Why Solar Eclipses Are Such a Big Deal
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On April 8, 2024, the Moon’s shadow fell upon the Earth, creating a total solar eclipse across North America. If you had the chance to see it, you're surely glad you didn't miss it. It’s an amazing coincidence that total eclipses happen at all - and that we’re alive at a time when we can see and predict them. We made this video so you can learn how to watch an eclipse safely, what to look for during an eclipse, why eclipses happen, and how eclipses have helped advance scientific research.
Explore this April 8, 2024 eclipse map from NASA! science.nasa.gov/eclipses/fut...
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The April 8, 2024 eclipse is gonna be awesome. Learn more about Dr. Gordon Telepun's solar eclipse timer app here: www.solareclipsetimer.com/
And here's some great eclipse maps from NASA: eclipse map from NASA! science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/
Find your next solar eclipse here: eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas.html
thanks for this invaluable resource.
The solar eclipse data is behind a $1.99 paywall. Just saying...😒
@@prescriptivereasoning nobody wants a conversation with you.
I used that app (presumably an older version) in 2017 - worked great!
May the weather favor me as my city is in the path of totality up to 4 minutes.
If you have ANY chance to see it, take it. Strong words just cannot capture what it’s like to actually witness the sun being blotted out. It’s both the most gorgeous and most uncanny and primally fearsome thing you’ve ever seen. Just completely awesome in the classic sense.
Yes! Wife and I drove to the St. Louis area to watch the one in 2017 ... this year, we're taking our now 2 1/2 year old granddaughter somewhere in east central Indiana for this one on April 8th
I just got a filter for my Samsung. I can't wait to record it.
@@CaptFoster5 yeah I caught the 2017 one in South Carolina. Me and my buddy drove 14 hours both ways in bad traffic from Philly, and those 4 minutes were absolutely worth it. I think that says it all lol
I caught the 2017 in Nebraska. I thought that was incredible!
I was directly under it in 2016 and I will be directly under it in Fort Erie off of Lake Erie. I am so lucky.
My partner and I planned to drive a couple hours north to be in the path of totality. He passed away super suddenly in December. I’m taking some of his ashes with me when I go up next month. Jeez. This video made me cry way more than it had any right to
May you feel the magic of love with him.
Oh honey
Sorry for your loss
So sorry. Crying with u!
May you find happiness beyond grief@@Halosmom2012
Who is watching on April 8? Edit: mom I’m famous
In Niagara! You?
Me lol
My retina isn't burned yet 😂
Me
Me
This eclipse is happening on my birthday and I am almost in the dead center of the path of totality, which makes this eclipse so special to me. I have never seen one, and I cannot wait!
That’s so cool!!
look at you toutube" total solar eclipse" and you will see one! for Free!
🎉 Happy Birthday
Happy birthday.
Enjoy your new super powers for that short period of time
April 8th is the second year anniversary of losing my sister to depression. She always loved astronomy and having this happen on the same day gives me strange feelings. Love you Gabi.
I lost my sister to that as well. I Hope you are doing good
I’m so sorry to hear that. I hope both of you are doing amazing and have a good day :D
sorry for your loss ❤😢
So bittersweet 😢 I’m sorry for your loss
8 April is my birthday lol...
In 1999 I had a total solar eclipse on my birthday. My parents took me all the way from Germany to Hungary. When I woke up in the morning it was raining and I was really sad. Just in time for the show the rain stopped and the cloud curtain opened. Best birthday ever 😎
The solar eclipse this year is in my birthday! :D
I was also there at the border of Hungary and Romania in 1999 for the solar eclipse. We were going on a vacation to Germany (funny enough) and we waited at the border for the eclipse. It was raining indeed over there too! My parents forgot the glasses though and the rain stopped not too long before the eclipse, so we watched the whole eclipse in a puddle.
I was only 8 years old at the time, but i still remember it
@@thefrictiontm9507yoo happy early birthday!!!!
@@hy2rochlor1c thank you!
@@thefrictiontm9507 our birthday is a week apart lol(15th)
Day of, I happen to live along the path of totality. Just got back inside from viewing. Wow. I understand why that sight is everything to some people. It's completely unreal. Not just the main event itself, that 360 sunset effect all around, and contrasted by street lights coming on... It was like being temporarily being enveloped into a long-lost childhood memory. For one strange, perfect, and wholly simple moment, life was all about this pure wonder shared between a hundred strangers on a lawn.
I had to travel a bit to be in a totality zone. I've got the vid on my channel hehe
Many years ago I watched an eclipse down Ft. Worth Texas. I had a welders helmet to look through so I got to see it all first hand. It was breath taking. I am now 75 yrs. old so I doubt I will get the chance to see another one live, but I'll keep watching them on the internet.
