Showerthoughts • 9 months ago

The eclipse shadow travels on the ground at about 2300 mph, so you could follow it with an SR-71.

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The eclipse shadow travels on the ground at about 2300 mph, so you could follow it with an SR-71.

Showerthoughts • 9 months ago

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In 1973 teams of scientists chased an eclipse with a Concorde jet and experienced totality for 74 minutes

That’s still the record AFAIK. That was a longer eclipse anyway, just over 7 minutes on the ground.
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