• Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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    The total eclipse. I was lucky enough to live in the path of last year’s. I now understand why people are willing to travel across the world just to experience something that only lasts a few minutes.

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      I think being in 100% totality would make all the difference. I was in like 60 or 70 percent totality and while it was neat, and I’m happy I got to experience it, it wasn’t insanely awesome.

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          Dang! I should’ve taken my kids out of school and driven them 100 miles to see the totality! I may never get another chance like that.

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            Have you ever seen a sunset in 360 degrees around you, everywhere you looked?
            I have.

            It’s worth travelling for. There will be more coming!

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            Huge difference.

            As a kid I saw an annular solar eclipse (ring of fire) and thought it was pretty neat, but I wasn’t that excited for the recent total eclipse. Decided that I might as well just drive the few hours to give my young son the full experience.
            WOW what a difference it made when that last sliver of sun got eclipsed. Incomparable.

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        Yes, being in totality is a completely different experience. Imagine looking up at the sky into a twilight, where a black hole ringed with ghostly white light hovers eerily where the sun once was. It’s truly otherworldly

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          Right now in whatever sorting algorithm my view is using, the comment immediately after this says literally just “sonicare toothbrush”

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          And the temperature and sound changes too. Also it’s pretty neat to be in a crowd for a moment of communal awe.