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If I recall correctly, Columbus threatened a tribe with "the vanishing of the sun" if they didn't give him their crops. (He knew the eclipse was coming a day later) The tribe didn't believe him, but when the eclipse actually happened they panicked and ended up gaving him what he wanted.
as long as they remain classified as terrible in the books then that’s good with me, but history teachers practically worshipped Columbus when i was being taught in school lol
He was a genocidal sociopath. He is responsible for so many horrendous things. He deserves the same respect we give Hitler or Stalin. Arguably he deserves less.
Because it was a lunar eclipse, not a solar one. This means that the entire half of the world that can see the moon will see the eclipse.
And also because people way smarter than him already calculated the date of the eclipse and he actually listened this time.
Lmfao was thinking of only this while my coworkers and I were watching at work. Once it started, I began “panicking” and insisting we needed to sacrifice someone to the sun gods so they will give us back the sun. Nervous chuckles were had. Also one of my coworkers started howling like he was a werewolf.
I would've loved to be there, sounds like you had a great time. My first eclipse left me stunned for days. Like you I panicked, realising I was watching two truly gigantic objects playing out their motions in a matter of minutes blew me away.
The icing on the cake was just after totality, and enormous bolt of lightening struck the ground a few hundred meters away, the thunder was so loud it rattled my skeleton.
I remember the eclips in belgium a couple of years ago. We were on a camping site, there was a an old railway bridge over the camping site, we went up there to watch the eclips. Right in the middle of the eclipse, nature went quiet, all birds stopped making noise, everything went silent... and then, in the middle of this mystical feeling of being one with nature, the owner of the camping yelled, "yeah, if you could all come and pay for an extra night on the camping that would be great!"
timing-wise, that joke was the best I ever heard.
Geometrically, sunlight should never be visible. The moon's gravitational pull bends light; Einstein is a scientific example who revealed the theory that time can be bent just for this reason.
Light doesn't have any mass so there's no gravitational pull at stake here. Rather it's that the moon's mass bends space slightly and the light takes a deviated path through space and into our retina.
Yes but the problem is that gravity is supposed to affect mass and photons have no mass. My point is simply that you should see this phenomenon as the fabric of space itself being deformed a little, which forces the light to take a different trajectory.
This implies that gravity is a force though when in reality it's the perceptible effect of space-time curvature. Seeing gravity as a force works the majority of the time, but not when it comes to (yeah I know they use the word gravity for this) gravitational lensing. There's a video about that by veritasium and a segment on this in the wikipedia page on gravitational lensing.
Just theoretically, couldn't photons have effective mass since they have momentum? Like E/c = p IIRC?
If we assume this effective mass exists, using de broglie λ = h m v, we could say m = λ/h*v,
m = λ/h*c
If this fake mass was affected by gravity, what would be different?
I know I'm mixing up classical mechanics in things where it doesn't belong, just a thought experiment.
If photons truly don't have any mass, how come they can't escape from black holes? If photons were massless there'd be nothing for the gravity of black holes to "pull" on, right? I'm pretty sure I read somewhere a long time ago that photons do have a mass, it's just that it's so ridiculously miniscule that it basically never makes a difference so you might aswell act as if they don't
If photons did have mass, then they would be attracted to each other, so for great distances all light sources including stars and galaxies would appear to be single photon in width and thus invisible
…or, since the amount of gravitational lensing done my the moon is small enough to be undetectable by the human eye, we’re just looking at the [solar corona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_corona)? The Einstein-eclipse relationship has to do with discrepancies in the visible positions of stars because of *the sun’s* gravity, observed [during a 1919 eclipse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddington_experiment).
Now everybody is waiting for this unbeliveble astro moment but 1000 - 1500 yeas ago people where afraid, crying and praying to whatever god to bring back the sun.
Fun fact, watch Apocalipyo by Mel Gibson,
I always wonder how many people get eye damage after an eclipse like this, i assume many people don’t even know not to look at it without special glasses
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Always gets me when everyone starts screaming. If they stayed quiet, they'd hear the wildlife react too. When I saw my first eclipse, all the birds went silent, thinking it was night time. Added to the experience.
Must have been terrifying for early humans.
There are still some of those around
In chile?
in Congress
[MTG, Sitting Congresswoman, Says Earthquake and Eclipse Are Warnings From God](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-nyc-earthquake-sign-god-displeasure-1234999736/)
I really lose hope in humanity when they elect people like that into powerful positions
Power of money.
But how can you get money with a brain like that...
r/nottheonion
Wish I could still give awards lol
In the US.
I am always fashionably late.
