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    Solar elclipse time lapse

    • Oct 23, 2014
    • Oct 23, 2014 Updated Aug 18, 2017
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    Watch a time lapse video of Thursday's solar eclipse. Taken from a live web feed of the McMath-Pierce telescope on Kitt Peak.

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