Yeah it's so dramatic, and since you can feel it grow colder and darker in the minutes leading up to it, I imagine that it must have been quite unsettling.
Actually, around 150 BCE, this would not have been a surprise. Humans first started noticing a pattern around 600-400 BCE, with around 200-100 BCE being able to predict them to some degree, although it was around 200 CE that we started getting much better, with significant refinements in accuracy around 800-1200 CE, 1715 CE and 1825 CE.
But it would not have likely been a shock in 100 BCE
I’ve been in 2 eclipses, and even fully knowing what was going to happen, the dumb lizard part of my brain was freaking out a little because the sun just disappeared at 2pm. It’s a wild experience
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TIEPilot@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 21d
Imagine being in 100BC and this happening? Man they must have been freaked out.
mirshafie@europe.pub · 10 pts · 21d
Yeah it's so dramatic, and since you can feel it grow colder and darker in the minutes leading up to it, I imagine that it must have been quite unsettling.
daychilde@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 21d
Actually, around 150 BCE, this would not have been a surprise. Humans first started noticing a pattern around 600-400 BCE, with around 200-100 BCE being able to predict them to some degree, although it was around 200 CE that we started getting much better, with significant refinements in accuracy around 800-1200 CE, 1715 CE and 1825 CE.
But it would not have likely been a shock in 100 BCE
lefty7283@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 21d
I’ve been in 2 eclipses, and even fully knowing what was going to happen, the dumb lizard part of my brain was freaking out a little because the sun just disappeared at 2pm. It’s a wild experience
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 20d
What freaked me out most was all of the shadows being crescents. I didn't know that would happen though, when I thought about it, of course it would.
lefty7283@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 20d
Honestly just seeing shadows look sharp was a weird experience too