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To: DallasBiff

We had the corner of an 80% eclipse in Seattle, maybe five years ago?

Almost cloudless summer sky.

A TOTAL disappointment.

The air briefly cooled off, but the sunlight barely dimmed.

No stars visible. No night birds chirping.

Like a completely average cloudy day in the winter time.


27 posted on 04/05/2024 2:14:21 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: zeestephen

Even in a 95% eclipse, you will not notice too much change in the brightness of the day. That is because the sun is so bright that even a small portion of it is still enough to light up the sky. You actually need to get to about 99% totality before it actually starts looking like night.


56 posted on 04/05/2024 5:02:58 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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