. But we decided that 2 minutes of totality was enough, saving us 100 miles one-way. We pulled into an abandoned gas station at Ribera (not a typo) and watched it with some folks who had come all the way from New York.

Before totality, we saw two unexpected effects: our shadows were fuzzy around the edges, and light filtered through trees projected images of the eclipse on the ground and an electricity terminal.

The seediness of our surroundings (abandoned gas pumps, rusting gas tanks, deteriorating house) contrasted with the spectacle in the sky reminded me of…

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. (Colossians 3.1, 2, ESV)