Did you see the one yesterday in Fort Worth?
hey come on now, im sure youve got another 20 years in you, God willing. the internet sure is nice though... makes up for what we would never experience and all that. best wishes.
You know what this means, right? The Fire benders will be stripped of their ability! It's time to defeat the Fire Nation.
Underrated comment 😂
Not only that. Might want to check yourself for various potential superpowers after the eclipse, too. Maybe time travel, superhuman regeneration, power mimicry, super strength, telepathy... could be a lot of things, really.
Love this comment❤
this is golden
Time to invade!
I saw it on November 3rd, 1994. 100% coverage where I lived back in that day. The experience of the day turning into night was something unforgettable, even though I was just 6 years old. I was afraid of getting blind because the news on TV said "don't look directly at the sun,", so I paid attention at my surroundings instead of looking at the sky. Everything getting darker, the animals slowly moving home. When the Moon shaded the Sun I looked at it, after my parents holding me and saying it was ok. It was almost 11 a.m. and the day was night. A few moments later everything was getting brighter until it got back to a normal sunny summer day. I hope I can see it one more time.
South America! Cool.
Same. It was March 18, 1988 when I experienced it. Hoping to be still alive on April 20, 2042 for the next total solar eclipse in my country.
I remember that eclipse. I watched it through a welding helmet.
Oh I was 6 too 😆
I remember a drop in temperature and a pause in the sounds of nature.
I had the gift of watching this total solar eclipse under clear skies and directly in the path of totality in Flora, IL. I watched it in the backyard with my dad. At 45 years of age I never had this experience before, and I'll never have it again. I will never forget this day.
I'm lucky to live in the path of totality, but near the edge with only 1 minute of totality. I'm traveling to see relatives who are closer to the center and will have about 3.5 minutes of totality. Scheduled the day off from work months ago just to experience this event with my family.
How'd you like it
@@MrAgentTurner Rochester, NY got clouded out, so my family quickly adjusted and drove to Erie, PA where the clouds gave way in time for the eclipse. It was spectacular. I saw shadow bands leading up to totality, the sky becoming dark as dusk, the incredible diamond ring and the suns corona during totality, a solar prominence was also visible during totality, and I also saw Baily's beads. Fantastic all around and would love to see it again!
@@MuchMoreMatt congrats. I managed to sneak a peek in arkansas.
I remember many years ago when there was a partial eclipse in the UK. I was working in a supermarket which had a big window at the front. We all stopped working, customers stopped shopping and we gathered by the window and watched. I had never heard such silence in that place. It was beautiful.
We had a partial eclipse here in the USA I was sitting at a bus stop and it got dark I looked at through my cell phone it's not recommended to do that though but I did
1. GET YOUR GLASSES NOW!!!!
They will be gone from stores and online for weeks before hand. It was impossible to even find a $400 welding mask a week before the last one. So I guess if you own a hardware store you better stock up on them.
2. If you have to travel just get a room. Traffic on the way home will be the worst you've ever seen. I drove 2 and a half hours in 2017 and it took 15 hours to get home.
3. The internet is going to go down because everyone will be using the same towers. DOWNLOAD YOUR MAPS AHEAD OF TIME!! No one sells the paper kind anymore. Also let your family know you'll probably be out of communication for a bit.
4. Don't worry about the location as long as you're in the path just pull off the road anywhere you want. I just hit a rest area gas station and found a patch of grass with my dog. No one's going to complain the entire world stops and looks up. Even store clerks and line Cooks will walk outside and leave everything behind . There won't be a single car on the road unless they're pulled off to the side and nobody will be moving. It's like nothing you've encountered before.
welding masks are not safe
So what happens if i don't use glasses?
Before totally; you go blind or you'll use an indirect viewing method. During totality; you witness THE most beautiful event of your life
And the blindness doesn't happen right away. It creeps up on you! Don't look at the sun without proper filtering unless totally eclipsed!
@@user-vi8ig8hx1gI wonder, could you use a mirror like the sun is Medusa? 😂
Love this channel and love you Joe!! Keeping fingers crossed for clear skies!!
Most amazing of all is to view the aurora with binoculars during totality. The dynamic range is enormous and can't be reproduced on a screen or print. It's all pure black in the center, pure grayscale in the aurora, and those thin violet prominences at the edge. Hands down one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
I saw the 2017 eclipse in South Carolina. I was in the path of totality. It was totally worth traveling for. I’d also recommend not trying to take photos. Totality only lasts a couple of minutes, and you don’t want to waste that time fiddling with camera settings. Leave the astrophotography to the professionals and just enjoy the experience.
Good advice!
Take photos of the shadow of a tree on the ground. Mottled patches of light shining between the leaves will assume the shapes of crescents as the eclipse comes on.
