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Did you know that all of the longest solar eclipses all occurred north of the equator?

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Now isn't that a curious fact?

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Let's take a look at what is the cause of that.

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On a flat earth with a circling sun, the sun would have to travel faster when in the

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southern hemisphere to cover more distance every 24 hours to complete its full circle.

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Now let's take a look at two solar eclipses happening, one with the sun in the north

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and the other in the south.

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Notice the northern eclipse starts first.

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As the eclipses continue, you will see the southern eclipse ends before the northern one.

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All of the longest solar eclipses happen in the north because the earth is flat.