@profdc9 to Showerthoughts • 7 months agoThe eclipse shadow travels on the ground at about 2300 mph, so you could follow it with an SR-71.message-square22arrow-up1172arrow-down14
arrow-up1168arrow-down1message-squareThe eclipse shadow travels on the ground at about 2300 mph, so you could follow it with an SR-71.@profdc9 to Showerthoughts • 7 months agomessage-square22
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink61•7 months agoIn 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.
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.
Our ancestors: “They did it, those bastards did it!”