Millionen Menschen waren am Mittwoch Zeugen der bedeutendsten Sonnenfinsternis in Europa seit Jahrzehnten, als die Sonne für einige flüchtige Momente hinter dem Mond verschwand.
Zuschauer in weiten Teilen des Vereinigten Königreichs sahen, dass der Mond mehr als 90 % der Sonne bedeckte – so viel wie seit 1999 nicht mehr –, während es in Teilen Grönlands, Islands und Spaniens zu einer seltenen totalen Sonnenfinsternis kam.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-72837d31-18c9-43be-9863-fbd1bec82c7d
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Yeah, seeing a total eclipse in person has been… almost „magical“. No wonder ancient civilizations were terrified of them.
Without glasses, you do not really realize anything is going on, until few five minutes before the eclipse, the light starts dimming. Dogs start howling, birds act strange…and, then, the day disappears in a few seconds. You look at the Sun… because, for once, you *can* look at the Sun without being blinded by it. Only it is not there. Instead, there is a hole in the sky from where strange flames came out, like an impossibly big iris. You remember that funny Halo quote about being „blinded by its majesty, paralyzed, awestruck“ and you realize it was actually made for that very moment.
Finally, the Sun manages to sloooowly crawl from behind that hole. Somehow, the gods have forgiven you *this time*. And things go back to normal… Or has normal as it can be, because everyone has seen it and they won’t shut up about it.