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:Yet still there are some aspects of eclipses such as shadow bands which are unexplained.  There are some theories, but eclipses are rare enough, plus shadow bands don't occur with every one, so there is no definitive explanation yet.
 
:Yet still there are some aspects of eclipses such as shadow bands which are unexplained.  There are some theories, but eclipses are rare enough, plus shadow bands don't occur with every one, so there is no definitive explanation yet.
 
:[[User:RChandra|RChandra]] ([[User talk:RChandra|talk]]) 18:56, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 
:[[User:RChandra|RChandra]] ([[User talk:RChandra|talk]]) 18:56, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
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::The explanation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_bands shadow bands] on wikipedia seems pretty solid to me. [[User:Zmatt|Zmatt]] ([[User talk:Zmatt|talk]]) 11:51, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
 
  
 
To me the comic is poking fun at the idea the media (and by extension laypeople in general) perceive eclipses to be of great scientific importance and that scientists are excited about it for that reason.  Note how his almost every utterance contains "science".  Megan deftly deflects his attempts to put words in her mouth and remains resolute in her stance that eclipses are interesting to everyone on their face value but not necessarily more so to scientists that others.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.160|108.162.216.160]] 19:35, 16 August 2017 (UTC)Pat
 
To me the comic is poking fun at the idea the media (and by extension laypeople in general) perceive eclipses to be of great scientific importance and that scientists are excited about it for that reason.  Note how his almost every utterance contains "science".  Megan deftly deflects his attempts to put words in her mouth and remains resolute in her stance that eclipses are interesting to everyone on their face value but not necessarily more so to scientists that others.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.160|108.162.216.160]] 19:35, 16 August 2017 (UTC)Pat

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