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Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by dylan604 on Thursday February 22, 2024 @09:35AM (#39467672)
You're trying to conflate the sunset terminator vs the very small and well defined shadow of the moon itself. Totally different concepts. The shadow of the moon is a spotlight of darkness. This is so not the same thing as the Earth rotating out of view of the sun.

For example: https://image.pbs.org/poster_images/assets/buac18-vid-epicmo...

Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by elif on Thursday February 22, 2024 @09:52AM (#39467928)
How is the edge of that shadow any less blurred than a sunrise or sunset?
Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total... by elif on Thursday February 22, 2024 @09:56AM (#39467993)
For example, a normal sunrise you get on thousands of normal flights every day:

https://images.app.goo.gl/BHvD5aBSqkA9kT6C6