Hey I was there too!
Instead of taking photos of the thing, record videos of your loved ones during and/or after and preserve that memory of them and their feelings.
@@jeremias-serusLove that! People matter most
Something Id highly recommend that none of these eclipse videos seem to bring up: DOWNLOAD AN OFFLINE MAP!!! (or...bring a paper one if youre weird). During the last eclipse, there were so many people where I was that the internet was virtually unusable. Made figuring out how to get home a huge pain.
I did , I got the Solar eclipse timer 2 weeks ago. Im hitting all backroads within totality 😊
Wow that's crazy, were you using cellular and it was just too congested?
@@GlorifiedGremlin Yeah, cell data was overwhelmed by how many people were trying to use it. The place we stopped was a relatively small town who's cell infrastructure just wasnt prepared to handle that many connections.
U can see it at home that's ur fault if u got to be stuck around others for a good time...I love my home
@@w.e.s. Not everyone can see a full solar eclipse at their home. For people outside of the very narrow viewing cone, it’s only a partial eclipse. Good for you for loving your home though I guess.
I witnessed the total eclipse in 1999 in Europe. My parents took me and my brother and we drove 8 hours to be in the path of totality. We stood in a field with hundreds of other people as it suddenly became darker and colder (this felt particularly strange as there were no clouds) and the birds stopped chirping. We watched the eclipse (with special glasses) which lasted only a couple of minutes and then drove all the way back home. I'm so glad my parents did this. This experience really left a lasting impression on me. So if you got the opportunity to see this upcoming eclipse go watch it!
Buffalo NY here. 🤚🏼 It was awesome. Its true what they say , you feel strange…weird bcuz is not something you use to see in the sense that you are used to see daytime …night time …in that sequence, But seen daytime , nighttime all the sudden daytime again …shadows gets weird , temp goes down …it was weird but great.
"The Path of Totality" sounds like a Fremen rite of passage.
I have sipped the water of the maker, I walk the path of totality
Haha yess
May His Path of Totality lead you to paradise @@besmart
Hahaha I JUST watched dune part two too. This comment felt like a sign ;)
Lisan al-gaib....you know our ways.
If you can ever see a total solar eclipse, don't miss it. I saw the 2017 total solar eclipse in Lincoln, NE and it felt so surreal. I stood outside of Morrill Hall and watched as the moon crossed in front of the sun. When it reached totality, it got a little cooler and windier for a little while due to the shadow of the moon cooling the air as it moved along, and the birds started singing as if it was evening. I'll never forget it. All I could think of is that moment in _Contact_ when Jodie Foster said "they should have sent a poet." It was so radically different from anything I had ever experienced and the feeling was very foreign to me. I don't have a name for that exact feeling because I hadn't felt it before and I haven't felt it since.
Have fun out there, everyone. Unfortunately, I'm unable to travel to the path of totality this time, but at least I saw it once already.
Why are you unable to travel to this totality?
I was in school and we all went out to watch that one, it was crazy
I saw it in council bluffs, IA
I saw the 2017 Eclipse too and it was jaw dropping. 10/10 recommend anyone who has a chance to see one, GO! DO pass GO! DO Collect $200, Go! Go! GO!
@@bobby1970
Maybe they can't find anyone to go with. My boyfriend is a couch potato and isn't interested.
I drove to Columbia the last time to see totality.
He sure doesn't know what he's missing. I'm the only one that I know of in NC that's actually saw totality in 2017.
Hello from Kingsland, TX! This is amazing information, I'm going to try to memorize everything to share with my viewing party!! Thanks & much love 💕
I live in forthworth and im gonna see it in school tomorrow and im so excited
Saw the one in 2017 near St. Louis will be seeing this one on April 8th near Indianapolis. Only this time, I'll get to share the experience with my 2 1/2 year old granddaughter
Saw it in St Louis and then, too. I live here .
I live in South Carolina the one in 2017 came right over us so it was easy to get to see totality. It was great.
Saw the St Louis one as well. My kids were 2 and 4. Now they might actually remember this eclipse since it is going directly over my house. 😁
Durhan Durhan should capitalize on this, they are both "New Moon On Monday."
@@giselematthews7949Yes it was amazing. I live in STL too, and it was something I’ll never forget. I was in the Central West End at the Cathedral Bascillica.
I was told the last one was a once in a lifetime event, now I get to see a second one in the exact same town as last time
Mekanda?
So you've lived 2 lifetimes, nice!
@@steveb0503 carbondale
When was the last time before 2017, did your town receive a total solar eclipse? I bet it was a few hundred years.
