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I don't understand the efforts I'm seeing people in Boston go to. We'll see it 94% obscured, meanwhile people are taking days off work and spending $$ to get to
by refulgentis 3y ago
I don't understand the efforts I'm seeing people in Boston go to. We'll see it 94% obscured, meanwhile people are taking days off work and spending $$ to get to 99.9%. Then again I've never been a vacation person.
- martinky24 3y agoThe experience at 95% coverage is closer to 50% coverage than it is to 100% coverage. 100% coverage is a completely different experience.
- paxys 3y agoHere's an explanation for it – https://xkcd.com/2914/ https://xkcd.com/2914/. If you are not in the path of totality you aren't really seeing "the eclipse". The difference between 20% or 50% or even 90% covered is very minor.
- refulgentis 3y agoTy (and also to your peer commenter)
- Cyphase 3y ago(hover text) "A partial eclipse is like a cool sunset. A total eclipse is like someone broke the sky."
- Cyphase 3y agoAre you sure people did that to get to 99.9%? I hope anyone who was willing to get to 99.9% from Boston would go the extra mile (or ~10 miles, in fact). FWIW, I flew into Boston from California and drove north to the center line of the path of totality.