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shadow bands

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noun

  1. slow-moving waves of light and dark observed to move across light-coloured surfaces on the earth just before and after totality in a solar eclipse. They are thought to originate from the effects of irregular atmospheric refraction

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some acts are dismissive of their shadow bands, but Hood is kind of into the idea.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2019

Then it may be possible to see shadow bands playing across the land, a phenomenon the exact origin of which is not known.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ray is split by two half-mirrors, being reunited on the scale-mirrors, where any disparity between the wavelengths of the reunited portions is clearly seen as shadow bands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just before totality, shadow bands rippled across the ground and the few Elmolo men still outside in voluntarily jumped as if to get out of the way.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the total phase approaches, the phenomenon known as shadow bands may sometimes be seen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

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