GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 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-23 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-squaretakeheart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s also that the natural resting position of our eye lids when fully relaxed isn’t fully shut (that requires muscle power). Rather the relaxed state is almost-but-not-fully shut which let’s in more light than expected.
It’s also that the natural resting position of our eye lids when fully relaxed isn’t fully shut (that requires muscle power). Rather the relaxed state is almost-but-not-fully shut which let’s in more light than expected.