The fact that this has 61 upvotes at the time of my comment is a little... disturbing. Total solar eclipses only occur over the same place on Earth typically once every 385 or so years on average. So, yes, they are very much "once-in-a-lifetime" events unless you are extremely lucky. But, to be clear, a total solar eclipse does happen somewhere on Earth once every 18 months or so, so if you can travel, you may be able to see many more of them in your life than most people would.
I watched this video a few days before the April 8 eclipse, and am rewatching it now, and I was truthfully brought to tears watching the footage. I'm feeling very thankful to have witnessed such a marvelous event, and to have understood what was happening before my eyes. Thank you, Joe, for making groundbreaking information accessible!
Thank you for all of the great info!
It was a privilege to be able to watch this once-in-a-lifetime event right in our backyard with our kids. We got a full 3+ minutes of totality here in Cowansville, Quebec and there wasn't a single cloud in the sky.
It was as if the time had stopped for a few minutes, everything was dark, chilly, peaceful and beautiful!
I wonder what those “oooh” and “ahhhh” sounds from humans mean.
It means that they’re bovine. 😂
It’s the sound of air escaping their brain, as they make room for new sensory inputs.
* alien taps his shoulder and points up at the solar eclipse*
*Other aliens look up*
*All began to scream*
( In there customs, it's believed widely that solar eclipses mark the beginning of a system wide generation war.... There species is known to move planets and leave behind everything but the necessary equipment to start again else where. Sadly they never stay long enough to see if there own view of things was wrong)
@@achmed3131Basically, the origin of "Ender's Game", in that case.
they are transforming
My hubby and I are both 72. We've already made a hotel reservation in Syracuse and then will hit the road to the Niagara area with our folding chairs and snacks to view the eclipse. We already have our viewing glasses. No way were we going to miss this event.
I'm truly hoping and manifesting great weather for you up north. I proposed to my wife during the 2017 eclipse. we both agree ot was the most incredible day of our lives. I hope to reach your age with my wife right alongside me and us traveling to eclipses together in that age ❤
I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD ONE ❤️!!
Awh my granpa died at 68 in 2022
I can just imagine how excited he would be watching the tv and seeing this news.
If your vehicle is gas powered, you'll be doing a disservice to the planet. Earth day should be every day. No exemptions.
They are predicting a ton of people there, I’d suggest going somewhere along the center line.
this is the best video i had see thank you for that
info
Loved the video all the way through!!
I saw the 2017 total eclipse from up near Corvallis, Oregon. Literally so life changing. I’ve definitely never been the same since in the best way possible. I’ve never felt more contacted to every living thing around me before then.
I was in Silverton, Oregon! Such an incredible (and honestly spiritual) moment. Didn’t expect that at all.
I saw the 2017 eclipse in Salem, Oregon! Absolutely incredible.
Totally agree. I’ve never been able to put it into words. I get emotional just thinking about it.
I tried to see it but couldn’t. Won’t miss this one
I saw it in S. Carolina. Nice way of putting words to the experience.
Yes! Go! The 2017 eclipse was one of the craziest things I have ever experienced in my life! The way it just gets so much darker and the sounds change, even in the middle of rural Idaho! I’m going to Texas to see this one! 1 month countdown!
What do you mean the sounds change?
@@jasmined4973 The birds change their songs/chirps, if it's breezy (which it always is in Idaho) then the wind speed changes when the temperature drops so the wind in the trees changes, stuff like that. It's crazy!
I’m in Indianapolis I was thinking of going to texus but can’t make it so I’ll stay in Indianapolis
This solar eclipse is way more important than he says because “Water. Earth. Fire. Air. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar mastered all four elements. Only he could stop the ruthless firebenders. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years have passed and the Fire Nation is nearing victory in the War. Two years ago, my father and the men of my tribe journeyed to the Earth Kingdom to help fight against the Fire Nation, leaving me and my brother to look after our tribe. Some people believe that the Avatar was never reborn into the Air Nomads, and that the cycle is broken. But I haven't lost hope. I still believe that somehow, the Avatar will return to save the world."
You're TERRIFIC! 👊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Cringe
@@neutral_10 thanks bro😁
Phenomenal vid! Plan to use it w my 1st- 3rd grade students! Thank you so much 🌞🕶️🌘
Years, years, years ago, we were playing soccer during recess, totally enjoying ourselves, then all went dark, totally dark. It scared us so much, we stopped playing. Yes, the teachers tried to enlighten us. Only a few bright ones understood, the rest of us were still in eclipse.
Hope to experience this year total eclipse. Much enlightened now.
I was in the path of totality at home in SC in 2017. Amazing is a vast understatement. Our chickens went to roost, the birds and animals and even the bugs cycled through their evening/nighttime/morning behaviors in a very short span of time. The crescent shadows were unforgettable filtering through the tree leaves. It was eerily beautiful, awe-inspiring, and something i wish every human could experience at least once. Was blessed to be home with family and friends to see it. 🥰
I watched it near Cleveland, OH. Thanks for the pre warning so I could prepare! Also the timer app worked out well. It was an amazing experience
Last time I witnessed an eclipse, I was in Zürich during the 1999 one in August. It was overcast and I was working. Still had a few minutes chance to step outside and experience what looked like evening twilight, before the manager came shouting at us.
So I'm looking forward to this one, even if I won't be in the totality area.
Thanks for info, good video :)
I'm from Luxembourg, Europe and I remember very well when we had a total eclipse here. It was in August 1999. A few days before, this was all they talked about in the news and they insisted that everyone should use proper eye protection. Unfortunately, even though it was in August, the sky was full of clouds. I remember we were laughing at the few people were using those special sunglasses even though you couldn't even see where the sun was because of the clouds!
Still, it was an amazing experience! We couldn't see the sun disappear but we saw how it got darker and darker....until it was pitch black! It was even darker than during the night because at night, the street lights are turned on but in this case, there were no lights at all!
Then, slowly, the light came back and after a few minutes, it was over but everyone was smiling, looking at each other, like _"Did this just happen? Was this real?!"_
I'm from Saarland and it certainly wasn't pitch-black but otherwise I share your experience.
I saw the one that went over Oregon a few years ago. It's very hard to convey with words (or video) what it's like to see it irl. In all the videos that came out after that eclipse you could hear lots of "oohs" and "aahs" in the background (as i also heard/did in real life) and the comments under said videos were often making fun of the people for acting dumb, or faking being so impressed. Those commenters seem to forget that seeing something on a screen isn't the same as seeing it in real life. Imagine watching footage of a waterfall and thinking that's equivalent to standing near one, or thinking watching a video of a roller-coaster ride is the same as riding it yourself. You don't get what it FEELS like to witness an eclipse until you see it for real, and when you do, you immediately get why people "ooh" and "ahhh" like awestruck children. The exclamations are involuntary. It's a more surreal and impactful experience than you might imagine. If you have the chance to see one you need to make it a priority.
In my opinion the big difference between experiencing something in real life compared to a video is you are only using sight, and hearing none of the other 3 senses (that are taught in school) excluding taste since that doesn't completely apply in the most cases
My friends and I thought we were alone on a lumber road in a forest in northern oregon since we avoided towns and hadn't seen or heard another soul until when we suddenly involuntarily whooped and gasped and shouted we heard dozens of other voices echoing from several other places in the same ravine.
can I just say I loved your vibes, in this solar eclipse I manifest people intelligent, passionate, lovely and that makes me better, also I manifest all good for me, health, happines, family, money and dreams, thanks so much for this video, im so lucky.
Brilliant video!!! I Love the exuberance and enthusiasm. 😎
Your enthusiasm, real or feigned, is infectious - almost emotionally so. I was privileged enough to see a total solar eclipse as a child, and I look forward to seeing this one, undoubtedly my last opportunity. Thank you for making it as special to others as it will be to me.
I just feel so blessed that by some small chance, the size and distance ratios of the sun and moon just happen to be such that we can witness this incredible phenomenon here on earth once in a few years. I drove 10 hours from NJ to TN to see the one in 2017, and I'm SO not missing the one this April!
I’m in New Jersey myself and heavily contemplating using vacation time and traveling for such
@@Silentgunner555 It's worth the trip; trust me!
@@igorgerlovin3185 I’m doing it! Already took off! Aha
I was privileged enough to drive to watch the last total eclipse in 2017. STILL the best thing I have seen in my life. If you can and have the resources , do yourself a favor and go see it. It will be a memory you will cherish your entire life !
Thank you for the app recommendation! Listening to the play by play as we watched the sky really enhanced our experience! So glad we got to see totality in person 😎 looking forward to the next one
This guy is always in good mood
Wouldn't that be nice. I'm a monster until at least 9am from being woken by my German Shephard at 5am.
He's usually drunk
If my brother healed from cancer I'd spend an entire year smiling as well
कृपया अपने भाई को शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने के लिए मेरी शुभकामनाएं साझा करें, @@mrjoe332 l
😊
I'm currently living in Miramichi, New Brunswick Canada.
We are 100% smack dab in the path of totality,hope it isn't overcast.
I'm actually traveling there to see the eclipse. I'm hoping for clear skies there as well
I just experienced my very first total solar eclipse here in Ohio right from my front yard.
It truly was such an incredible experience and I will remember it for the rest of my life
April 8 2024 3:08 PM
Edit:
We here in south western Ohio got super lucky. For the past 9 days it was supposed to be cloudy and rainy during the eclipse.
