GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agowhy did the eclipse not darken proportionally?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squarewhy did the eclipse not darken proportionally?GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
I was in ~80% zone. It wasn’t 80% darker. It was maybe 25% darker. Web searching that phrase just gives me times and such.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·4 months agoThe percentage was amount of sun eclipsed, not amount of light blocked. Ambient illumination prevented 1:1 proportional darkness from occuring.
The percentage was amount of sun eclipsed, not amount of light blocked. Ambient illumination prevented 1:1 proportional darkness from occuring.