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Darkness at Jesus’ Crucifixion — Solar Eclipse or Sandstorm?

Thomas CoexA man walks with a camel on the Mount of Olives, from where the Temple Mount and Church of the Holy Sepulcher can usually be seen, during a sandstorm Sept. 8, 2015, in Jerusalem.

“It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed …” (Luke 23:44-45)