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  • Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.
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    Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. In April 2024, the Moon’s shadow is sweeping from Texas to Maine, as the U.S. witnesses its last total solar eclipse until 2044. This extraordinary astronomical event is plunging locations in the path of totality into darkness for more than four minutes - nearly twice as long as the last American eclipse in 2017. Learn how to watch an eclipse safely and follow scientists as they work to unlock secrets of our Sun - from why its atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than its surface, to what causes solar storms and how we might one day predict them.
    Chapters
    00:00 Introduction
    03:41 What Happens During a Total Solar Eclipse?
    08:38 Protecting Your Eyes During an Eclipse
    12:08 Studying the Sun’s Corona
    20:24 Ancient Sightings of Solar Eclipses
    27:00 Predicting Solar Eclipses and Solar Ejections
    35:23 Testing a Coronagraph During an Annular Eclipse
    41:26 The Heat of the Sun’s Corona
    48:57 Conclusion
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  • @jdxsea
    @jdxsea 3 місяці тому +53

    I Witnessed this Eclipse a little over an hour ago. I cannot express how incredible this was. i was fortunate to have been in the epicenter of this. I feel so much gratitude at this moment. What an Event! I wish anyone that reads this nothing but Love and prosperity!

    • @elysianfields8461
      @elysianfields8461 3 місяці тому +3

      ❣️

    • @dcj9329
      @dcj9329 3 місяці тому +3

      Same to you

    • @wilde.coyote6618
      @wilde.coyote6618 3 місяці тому +5

      Me too
      From Detroit, drove to Findlay Ohio. Top 5 moments in my life.

    • @ginaberry7214
      @ginaberry7214 3 місяці тому

      🎉

    • @ginaberry7214
      @ginaberry7214 3 місяці тому +2

      If the sun rises in the east and sets in the west? Why did the eclipse travel from west to east?

  • @railroadtrainspotter4854
    @railroadtrainspotter4854 3 місяці тому +7

    I watched this documentary the night before the eclipse in Waco, Texas. The eclipse was astonishing! Pictures and videos aren't the same as getting to see it in-person.

  • @sheripresloid7839
    @sheripresloid7839 3 місяці тому +25

    Got to witness this in CLEVELAND, Ohio. OMG....Above and beyond expectations! I cried!! Huge space/universe person. Been waiting for six years. Watched the entire time; 2pm til 4:28pm. AWESOME!

    • @occasm
      @occasm 3 місяці тому +1

      We traveled to Elyria. OH from NY. So amazing!!!

  • @greendeane1
    @greendeane1 3 місяці тому +101

    On July 20th 1963, I watched a total eclipse in Maine with my mother, on a hill behind the house.

    • @RodgerDodger196
      @RodgerDodger196 3 місяці тому +8

      AWESOME!!
      THAT APPARENTLY WAS THE -LAST ONE IN MAINE!
      NOW YOU COULD SEE THE 2024!!
      I’ve got my BOX best I can do
      Saw one as a kid the same way with Dad.
      (BUT I DID GET TO SEE AN AUROA BOREALIS -IN COLOR!! With MY Family in MAINE’s Coastline from the back porch-WILL NEVER FORGET THAT!!
      HAVE A GREAT APRIL 8( just under 2days! (Hopefully you got your power back after Mother Natures Spring Snow Storm!

    • @boudicca272
      @boudicca272 3 місяці тому +1

      ..was..your mother...Dolores Claiborne...by chance? 😂 I'm just pickin! That really does sound like an amazing special memory. Enjoy 4/8 🌚

    • @Tasty_Radd
      @Tasty_Radd 3 місяці тому

      that's a nice memory ... thank you for sharing

    • @milmex317th
      @milmex317th 3 місяці тому

      You and Delores Clairbon. Great movie

    • @raymondmartin6737
      @raymondmartin6737 3 місяці тому +1

      I saw it too dim the light in Southeastern NY.😊

  • @robgarnett3767
    @robgarnett3767 3 місяці тому +6

    I’m 52 and saw the total Eclipse in VT yesterday I never could have imagined how unbelievably incredible it was absolutely life changing!

