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proof the universe schedules its own theatrics and bills you nothing for the show
means To darken, hide, or surpass something — literally when one celestial body blocks another, figuratively when one thing outshines and overshadows another.
from From Greek 'ekleipsis,' meaning a forsaking or failing — from 'ekleipein,' 'to leave out, abandon, fail to appear,' built from 'ek' (out) and 'leipein' (to leave). The sun, in the ancient eye, didn't merely dim; it abandoned its post. It came to English through Latin 'eclipsis' and Old French in the medieval period, and the sense of one thing eclipsing — outshining — another followed naturally from the image of a great light blotted out.
- freak coincidence
- sun is 400x bigger, 400x farther, so they match
- animal panic
- birds roost and crickets chirp in fake dusk
- einstein's proof
- 1919 eclipse confirmed gravity bends starlight
- slow goodbye
- moon drifts away, ending totalities in 600 million years
- diamond ring
- last sunlight bursts through lunar valleys before totality
total solar eclipse 2024 — crossed north america on april 8, 2024, with totality visible across mexico, usa, and canada
total solar eclipse 1919 — observed by arthur eddington in príncipe, confirmed einstein's general relativity
total solar eclipse 1918 — last total solar eclipse visible from washington d.c., won't happen there again until 2079