Opinion
The ancients feared eclipses, or so we are told. We weren’t there to see for ourselves, so who knows. Me, I don’t really understand the obsession with people paying lots of money to see one as I find astronomical events slightly dull ever since we were promised the return of Halley’s Comet in 1986 would be super-spectacular and it ended up being an especially non-event event.
Halley’s Comet in 1920; in 1986 it was invisible to those of us with naked eyes
So, we instead turned to Twitter to entertain us with reactions to this week’s solar event starring a black-looking moon blacking out one of our nearby stars.
Here is what the shadow of the eclipse looks like on a patch of earth from space:
Stunning.
- @HorseSense25
blessed to have witnessed the eclipse the way our ancestors witnessed it.
- @MattsIdeaShop
norw to self: di npt stoare dorect;y omtp ec;o[se
- @iowahawkblog
For sale. Slightly used. $25 obo.
- @MattsIdeaShop
Life changing moment!
- @ManbearpigV2
- @iownmyownmind
thrill of a lifetime. can't wait until six hours from now, when I get to experience near-dark again
- @EsotericCD
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