GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 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-27 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-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·7 months agoYou’re just thinking visible light. There was almost no infrared in my 75% zone. Usually the sun is very warm out in the open (we’re at high altitude) but during the eclipse it was out but felt like I was in a shadow.
minus-squareFubber Nuckin'@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down3·7 months agoI regret to inform you that the moon is not an IR filter.
You’re just thinking visible light. There was almost no infrared in my 75% zone. Usually the sun is very warm out in the open (we’re at high altitude) but during the eclipse it was out but felt like I was in a shadow.
I mean, you kinda were.
I regret to inform you that the moon is not an IR filter.