profdc9@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agoThe eclipse shadow travels on the ground at about 2300 mph, so you could follow it with an SR-71.message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-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@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkarrow-up62·8 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.
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months 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!”