Comments on Puzzle #37296: October 14, 2023
By Brian Bellis (mootpoint)
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solvability: moderate lookahead
peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description:
The Annular Solar Eclipse runs from Eugene OR to Corpus Christi TX
#1: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Sep 28, 2023
Yay!#2: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Sep 28, 2023
Can't wait!#3: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Sep 29, 2023
... And everythng under the sun is in tune ...#4: Yonah Kondor (yokon965) on Sep 29, 2023
BUT ...
I wonder if the data analysts in the national sales offices of Banana Boat, Coppertone, Hawaiian Tropic, et al. notice a temporary slow in unit sales that day, their products being bested by the ultimate sunblock, albeit momentarily.#5: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Sep 29, 2023
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by valerie.#6: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Sep 29, 2023
My college student should be right in its path. He is looking forward to it!#7: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Sep 29, 2023 [HINT]
A bit of edge logic solves it. I used the top row.#8: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Sep 29, 2023
Tell them not to look directly at the sun. Eclipsed or not it can damage vision. Use projection or a special solar telescope. Check out the shadows through the leaves of a tree. They will be little crescents (or rings during totality)#9: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Sep 29, 2023 [SPOILER]
https://www.skyspyphotos.com/pictures/eclipse-tree-shadow
He knows, and thanks!#10: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Sep 29, 2023 [SPOILER]
We've had some partial eclipses pass through here. I am always fascinated by the crescent-shaped bits of sun in the shadows of leaves. I haven't ever been to the totality of an eclipse. Ring-shaped sunbeams would be wild!
Last time we had a partial eclipse here, a nearby library had an eclipse party. Inside the library (on a hot day) you could watch videos about eclipse science. Or you could go hang out in the hot parking lot with friends and other eclipse enthusiasts. I had a homemade eclipse-viewer: a pair of pieces of cardboard with a hole in one of them. When I let the light shine through the hole onto the other piece of cardboard, it showed the eclipse-shaped shadow. I thought that was neat!
Oh! I just realized that this puzzle is about a different eclipse! I'm thinking of the one that is coming on April 8, 2024, which will go from Texas to Maine. I didn't even realize that there was one coming in October.#11: Wombat (wombatilim) on Sep 30, 2023 [SPOILER]
This is the April one that I am thinking of:
https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/
Here's the link for the October 14, 2023 eclipse:
https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2023/where-when/
We're about a day's drive from Eugene and are considering heading down to see it, but still undecided at the moment.
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