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grant135b
Jul 01, 2017Explorer
I heard of someone who went up to Saratoga, and his horse naturally won. Then he flew his Lear jet to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun.
All kidding aside, those lyrics were in reference to the March 7, 1970 eclipse that was total along the east coast of North America. I was a ten year old kid in Ohio at the time where it was about an 80% partial eclipse. I had gone with a friend and his family that afternoon to trade in their Rambler wagon (green with fake wood) and pick up their brand new Ford Maverick. We were on the way home when the eclipse started so we pulled over to use the eclipse viewing gear they had brought along. Luckily it was clear and sunny that afternoon. I remember it got dim for a while and then got bright again. Woo hoo. That's the only solar eclipse I remember ever seeing.
The charts tell me there was a near total solar eclipse in this part of the country in the early '90s ('94?) but I don't recall it at all.
All kidding aside, those lyrics were in reference to the March 7, 1970 eclipse that was total along the east coast of North America. I was a ten year old kid in Ohio at the time where it was about an 80% partial eclipse. I had gone with a friend and his family that afternoon to trade in their Rambler wagon (green with fake wood) and pick up their brand new Ford Maverick. We were on the way home when the eclipse started so we pulled over to use the eclipse viewing gear they had brought along. Luckily it was clear and sunny that afternoon. I remember it got dim for a while and then got bright again. Woo hoo. That's the only solar eclipse I remember ever seeing.
The charts tell me there was a near total solar eclipse in this part of the country in the early '90s ('94?) but I don't recall it at all.
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