But instead, it was sunny without a cloud in the sky. How amazing that was
Waco was supposed to be overcast but the entire totality was visible Texas got lucky
You are awesome, just like the unique phenomenon you have described so well. Thank you!
Totality is the place to be, truly life changing moment in 2017 in Tennessee. Heatband shadows racing across the ground, the cicadas were going insane, suddenly you see Venus and stars I think it was around 1pm where I was at.
Same in Munich, August 1990. It was a hot day, but the air temperature sank significantly during the ca. half hour when the light was at its lowest. The birds stopped singing, it was as dark as literally shortly after sundown, the stars were out (as they always are, IKR :-) ), and to think about it now still sends shivers up and down my spine.
Whoever has the opportunity to watch it in April 2024: do it please, you will still tell your greatgrandchildren about the experience!
I know it's an incredible sight to see but what's frustrating is that one puffy cloud can prevent you from experiencing the whole thing.
You are correct. Don't waste your time in Texas, going to be a 500ft cloud layer and 70% chance of rain in central TX on the 8th, won't be able to even see the sun. Maybe next time.
@@user-il5oi6ko5f would you believe I had already bought a plane ticket from Chicago to Austin? Oh well. I knew this could happen. I will enjoy Mexican food while I'm there.
that's what I'm hoping for.
I heard it’s supposed to be cloudy all across the US. Can’t believe it’s supposed to be raining where I’m going. I already waited seven years; I’m not going to be forced to wait another 21!
LOL not really. Just because you can't see the moon and sun doesn't mean the skies won't go as dark as night. If the cloud cover is at the right height you will see colour changes and the animals in the environment will still believe it is becoming night and then day and will act accordingly. Stop being so negative!
Linguist here- 3:50 is a picture of the Georgian Language (one of the oldest languages), not Chinese, but fascinating either way!
The solar eclipse is on my birthday. I have been tracking this event since 1989. I was 8 years old, and when I saw the date of the 2017 and 2024 eclipses, I vowed to see them both, especially 2024.
Fast forward several decades, and I just happen to be living in East Tennessee when the 2017 eclipse came around and was able to see it in totality.
2024's eclipse is passing right over Fort Cavazos Texas where I used to be stationed.
We still have our old house, and my mother lives in it. I will be on my roof in Texas in one month's time, and I am so overjoyed!
@801leggy -- Hi -- I'm driving over from Houston. Might go to the eclipse watch party at Lions Club Park Does your mom live out of the Killeen traffic area? And if so, do you have an extra parking spot I could use?? 😅 Have a great eclipse!
Nice one, Joe! I live right in the path of totality (in your neck of the woods, I believe) and I've been recruited at the last minute to give a presentation about the eclipse tomorrow. Thanks for the information and inspiration!
thank you for the information
thanks for shedding light on this
5:51 “A large online retailer named after a South American river”
Me: “what is AMAZON!!”
Got mine in the mail yesterday 😅
I only have to drive an hour to get to the path of totality, but this is Ohio...in April. Weather is going to be a problem, so I'm trying to find the best possible location within a few hundred miles that has the best chance of being cloud-free.
Good Luck!
Hello fellow Ohioan
Especially if you're in NE Ohio with the dreaded cold Canadian air over our Lake Erie cloud machine. I'm at the point, where I either stay in my yard or cross the state out toward Wapokoneta.
I'm from michigan and want to drive just south of toledo to experience it. I really hope we get lucky and get a clear sky
When I saw the path of totality for the eclipse, it was the first time I was mad we moved away from NE Ohio years ago...I looked it up and our old house was literally in the path of totality. I'll have to settle for a partial eclipse of 78% coverage unfortunately, the eclipse from 2017 was 93% coverage where I was and it didn't even get that dark so not expecting a whole lot this time lol
I live just west of Cleveland, OH. Right on the path. So excited!
I’m in the path of totality so this past month or so has been a weird experience for me. I’m from a really small town but every hotel around us has been booked to watch the eclipse. We’re actually getting Monday off from school because they’re considering it a “state of emergency”. I completely understand the excitement around it, and I can’t wait either, but it seems like it’s the only thing people can talk about. This week locals are getting supplies to stock up before everyone else visits for the eclipse. Basically, it’s been pretty crazy trying to prepare for it and I’m going to be really sad once it’s over, but I am looking forward to when we can hold some other conversation without mentioning it tbh.
Holy crap to learn theres an eclipse in a month from now directly over where i am?! Thank you for this news!
Seeing the shadow bands during the eclipse in 2017, will be the thing I remember the most! It was unexpected, and absolutely mesmerizing
I like how some of these cosmic events have brought people together for millennia and trigger memories. I wonder if I will be outside this time around. The last one in 2017 my coworker had glasses, timed it, and we watched for a bit. Goes so fast.
