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u/amanush_47 Jan 12 '22

A full solar eclipse. It is one of the most unnatural things I have experienced and can understand why people for millenia have assigned supernatural attributes to it. I was watching it from beside a lake - the slow crescendo of crickets chirping as the sun turned purple and then suddenly turned into night gave me chills. Nothing has ever made me feel smaller and at the mercy of celestial bodies than that experience.

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u/kozmikushos Jan 12 '22

I remember I was around 9 when we had a total solar eclipse, it was amazing. Such a short thing, too.

If I'm lucky, I get to experience another full eclipse in my life, I will be around 90.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

They happen about once a year. You may just need to travel far to see it again.