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Egyptian eclipse, 1905 (media.kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/historyporn@lemmy.world
 
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[–] Cap@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I actually think the year is wrong? I found this image of the August 30, 1905 eclipse path which would have been seen over Egypt. There was an eclipse on August 20, 1906 but no where near Egypt.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The picture isn't super high quality, but that might as well be a 5 instead of a 6, so you're probably right

[–] Cap@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Oh boy I just turned into one of those "well actually" guys. I wasn't trying to prove anything wrong. It got me interested in the 1906 eclipse and when I started looking into it things didn't quite line up. This post spurred my curiosity!

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