This was a very informative video and very entertaining. 10/10!
I remember seeing the totality years ago, and recently in october of 2023 was in Florida on a cruise ship during the partial eclipse. Those two moments were striking to me and I was very, very stuck by seeing the shadow of things change. I remember looking right at the sun and blinking really fast and I could see the moon partially covering the sun, it was crazy.
for us puny humans even a cosmic event as minuscle and simple as an eclipse is something we get excited for.. imagine all the things out there in the cosmos that will simply break the very fabric of our understanding of the cosmos.
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Great way to explain this, thanks!
I just want to thank you for sharing this video. I'm using it with my highschool students
I've seen a full solar eclipse, annular solar eclipse, and two partial eclipse all of it happened in my homeland
Morning just become dawn, shadow is everywhere, and the best thing is a black sun, I love it
I saw the 2017 eclipse in Clayton Georgia, the event was spectacular. You have to see it in person to really appreciate what's happening. We have made travel plans to see the eclipse next month in Kerrville Texas, where the town is having a big celebration. Let's all just hope for clear skies!
Expecting only 20% eclipse in Oregon. Can't Wait for your video
I was in the line of totality in 2017. I drove 4 hours to get there. Everything this man says is pretty much spot on. Luckily for you all, eclipse glasses will be much more available this time around. But if you can’t get them, welder’s glasses work too. I have one very important warning for you: However far you drive to get there, be expecting to add 250% to your commute home. Everyone on earth, many millions of people will be trying to go home at the same time. So while it took me 4 hours to get to my viewing location, it took me 10 hours to get home. And no, Google maps didn’t help because a very large % of people were also using Google maps so we were just following our own traffic jam. The highway was a parking lot. In hindsight, I should have gotten a hotel.
When I saw the solar eclipse, it was the strangest most awesome creepiest feeling haha. It was like the quickest sunset, except one side of the sky wasn’t dark and the other side a little bit lighter. I kept looking at the horizon, expecting to see where the sun had clearly gone down, but there wasn’t an obvious please wear a had set. It was like the sky was equally dark all the way across with a tinge of light hitting all the way around equidistant on all of the horizons.
I was on a road trip at the time and we got out of the car in the nearest random field next to a car dealership. See you in a bunch of other people were laying their blankets down too. And we really enjoyed the 15 minutes just waiting for it to start and thinking of different son themed songs to play for everybody. We got a couple smiles when we played ELO Mister Blue Sky, Beatles’ Here Comes The Sun, and Oh Mister Sun. 😂
I saw the 2017 total Eclipse in western Kentucky. It was incredible! I'm going to see this one as well with my family. We have eclipse glasses, and hopefully, everything goes as planned! Getting there will be easy. Getting out after the Eclipse will be the stuff of nightmares 😂
I was in the Oregon desert for 2017 and it was incredible. We are visiting some family in western Tennessee and will drive about an hour (normally) west to try and get a good spot. The only thing I'm worried about now is the weather, I hope it's a beautiful sunny spring day! We were going to Texas but airline tickets were insanity, and looking at past weather, it's still about 50/50 whether in Texas or Kentucky of a clear day so hopefully, my luck will be on my side. I couldn't bring my wife to the last one but I said it's incredible and not to be missed so I hope it works out.
@jeremey2072 that's awesome! I'm going to Indiana to see it. I have family in Kentucky, so it won't be a long drive from their house to get to our spot. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate, though it's in April, and the weather in the midwest sucks... but with climate change, maybe there's a chance of clear skies and no rain, asking for a prayer, God!
Just watched the eclipse today, it was awe-inspiring!
I've seen partial eclipses before, but I wasn't expecting everything to actually go dark in the middle of the day. Also, you could feel the temperature difference, it got noticeably colder (it was 16°C before, and 7°C during totality)
brilliantly explained 👌
I remember the last eclipse. I was in the totality for a couple of minutes. The crickets you would hear at dusk started making their sounds and fireflies came out. It was surreal
I live in the dead center of the totality range. A tiny place in Southern Illinois.
I remember during the last eclipse, animals were acting strange, but the weirdest was that all the evening bugs started chirping and you could see them all rise out of the grass very quickly. Almost like a wave. And they all settled back down just as quickly. It was kind of unnerving.
Very interesting video! I just witnessed it here on the south shore of Montreal and one thing you didn't mention that was very noticable is the massive and very quick drop in temperature!!
Great video❤
I got to witness one while working on a roof of a mansion. Everyone was on top of that house enjoying the eclipse when it happened.
