{"id":33426,"date":"2022-05-16T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33426"},"modified":"2022-05-15T21:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T01:12:33","slug":"sunburst-at-deerfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sunburst-at-deerfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunburst at Deerfield!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In yesterday&#8217;s Tracking the Light, I described the challenges of when a fluffy cloud obscures the sun beneath an otherwise blue sky. The opposite  is a burst of direct sun through an otherwise overcast sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, May 12, 2022, after departing Bernardston, Massachusetts, Kris and I zipped down to Pan Am&#8217;s yard at East Deerfield and set up at the east end overlooking the Connecticut River Bridge. Here the Deerfield hump engine was gradually shoving a long cut of cars. 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