• wjrii@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago
    1. Pretty typical ignorant Dallas Karen energy
    2. I’m more concerned about the 76 thumbs-up
    3. Just FYI, this was the 2017 eclipse and in Dallas it was kinda neat but nowhere near totality.
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      2 months ago

      To add to the FYI, there’s a partial eclipse tomorrow evening in Europe. The farther north you are the better you can see it.

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        2 months ago

        Partial is pointless, really. Which is why I have to hope it’ll be visible here in Iceland.

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          2 months ago

          Partial really is “kinda neat.” The light level noticeably reduces a bit, like a very big cloud, and all the little dapples on the ground turn crescent shaped. More eerie than mind-blowing though. We got a minute of totality in 2024, which was very, very cool.

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            2 months ago

            Yep! Flew here from Los Angeles, landed on Monday morning.

            Unfortunately, 4:47pm (eta: I was off by an hour, it’s 5:47pm, was reading UTC) local time isn’t looking good, and it’s way too late to try and get a car and drive to the Westfjords

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        2 months ago

        some parts are going to be totally eclipsed:

        A wide band of north and central Spain, plus a sliver of Portugal and parts of Greenland and Iceland will experience a rare total eclipse.

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          2 months ago

          Why?

          The absolutely maximum time you could be in totality during a solar eclipse is 7 minutes and 32 seconds, across a very very narrow path of land.

          Partial eclipses are cool, but not really worth taking any time out of your day for.

          If you’re in the path, taking all of less than 10 minutes to walk outside and see it covers it lol.

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    2 months ago

    *Farnsworth voice* Good news everyone! The solar eclipse has been rescheduled to August 12th.

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    2 months ago

    I mean, the actual eclipse is on the 12th, so unless this is from a previous solar eclipse, having a solar eclipse party 9 days after the actual eclipse is pretty weird.