Will Hadcroft @willhadcroft.bsky.social · 12/08/202690% covered? Are you surrre ...? 🤔 In 1999 it went really dark and owls woke up. I'll never believe anything Sophie Raworth tells me again. #eclipse #newsmedia 230
Jason Thompson, Exemplar of Enjoyable Pedantry @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026You need well over 95% coverage to see noticeable dimming. In 1999 it was total in some areas and up to 98% in others so was visibly impacting most of the country. This was still the most coverage in the UK for some time but at 90% the media may have overhyped it a bit. 120
