shadow bands

British  

noun

1. slow-moving waves of light and dark observed to move across light-coloured surfaces on the earth just before and after totality in a solar eclipse. They are thought to originate from the effects of irregular atmospheric refraction

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Some acts are dismissive of their shadow bands, but Hood is kind of into the idea.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2019

Then it may be possible to see shadow bands playing across the land, a phenomenon the exact origin of which is not known.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just before totality, shadow bands rippled across the ground and the few Elmolo men still outside in voluntarily jumped as if to get out of the way.

From Time Magazine Archive

Observers close to the path of totality who stretch a white sheet on the ground may see the mysterious shadow bands, which are somehow caused by irregularities in the earth's atmosphere.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the shadow bands may be seen flitting across the landscape, like "visible wind."

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck