| 2000, California, 
        U.S.A. 
 Jay Pasachoff saw the eclipse from an airplane 
        at Los Angeles airport (LAX). | 
   
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    | After the plane took off, en route to San Francisco. | After the plane took off, en route to San Francisco. | 
   
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    | The view at an angle through the airplane window 
        wasn't great. | Through a solar viewer and the airplane 
        window. | 
   
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    | Through a solar viewer and the airplane window. | Through a solar viewer and the airplane window. | 
   
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          | Through a solar viewer with 
              the view on the tarmac at LAX visible below. |  |  | 
   
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