On Monday 03 October 2005 06:37, George Patterson wrote: > On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 19:49 -0400, Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: > > There will be an eclipse tomorrow, and I was just wonder whether > > FlightGear has this modelled. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4299074.stm > > > > Ampere > > It should do as FlightGear models the path of both the sun and the moon > across the sky. > > > But as for the darkening of the sky and the like, I'm not sure. > That's indeed about it. Sun and moon come pretty close together in the sky. Years back, we discussed once whether it would be possible to actually model the darkening/occlusion effects, but in the end decided it was just too much work and too far off topic to really pursue.
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