  • @MsMarabell
    @MsMarabell 3 місяці тому +365

    I am so excited for 4/8. It's my son's 25th birthday, and it's a solar eclipse, and we'll be seeing it in totality. Feels special

    • @TommyH2o
      @TommyH2o 3 місяці тому +43

      That is special! It will be the best birthday ever!

    • @virginiatyree6705
      @virginiatyree6705 3 місяці тому +18

      Wow! That's going to be a fun & special day for him & your loved ones. Hope you have your glasses (solar eclipse) & the champagne 🥂 glasses ready? An early HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your son!; 🎉🎉🎉 v

    • @michaelpearce6284
      @michaelpearce6284 3 місяці тому +38

      Nice! It’s my 60th😮

    • @texschuler
      @texschuler 3 місяці тому +14

      Prepare for cloudy skies

    • @virginiatyree6705
      @virginiatyree6705 3 місяці тому +16

      @@michaelpearce6284 , Cool, you've got to get to 4 8 2024 first. 60 is a new decade birthday. So, have a great one! And, a early HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂 2U! I'll have a glass of champagne 🥂 on 4 8 2024 to celebrate the celestial event & think of you having FUN! Stay safe & have FUN. v

  • @LordDeuce-ul7my
    @LordDeuce-ul7my 3 місяці тому +4

    That was one of the coolest natural spectacles I've ever seen. I didn't think it was going to be so cool. Ive seen some partial eclipses before, but nothing like this. That was awesome.

  • @1amybean
    @1amybean 3 місяці тому +123

    Thank you, EVERYONE at NOVA, PBS -all the research institutions -that made this fascinating program possible.

  • @gradycothren2267
    @gradycothren2267 3 місяці тому +10

    Just witnessed the one here in Dover, Arkansas. It was absolutely awesome. Pictures do no justice.

  • @KingTriton1837
    @KingTriton1837 3 місяці тому +47

    I'm in Cleveland and we are directly within the path of totality! Can't wait to see it'!

    • @karolitadotcom
      @karolitadotcom 3 місяці тому

      Woot, woot. Let's hope the clouds make way

  • @SuperiorDave
    @SuperiorDave 3 місяці тому +122

    I'm in Fort Smith, Arkansas. I'll be driving with my family down to Russellville, Arkansas to get the full four minutes. This is a once in a lifetime gift
    for many people, including me. I'm going to cherish every minute of it.

    • @DisposableSupervillainHenchman
      @DisposableSupervillainHenchman 3 місяці тому +8

      I’ll be in Arkansas as well. I really hope the clouds can hold off! 🤞🏻

    • @virginiatyree6705
      @virginiatyree6705 3 місяці тому +5

      Clear skies, be safe, & have FUN! It's really cool when totality occurs. v

    • @digitalworms
      @digitalworms 3 місяці тому +8

      I'm from Arkansas live in Clarksville! Lived in Russellville for a long time! You can go watch 300 couples get married in Russellville and grab some free food lol! I gotta stay in Clarksville that day my girlfriend is working so I'll have the kids! It's gonna be dark for 3 mins 30 secs here no bad but Russellville is where I'd go if I could!

    • @StreetSteeze
      @StreetSteeze 3 місяці тому +5

      I am headed up that way from Georgia! I saw totality in 2017 and I have been looking forward to 2024 ever since.

    • @liamhuges
      @liamhuges 3 місяці тому +6

      My original plan was to fly from DC to Arkansas but it looks like it will be cloudy there :(

  • @aubreysnyder338
    @aubreysnyder338 3 місяці тому +122

    I live in Missouri. The 2017 eclipse was BEAUTIFUL! its like time stopped for a few minutes. Cant wait 😍

    • @ssmith4614
      @ssmith4614 3 місяці тому +3

      STL.....No Co....it was amazing.

