Why the 2024 total solar eclipse is such a big deal | Maine Explained

A total solar eclipse is one of the universe’s most spectacular natural events. So what happens during a total solar eclipse? And does it really live up to all the hype? That’s what we dive into in this episode of Maine Explained.
To view the eclipse in Maine live, visit mainepublic.org/eclipse on Monday, April 8.
Learn more about the 2024 total solar eclipse in Maine here:
www.greatameri...
More 2024 eclipse resources from NASA:
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Production Credits:
Esta Pratt-Kielley - Host, Writer, Supervising Producer, Video Editor
Nik Sparlin - Video Editor, Motion Graphics Designer
Lucy Santerre - Marketing and Promotion Support
Mark Simpson - Director of News and Public Affairs
Andrew Catalina - Manager of Digital News
Footage by Esta Pratt-Kielley
Music by Paul Lawler, Timothy Whitelaw, Thomas Trueman / De Wolfe
Other materials, in order of appearance:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael Karrer / Flickr: www.flickr.com...
Bangor Daily News
Maine Department of Economic Development: digicom.bpl.li...
Linda Spence
National Parks Service
Storyblocks
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
AP
Wikimedia Commons via The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha
Whittelsey Fund, 1975: commons.wikime...
Library of Congress
Shutterstock
RawheaD Rex / Flickr: www.flickr.com...
1963 memories told by:
Charlie Hopkins
Peter Ballou
Jane Chandler
Priscilla Sherburne Flanagan
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