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Cars, and even planes are way too slow to track the moon's shadow across earth. The speed seems to vary from ~1500-3000 mph depending on how close you are to th
by xtreme 9y ago
Cars, and even planes are way too slow to track the moon's shadow across earth. The speed seems to vary from ~1500-3000 mph depending on how close you are to the equator. An SR-71 Blackbird would have a hard time keeping up with that.
- idlewords 9y agoThe Concorde flew the path of totality in 1973, remaining in the shadow for 74 minutes. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8qwk/the-concorde-and-the-longest-solar-eclipse https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8qwk/the-concor...