    • @billschlafly4107
      @billschlafly4107 3 місяці тому +1

      @@ssmith4614 Greetings from across the river in Belleville. I grew up in No Co.

    • @boudicca272
      @boudicca272 3 місяці тому +2

      VA here. I was driving my husband home from a cancer treatment. He was asleep & we were on a section of road that had no other cars in the middle of nowhere.. It was absolutely surreal. For a few minutes I thought either time had stopped or me & him had traveled into another plane of existence. It truly was something. Enjoy 4/8! 🌚

    • @ssmith4614
      @ssmith4614 3 місяці тому +1

      @@billschlafly4107 where are you watching this year. Me and some friends are going up Near Riverview along the river. Someone told me the fish will start jumping when the eclipse hits

    • @thatjayne
      @thatjayne 3 місяці тому +2

      @@boudicca272good luck to your husband and I loved your share.

  • @melduncan4566
    @melduncan4566 3 місяці тому +4

    Watched the eclipse in Indianapolis today. 45 years old and it was my first one. So beautiful and quite the reminder how connected we are to one another and the universe

  • @kvn8907
    @kvn8907 3 місяці тому +7

    I watched it from Rochester, New York. It was totally overcast. I couldn't even tell where the sun was.
    But it did become dark as night for three minutes. It was kind of cool, and I am grateful I didn't miss it.

  • @granitestateyarns
    @granitestateyarns 3 місяці тому +114

    I watched Nova's "Eclipse of the Century" way back in the 90s and have been hoping to see a total solar eclipse ever since. I've been waiting for this 2024 eclipse for thirty years and it's FINALLY TIME. Thank you, PBS, for helping to inspire my love of science from a young age!

    • @joemars41
      @joemars41 3 місяці тому +11

      Best to your viewing on 4/8/2024. 👍🌎

    • @BlueBonnie764
      @BlueBonnie764 3 місяці тому +8

      🦬 Come to Buffalo, hurry you can make it, lol. Gosh I hope you have good weather!! I hope we do! ☀️

    • @BlueBonnie764
      @BlueBonnie764 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@joemars41you too☀️

    • @gullygodgaming3765
      @gullygodgaming3765 3 місяці тому +4

      There was one in 2017

    • @jmn93065
      @jmn93065 3 місяці тому +7

      Fortunately , I was in Cabo San Lucas for the great eclipse of July 1991. Totality was more than 6 minutes which won't happen for hundreds of years. I was in Idaho for the 2017 eclipse, which is still memorable although only 2 minutes. For some reason this eclipse is drawing a lot of negative coverage. Hope everything goes well.

  • @grmagic01UT
    @grmagic01UT 3 місяці тому +5

    I saw a total eclipse in March of 1970 on the NC coast. I'll never forget it. I was a Jr. in Aerospace Eng. at NC State so this was very significant for me and today's is too from Atlanta (about 85%).

  • @jennacided6502
    @jennacided6502 3 місяці тому +56

    I saw the annular eclipse from Chaco Canyon this last October and it was incredible. My whole family went and we were one of the last cars let into the park. Everyone I talked to afterward pretty much begged me to go see the total eclipse in April if I liked what I'd just seen. They were really great at convincing a little college kid like me! In a couple of days my family and I are headed to San Antonio to go see the total solar eclipse and I couldn't be more excited. It's going to be a true once in a lifetime event.

    • @dforrest4503
      @dforrest4503 3 місяці тому +2

      You won’t regret it!

    • @usaturnuranus
      @usaturnuranus 3 місяці тому +3

      I would really like to witness an annular eclipse, saw videos and stills of the Chaco Canyon event and it looked really dramatic, this beautiful perfect ring of blazing plasma. But any kind of solar eclipse will work fine for me.

