GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agowhy did the eclipse not darken proportionally?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up189file-text
arrow-up189message-squarewhy did the eclipse not darken proportionally?GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
I was in ~80% zone. It wasn’t 80% darker. It was maybe 25% darker. Web searching that phrase just gives me times and such.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoI was in totality, but it did not get totally dark. It was more like a sunset in every direction. The sky on the horizon is much further away than the area of the eclipse zone, and it is still getting hit by the sun.
I was in totality, but it did not get totally dark. It was more like a sunset in every direction. The sky on the horizon is much further away than the area of the eclipse zone, and it is still getting hit by the sun.