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A very cool video about the 1973 eclipse

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9 months 1 day ago #32728 by porthawk
It’s about how researchers in the 1970s used the Concord airplane to stay in the path of totality for over an hour(!) to study the corona.
I found this fascinating.

kottke.org/24/04/the-longest-total-solar...ipse-ever-73-minutes
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8 months 3 weeks ago #32737 by HawkErrant
Cool, indeed!

Thanks, port!
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8 months 2 weeks ago #32763 by porthawk
Glad you think so, HE!!

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