10-04-2024, 11:22 AM
(09-04-2024, 02:23 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I don't get the fuss, it is a shadow - you get the same effect walking in the bush if you happen across old growth forest. Not only shadow but the sudden drop in temperature is for me much more interesting, demonstrating as it does how important the trees are for the rest of life...I'm quite into astronomy so I geek out on this sort of stuff.
Mind you, if it was to blast the eyes of a certain presidential hopeful I would celebrate that benefit for sure!
I've never experienced a total eclipse before but something I am looking forward to experiencing someday.
Ask anybody that has witnessed one and they all tell you it's quite a surreal experience.
As soon as the light dissappears there is this very cold feeling that comes down almost in an instant.
Very weird feeling when something like that happens in the middle of the day and everything turns to night in an instant.
Such a shame it only lasts about 4 minutes on average.
The science opportunities to study the suns corona is useful too.
I just learned the other day about this flight taken on a modified Concorde to study an eclipse in 1973!
https://qz.com/total-solar-eclipse-1973-...1851395198#