[ml/nj]

Just because you’ve chosen to take the stance of a jaded hipster doesn’t change the fact that a total eclipse experienced by a society who doesn’t know what’s going on WILL come as a shock and WILL make people look up. And the duration is generally longer than 5 minutes. And then of course if they look at it too long they’ll damage their eye sight. Very much a ring of fire to primitive people that don’t know what’s going on.

I guess you have trouble reading and want to continue to embarrass yourself here. This wasn't a total eclipse that this article is about. Read it.

Total eclipses that last longer than five minutes are exceedingly rare. None that I've experienced even lasted three minutes. There was one eclipse cycle that produced seven minute eclipses in 1973 (Africa) and 1991 (Mexico) but this cycle has ended. The next eclipse visible in the USA will be the longest one I have a chance to see. It will be four and half minutes in Mexico, but by the time it gets to NY it will be down to three and a half minutes.

I am the one with knowledge and experience here. Grow up.

ML/NJ

[discostu]

Eclipses ARE noticeable, especially to people who didn’t have cellphones to stick their noses in and are actually experiencing the world around them.

You are the jaded one pretending to have knowledge but really just pointless insulting people and just plain refusing to understand the difference between our world when we know eclipses are coming decades out and their world when the sun would suddenly and inexplicably be darker than it should be. Grow up yourself, stop trying to impress people, because your very need to impress makes you unimpressive.