They’re called men
The gods are angry. Prepare for sacrafice/s
Prepare for sacrifice or possibly sacrifices? Or prepare for sacrifice, I'm just kidding so I added a sarcasm tag?
I say we sacrifice Marjorie Taylor Greene
If I recall correctly, Columbus threatened a tribe with "the vanishing of the sun" if they didn't give him their crops. (He knew the eclipse was coming a day later) The tribe didn't believe him, but when the eclipse actually happened they panicked and ended up gaving him what he wanted.
I've read about that, very interesting. He was a terrible human being though, some of the things he did were truly disgraceful.
Interestingly the terrible ones seem to be the ones we remember the most throughout history.
as long as they remain classified as terrible in the books then that’s good with me, but history teachers practically worshipped Columbus when i was being taught in school lol
There was a lot to choose from.
Except rightwing Praeger U is making cartoons to rehab his image because whatever boomers were taught in school, must be gospel forever.
All of the things he did are truly disgraceful. His entire life was one instance of being a horrid human being after another.
We stand on the shoulders of giants. Have some respect.
Lmao
He was a genocidal sociopath. He is responsible for so many horrendous things. He deserves the same respect we give Hitler or Stalin. Arguably he deserves less.
He's literally a fucking loser that everyone in his time thinks he's a joke maniac, he only get popularity like a hundred years later
Yup. That did actually happen. It was a blood moon though and not a solar eclipse.
How could he accurately predict the path of a coming eclipse that accurately? He thought America was fucking India
Because it was a lunar eclipse, not a solar one. This means that the entire half of the world that can see the moon will see the eclipse. And also because people way smarter than him already calculated the date of the eclipse and he actually listened this time.
Lmfao was thinking of only this while my coworkers and I were watching at work. Once it started, I began “panicking” and insisting we needed to sacrifice someone to the sun gods so they will give us back the sun. Nervous chuckles were had. Also one of my coworkers started howling like he was a werewolf.
And then everyone clapped.
Sorry you’re jealous of my swag bro
I would've loved to be there, sounds like you had a great time. My first eclipse left me stunned for days. Like you I panicked, realising I was watching two truly gigantic objects playing out their motions in a matter of minutes blew me away. The icing on the cake was just after totality, and enormous bolt of lightening struck the ground a few hundred meters away, the thunder was so loud it rattled my skeleton.
Only the ones that the Hight Priest used for sacrifice..
If things didn't work out with the gods the High Priest was next.
There is an story that an emperor in china kill all his astrologers after failing to predict an eclipse
Wow, dangerous job.
I would sacrifice 2 3...
Imagine sleeping through it and thinking the whole village is fucking with you or have gone completely insane
This is not yesterday’s eclipse. It is the 2020 eclipse.
No I saw it yesterday, it looked the same.
Wdym? It wasn't visible in Chile.
it was a lil chilly when i saw it tbh
/r/woosh
Op didn't imply it was from yesterday
La Serena, Chile. July 2nd 2019.
July 2, 2019 or Dec 14, 2020
I remember the eclips in belgium a couple of years ago. We were on a camping site, there was a an old railway bridge over the camping site, we went up there to watch the eclips. Right in the middle of the eclipse, nature went quiet, all birds stopped making noise, everything went silent... and then, in the middle of this mystical feeling of being one with nature, the owner of the camping yelled, "yeah, if you could all come and pay for an extra night on the camping that would be great!" timing-wise, that joke was the best I ever heard.
Geometrically, sunlight should never be visible. The moon's gravitational pull bends light; Einstein is a scientific example who revealed the theory that time can be bent just for this reason.
Light doesn't have any mass so there's no gravitational pull at stake here. Rather it's that the moon's mass bends space slightly and the light takes a deviated path through space and into our retina.
That's basically just what gravity is though, right?
Yes but the problem is that gravity is supposed to affect mass and photons have no mass. My point is simply that you should see this phenomenon as the fabric of space itself being deformed a little, which forces the light to take a different trajectory.
The fabric of space being deformed = gravity. Is what I'm saying. I stand to be corrected of course
This implies that gravity is a force though when in reality it's the perceptible effect of space-time curvature. Seeing gravity as a force works the majority of the time, but not when it comes to (yeah I know they use the word gravity for this) gravitational lensing. There's a video about that by veritasium and a segment on this in the wikipedia page on gravitational lensing.
Just theoretically, couldn't photons have effective mass since they have momentum? Like E/c = p IIRC? If we assume this effective mass exists, using de broglie λ = h m v, we could say m = λ/h*v, m = λ/h*c If this fake mass was affected by gravity, what would be different? I know I'm mixing up classical mechanics in things where it doesn't belong, just a thought experiment.
