I was on vacation somewhere that August, in Israel I think, and I remember the
hotel handing out some special glasses for protection. I looked at the eclipse
but my reaction was similar to other phenomena of this type, like Halley's
comet back in 1986: no big deal.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Nov 8, 2013, at 12:08 PM, philippe.amard wrote:
> Aug 11, 1999
> I had stayed home in Eastern France, with two special guests whose
> birthday happens to be on that date, 20 years apart, one turned 20 the
> other one 40.
> Of course, we didn't need the glasses but the eclipse was there all
> the same, near total darkness in the middle of the day
> So we popped the corks of a couple of bottles of champagne and it all
> became clearer at once.
> I'm still wondering if the was the effect of wine Philippe
>
>
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