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Mystery of ‘Eclipse wind’ solved after 300 years

Edmund Halley – of Halley’s Comet fame – noted the ‘Chill and Damp which attended the Darkness’ of an eclipse in 1715, causing ‘some sense of Horror’ among the spectators. Now we know why. The eerie eclipse weather experienced by Halley – and during last year’s partial solar eclipse across the UK – was more than just a trick of the mind, scientists have confirmed. The ‘eclipse wind’ is a change in wind direction as the moon temporarily blocks out the sun, but up until now scientists have been baffled as to what causes it...