We were supposed to get a little more over 90% of the sun covered during the eclipse. It was fun watching the bite taken out of the sun get bigger and bigger until it was just a little crescent, but that’s when the cloud coverage came fully in. Here are a couple of photos before that happened (taken by my science colleague, Mark, who had more luck with photos than I did):
And just to round out the day, a couple of ancient eclipses worth noting. First, in the seventh century BCE, the Greek poet Archilochus wrote the following in response to a full eclipse:
And second, the earliest event datable to an exact day comes from the sixth century BCE when an eclipse occurred during a battle, bringing a war to an end (if only that would work these days).
The NYTimes as a nice write up on Thales and the history of predicting eclipses. So happy eclipse day everyone. 🌙
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