Is anyone else bothered by the term "American" eclipse? I don't think astronomical events have any notion of nationality.
It was the first Total Solar Eclipse to be seen over North America since the 70's...
Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet
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#12Is anyone else bothered by the term "American" eclipse? I don't think astronomical events have any notion of nationality.
yeah, me too. I even saw it _in_ the U.S., but I didn't see American nothing, I saw an astronomical event that has nothing to do with borders.
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#13>Great American Eclipse
That is rather egocentric to be honest. It is just a solar eclipse that happened to be visible in the U.S. this time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_...
Re: Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet
#14Is anyone else bothered by the term "American" eclipse? I don't think astronomical events have any notion of nationality.
There are lots of examples of Americentrism, but I don't think this is one. The eclipse was basically only visible from the United States. For reference, here's the chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SE2017Aug21T.png
> There are lots of examples of Americentrism
Such as the fact that that word refers to the USA and not the whole of the Americas :)
Re: Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet
#15Is anyone else bothered by the term "American" eclipse? I don't think astronomical events have any notion of nationality.
It was the first Total Solar Eclipse to be seen over North America since the 70's...
The total eclipse of July 11, 1991 was seen in Mexico which is part of North America.
Re: Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet
#16Is anyone else bothered by the term "American" eclipse? I don't think astronomical events have any notion of nationality.
It was the first Total Solar Eclipse to be seen over North America since the 70's...
First total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous U.S. since 1979. Not first over North America if Mexico is in North America. Mexico in 1991.
Re: Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet
#17Is anyone else bothered by the term "American" eclipse? I don't think astronomical events have any notion of nationality.
yeah, me too. I even saw it _in_ the U.S., but I didn't see American nothing, I saw an astronomical event that has nothing to do with borders.
apparently HN does not agree with us and are patriotic Americans or something, I dunno!
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#18This is nothing new from Alaska Air. I congratulate them for this! In fact this happened near Hawaii https://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/news/eclipse-flig... in 2015.
Re: Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet
#19>Great American Eclipse That is rather egocentric to be honest. It is just a solar eclipse that happened to be visible in the U.S. this time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_...
I disagree. Calling it the 'Great American Eclipse' is fair because it crossed over the entire country coast to coast making it accessible to just about every major population center by car. It was also only visible in America.
That's pretty neat.
Re: Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet
#20Is anyone else bothered by the term "American" eclipse? I don't think astronomical events have any notion of nationality.
It's a short, accurate description of where it happened....