•Longest possible total eclipse
is only 7.5 minutes.
Average is only 2-3 minutes.
•Shadow sweeps across Earth @ 1000 mph!
•Birds will go to roost in a
total eclipse. The temperature
noticeably drops.
•Totally predictable (even in
ancient times, e.g., the Saros Cycle, eclipse pattern repeats every
6585.3 days or 18 years, 11 1/3 days).
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