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Old 08-22-2017, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl View Post
It is now 2:46 and we are at the height of the eclipse which is 70% and it isn't even dark.

I blame the Morse family.
I too was disappointed in a major way. I thought that 86% coverage would result in actual darkness.

On the positive side, my pin-hole box worked fine and I was actually able to look directly at it at its peak because of the cloud cover. It did appear that the sun was 86% covered.

But yes, I also would like a refund.

BTW, this is the second total solar eclipse that I get screwed on. We had one that was directly over my home town, Boston, MA in 1959 and it got rained out. As an 8 year old, I was really disappointed after all the effort I put into making that pin-hole box.
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