• Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    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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        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”