Longest eclipse ever: How scientists rode the supersonic Concorde jet to see a 74-minute totality
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Longest eclipse ever: How scientists rode the supersonic Concorde jet to see a 74-minute totality

In 1973‚ scientists using the supersonic Concorde jet extended totality to 74 minutes by flying almost as fast as the moon';s shadow was moving across Earth.