Corey S PowellApr 3, 2024

Only three humans have ever witnessed an eclipse of the Sun by the *Earth*. It happened while the Apollo 12 crew was returning home from the Moon, on November 21, 1969.

Fortunately, the astronauts filmed the moment so you can share in the experience.

https://archive.org/details/Apollo1216mmOnboardFilm [at the 4:50 mark] #space #science #nasa #eclipse

APOLLO 12 16MM ONBOARD FILM : NASA/Johnson Space Center : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Film taken includes a solar eclipse, Charles Conrad and Alan Bean on lunar surface, and scenes of Lunar Module (LM) during lunar orbital rendezvouz and...

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Show threadTofu GolemApr 3, 2024
@coreyspowell
Technically, we all witness that every night.
Show threadCorey S PowellApr 3, 2024

@tofugolem

Hmmm...I feel like there's a reason why we have different words for sunset and eclipse, and why people throughout history have regarded them as completely different things.

Show threadTröglödÿt

@coreyspowell @tofugolem

ok, but is it a good reason?

Apr 3, 2024 at 2:41pmWeb
Show threadCorey S PowellApr 3, 2024

@troglodyt @tofugolem

You are free to define words however you like! Every time a cloud passes in front of the Sun, you can call that an eclipse as well! Entirely up to you.

Show threadTröglödÿtApr 3, 2024

@coreyspowell @tofugolem

thanks

would you mind answering my question?

Show threadCorey S PowellApr 4, 2024

@troglodyt @tofugolem

sure. yes.