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Still wondering why people from Alaska didn't post about the eclipse (media.kbin.social)

submitted 7 months ago by Deykun@kbin.social to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] Skanky@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

Yeah, i hate to say it, but unless you're in the path of totality, it's pretty lame. Sure, the light gets weird, and you can make neat little crescents with shadows, but that's about it

Being in totality is without a doubt, one of the most awe-inspiring things you could ever witness

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 14 points 7 months ago

Had a few people tell me how they are in the 90% path and didn’t see a reason for seeing totality.

I tried explaining it to them in terms of sex: “I was 95% close to getting laid! Sure, that was probably fun, but you should really see totality.” Realized they just didn’t think it was worth it as an experience. Their loss.

[-] jupiter_jazz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah I traveled to a city for 1 min of totality because I couldn't afford a hotel to stay the night and had out from there. Totally worth, it's one of the prettiest things I've ever seen. Like a ring of absolute silver. It felt like night too because the crickets came out and started chirping.