eclipse
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When the helmsman said that it didn’t, Pericles asked, “so, where’s the difference between this and the eclipse, except that something bigger than my cape has blotted out the sun?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The crew have reported in vivid detail features of the lunar surface and later witnessed a solar eclipse as well as meteorite impacts.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
"With the date we launched at, the orbital mechanics were such that... on the end of the lunar flyby, the crew witnessed an eclipse," Gibbons said.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
The second photograph shows the spectacular solar eclipse to which the astronauts were treated as the Moon blocked out the Sun.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
The moon is having an eclipse abroad this minute.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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