kottke.org on Nostr: It’s seriously magical that the moon and sun are the same relative size in the sky ...
It’s seriously magical that the moon and sun are the same relative size in the sky so that we can experience total eclipses the way that we do. But it’s not the only coincidental thing I’ve noticed about the eclipses I’ve seen.
https://kottke.org/24/04/what-are-the-oddsPublished at
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