What totality feels like at sea: onboard the 2027 eclipse flotilla
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This is not a comparison of viewing sites; it is what the four minutes feel like from the deck of a boat.
Key points
- The partial phase starts around 09:41 CEST and for a long while little seems to change.
- In the last fifteen minutes the light turns thinner and more metallic, and the temperature begins to slip.
- Around 10:45 the horizon turns to twilight in every direction and the corona appears.
- Afterwards the boat heads back to the marina while the day returns to normal.
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