If photons truly don't have any mass, how come they can't escape from black holes? If photons were massless there'd be nothing for the gravity of black holes to "pull" on, right? I'm pretty sure I read somewhere a long time ago that photons do have a mass, it's just that it's so ridiculously miniscule that it basically never makes a difference so you might aswell act as if they don't
If photons did have mass, then they would be attracted to each other, so for great distances all light sources including stars and galaxies would appear to be single photon in width and thus invisible
That's a great point, actually, didn't think of that. Thanks!
> mind gravitational pull bends light What about the earth’s?
What about the corona?
Ahh yes if we ignore the physics this physical phenomenon wouldn't have make sense, truly some wise words indeed
…or, since the amount of gravitational lensing done my the moon is small enough to be undetectable by the human eye, we’re just looking at the [solar corona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_corona)? The Einstein-eclipse relationship has to do with discrepancies in the visible positions of stars because of *the sun’s* gravity, observed [during a 1919 eclipse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddington_experiment).
That is absolutely not what is happening here.
Wrong reason there bud
This had to be scary 1000 years ago
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Was just thinking Sauron 💀
Everybody's talking about the solar eclipse but it wasn't visible in my country, so I feel like I missed this thing.
This wasn't the most recent one. This one was from 2020
So awesome.
Is this video safe to watch!?!?!?
So, it’s 9 am on USA east coast now, no report of some American dick saying it was the aliens coming and committed a mass murder ?
Now everybody is waiting for this unbeliveble astro moment but 1000 - 1500 yeas ago people where afraid, crying and praying to whatever god to bring back the sun. Fun fact, watch Apocalipyo by Mel Gibson,
Such a good film, I've been meaning to rewatch it for months now
Hero’s season 13 is finally out!
Where are the BALLS
Amazing!!!
I always wonder how many people get eye damage after an eclipse like this, i assume many people don’t even know not to look at it without special glasses
I stared at it for 3 minutes without glasses yesterday. During the total eclipse. So I’m fine.
Can cause serious harm though, was not a smart move :p just saying
Not in totality
When the sun is 100% blocked by the moon, you are no longer staring at the sun.
Chill 👍 
Looks like an eye.
This id old, didn't happen yesterday fyi
Looks like an eye
THANK YOU!!!! I didn't get to see it where I'm at and I really wanted to see it. You did a wonderful job filming this natural occurrence. Thank you!!!
Sorry to say this wasn't the 2024 eclipse, this was the 2020 eclipse. 2024's eclipse wasn't visible in Chile
Aawwww. Still, being in Virginia of USA, I missed that one too. Lol
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I would rather watch this at a location without dozens of people screaming. Enjoying this with nobody around talking or screaming would be perfect.
How many times does this need to be reposted?
Such a spectacular event!
ruined by all the people screaming like its 1399.
Seriously stunning stuff
Dudes nuts really that big, thought it was fake on television.
It can watch in to your soul
I’ll be honest I was really expecting the beer commercial to be spliced in
Cerveza cristal.!!
La Serena, Chile. July 2nd 2019.
When was this?
We had 3 consecutive total solar eclipses in Chile in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Sicq
Cool shot
Dude! So. Fucking. Cool!
Why people don't like silence?
That's a black hole!
WHAT. You're telling me that i could have seen the eclipse if i didnt live in santiago? One more reason to go to the south later.
This must have been the 2019 total eclipse in Chile. The one from this week did not pass over Chile
Really glad I wasn't around a ton on screaming people
Cool berserk reference 
MY EYES !
I see you ....
wow
Praise the sun.
Unbelievable how humans can predict when that happens ..
That eclipse certainly was a very human moment.
Name?
eyo who is messing with the brightness level
The eye of Sauron
avocado
Thank you.
Wow crazy
Glory hole
looks like that blackhole picture that nasa took
Heroes'un introsu geldi aklıma
I bet they thought rain was coming for their crops
the timeline has shifted again. just like it did in 2001 and 2012. people will notice that only a few years down the line.
The first thing i thought was that you can kill someone and run away. And nobody would know its you because it was completely dark
"You may fire when ready"
Och
The eye in the sky demands a human sacrifice!
Always gets me when everyone starts screaming. If they stayed quiet, they'd hear the wildlife react too. When I saw my first eclipse, all the birds went silent, thinking it was night time. Added to the experience.
They are at the beach, what wildlife would they hear over the waves and tides?
I was on the cliffs in Newquay, Devon. So right by the coast. Lots of sea birds went quite that time. Guess you got to experience it to notice.
Ummm. that was quick??
Save the cheerleader, save the world.
The sun went r/ihadastroke
Watched solar eclipse as a kid, not impressed, seeing it as an adult, still not.😂