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11 August, 1999 - my First Total Eclipse!!!

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Mommy took me and Daddy to her company's eclipse picnic in the Englisher Garten. As you can see, we are not alone! We've all got our special eclipse glasses on Even I do. It's now 12:30 pm and it's very bright outside
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It's now about 12:32 and the moon has covered up most of the sun Zoom in and see a tiny sliver of sun left It's now 12:37 and it's like nighttime. For two minutes we can take off our glasses
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Mom, can you turn me around so I can see the moon? The darkness only lasted 2 minutes Then Mommy and Daddy took me to Ristorante Roma for lunch
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But Daddy had a lot of business to do A quick break before the next phone call "How did the eclipse affect the stock market today?"