Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cursitor Doom Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Eclipse Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:51:46 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: <96kd1jd2esd7oegsmmvsufmk4ieutmit2h@4ax.com> References: <6616254f$0$3711190$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:51:47 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="72402197c520d2e3eac0674605690949"; logging-data="1164028"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19d2h8Io2EuhJ7ey4Ahc36T9PJMqf3icuQ=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:rbPHuFVI6XspxAgoQP73q35rkbU= Bytes: 2297 On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:20:38 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote: >On 4/10/24 08:46, Martin Brown wrote: >> The difference between 99% and totality is literally like between night >> and day > >NASA said that my zip code was 99.1% and it was noticeably darker, much >like heavy cloud cover from storms despite the clear sky. But it was >still quite easy to drive or even read by < 1% of sunlight. > >I've since read that it needs to be 99.9 ~> 100% to have significant >impact on the amount of light. > >I too have seen and enjoyed the light / shadow effects on the ground >that others talked about. I experienced thousands of tiny pinhole >camera like from trees / bushes / even building awnings during the 2017 >(?) eclipse. I've only seen one total eclipse in my life and it was *awsome* indeed. I was lucky to get into the 100% area just in time to see it and I'll never forget it. I'll be off to Spain in 2026 as it'll give me the chance to go around bare-chested with my belly hanging out, get rat-arsed, eat burgers and throw up in the street like a traditional British tourist in Spain would do (according to the Spanish). Can't wait. ;-)