@profdc9@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agoThe eclipse shadow travels on the ground at about 2300 mph, so you could follow it with an SR-71.message-square18fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down13
arrow-up1139arrow-down1message-squareThe eclipse shadow travels on the ground at about 2300 mph, so you could follow it with an SR-71.@profdc9@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-square@bdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilink50•1 year 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.
minus-square@cm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoOur ancestors: “They did it, those bastards did it!”
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!”