I just downloaded the Solar Eclipse Timer onto my tablet, and my husband bought some eclipse glasses recently from the same place you got yours from, so we're all ready. This will actually be my 2nd total solar eclipse viewing in my area (London, Ontario) the first one being back in 1979 when I was in the 2nd grade and we got to watch the eclipse on TV in the school's gym.
That event, and the pictures Voyager sent from Jupiter around the same timeframe, is what made me fall hopelessly in love with astronomy. The Voyager 2 actually lifted off 8 days after my 6th birthday, so I'd say I was born at a pretty good point in time to become a stargazer.
Curiosity is something that I have an endless supply of. 😁
Fabulous video!
Great and informing video
THANK YOU! If I hadn't seen this video I would have had no idea. Now I have hotel reservations and we're going on a road trip to Kernville to see this!
I really hope that was a typo and you didn't mean to say Kerrville, TX. If you did please remember that there is a law that left lane is for passing only. And don't be upset if someone flys by you when you don't get over bc you're breaking the law too!
@@NM-yu3fc We didn't go to Kernville. I decided to go to Piedras Negras, MEX. My family watched it from a public park with a handful of the locals. I wish I had the skills to convey the depth of the experience. The clouds opened up seconds before totality was reached.
@@ryanreedgibson I had the distinct privilege of standing on my porch watching no change in light. Just rain clouds hahah I'll travel one day to see it myself!
Flatearthers leaving the chat 😂
You severely underestimate there tenacity 😏
The theory: earth is flat, but moon isn't, neither the sun. But the univers doesnt exists how we imagine, so the sun orbit like 30 km high above ground and we have never in orbit (so satellites dont exists too, another incredible thought lie? Cant say). Therefore to have the eclipse the moon must be lower? But almost as big as the sun? And also the orbit of the sun and the moon drift north and south so that you can justify why north and south pole have long nights? But if the sun which is a glowing ball of hot gasses that can enlight and warm the earth I dont really get how the sun can just "float"? I love that they came out with density, being gravity a non existing force in their theory, but how can you justify something so dense and so small to burn eternally without reducing in size and being able to float? Also literally the fact that the rays of sun can't travel more than 5k kilometer is am awesome stretch, so then you have to justify why the sun disappear under the horizon with weird yet unexplicable theories about distortion and stuff..but that would literally mean that the sun is around 300 km wide? More or less? And is burning without any real reason to do that for thousands of years? I cant really understand why anyone would believe so many farfetched shyte. Unbelievable...
@@nightwarrior1980You sound like you don’t know any basic physics or anything, “sunlight can’t travel more than 5km” bro, in a vacuum where there is absolutely nothing in the way, what’s gonna stop it from going way more than that. I’m honestly just disappointed on how stupid some people are, and how indifferent they are to evidence that completely disproves everything they say.
@@nightwarrior1980also I could easily disprove everything else you say but I really don’t want to put the effort into it because you’ll just come up with some stupid ass responce, or say that I’m believing the “governments lies”
@@ilikesnow8146bro i’m pretty sure you guys both agree that flat earthers are stupid, night warrior is just giving an explanation as to why what flat earthers believe is stupid
bro the feeling of the shadow moving right next to you and seeing everything around you darken out is such a crazy feeling.
Excellent presentation. Glad you briefly mentioned the weather. That's why I won't travel far to see a total eclipse. As a "glass half empty"-type, I fully expect I would get rained out.
The anticipation is great but the anxiety of inclement weather is great as well.
Damn relax - anxiety this anxiety that, smfh - close one eye and use your thumb - TOTAL elipse all day EVERYday
I'm planning on going to a music festival for it. So many of my favorite musicians and artists, and I'm so excited
Man I hope the weather is beautiful on this day. Every time something epic in the sky happens the clouds say "NOPE" 🌫😒. I don't want to wait 20 years until the the next eclipse. I missed the 2017 eclipse because I didn't look up the time it was going to happen in my area and I was psyched about seeing it I made the pop tart box and wrapper but now I ordered a pair of Eclipse Glasses. Thank you this was very helpful and informative 🌕🌗🌓🌒🌘🌖🌔🌑 Great video 👍👍
Tuuuurn around...
Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming 'round
I cant wait!! I live in indiana directly in the path of totality!!
Same!! I'm so hyped
Great video! And fun!
Thanks for making learning fun!👍🏻😎🌔
During the last eclipse, my city was in the path of partial totality, and I spent a good portion of the day hanging out at our local aviation museum with the astronomical society. I watched until a bit after the peak when I had to start making my way to work. One of the absolute amazing things that struck me as I was at the bus stop, and the moon was still in front of the sun, was the cascading moon shadows cast between the leaves of the trees. Probably made me more emotional to see just that simple, average effect of such a magnificent display of nature and science than it was to look through protective glasses to see what was going on in front of the sun and I can't wait to see it again. :)