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Subject: Re: Eclipse
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:51:46 +0100
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:20:38 -0500, Grant Taylor
<gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> 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. ;-)