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NASA's Freakishly Accurate Look at the 2017 Coast-to-Coast Solar Eclipse

2 pointsby seycombiover 8 years ago

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nstartover 8 years ago
While I'm not sure how much of this might ever be perceived by an average observer, it's worth noting that this is quite likely the most accurate depiction of the path and timings of a solar eclipse ever. Just the sheer amount of data that would have had to be processed to take into account a peak on the moon affecting the light coming through by a couple of seconds and then combining that with the topography of the area of the earth it would be hitting on to understand what area it would actually be covering is a little overwhelming to even think of.