    • @shellypafford4082
      @shellypafford4082 3 місяці тому +2

      I'm so upset that it will be cloudy. I'm in the totality region in Texas. The forecast says cloudy skys possibilities all the way to Ohio

    • @christopherjohnson1803
      @christopherjohnson1803 3 місяці тому +3

      I hope the weather holds up. Forecasts are saying cloudy for Texas. 😮

    • @ang8158
      @ang8158 3 місяці тому

      ​​@@christopherjohnson1803 I know it was cloudy there but did you get to see any changes from light to dark at least?? I'm in Indpls and worried but we got lucky. I wondered about the states who were in the totality path but had clouds if they could still tell the changes as far as how dark it got?

  • @modeschar
    @modeschar 3 місяці тому +24

    Saw the 2017 eclipse in Atlanta. I did the calculation and found that at 97% coverage we experienced roughly the light level equivalent of noon on Jupiter. It was surreal... it was dark and bright at the same time.

    • @TwoBs
      @TwoBs 3 місяці тому +3

      I remember my son (9 at the time) describing the one in 2017 when it was happening as “like putting on a pair of dark pair of sunglasses when it’s really sunny … the light isn’t like when the sun sets or rises” - we didn’t have totality, but the same amount as you around 95-97% coverage, which was enough to see the outdoor thermometer drop a couple of degrees. It was like a slightly desaturated filter that was applied in real life.
      He’s so excited that he gets to see it happen again so soon.

    • @rockwithyou2006
      @rockwithyou2006 3 місяці тому +1

      totality or bust

    • @modeschar
      @modeschar 3 місяці тому +1

      @@rockwithyou2006yep… even 99.9% doesn’t cut it sadly. Even a 0.1% of the sun’s light is bright enough to ruin the effect.

  • @eb7713
    @eb7713 3 місяці тому +3

    My hubby, sister, and I just got home to a cloudy and rainy Houston after experiencing our first total eclipse with clear skies in Waxahachie, Texas. The drive back home was slow and grueling but (WOW!!!) the beauty and wonder of totality was worth it! Words cannot describe what we saw except that I feel like we touched the face of our beautiful creative God! 💖😁🌞☀️ We watched this PBS show a couple of days ago but nothing prepared us for seeing this wonderment in person. Thank you!

  • @christadawnwheeler2696
    @christadawnwheeler2696 3 місяці тому +8

    I will be seeing the full eclipse in Indiana. My workplace is having an eclipse party. The whole community is planning a party with thousands attending. This will be a memorable event. Also hope to see the comet and planets.

  • @maiziebug
    @maiziebug 3 місяці тому +6

    I waited to watch this video until tonight, because I will be turning 45 tomorrow, April 8, 2024. I thank the universe for this priceless gift.

  • @aaronwilliams1249
    @aaronwilliams1249 3 місяці тому +37

    I have seen two eclipses. The first was in the 1980s in Hawaii. Unfortunately, it was clouded over, and it's definitely not the same. Then I traveled to Idaho and was lucky that our location was clear of smoke. It was amazing and well worth the trip. I had two cameras, one connected to a telescope, with solar filters. I got some amazing photos as well.

    • @starprof
      @starprof 3 місяці тому

      Sadly my observation of the solar eclipse from Hawaii in July 1991 was clouded out. Fortunately, I had seen a "perfect" eclipse from North Carolina way back in 1970. Totally awesome!

    • @aaronwilliams1249
      @aaronwilliams1249 3 місяці тому +1

      @@starprof I should have said 1991. I didn't check the date. What I saw in Idaho was perfect as well.

  • @johnmcnulty4425
    @johnmcnulty4425 3 місяці тому +30

    Even though Ohio is supposed to have cloud cover, we're still going knowing that it might be a dud. Imagine not going and then missing out. This is a lesson in life: better to try and miss, than to not try and miss out.
    Regrets are the worst thing as you get older..

    • @andifisaytoyoutomorrow0
      @andifisaytoyoutomorrow0 3 місяці тому +2

      I live in Southwestern Ohio, the latest forecast is for minimal cloud cover. Come on down!

    • @2happypuppy2
      @2happypuppy2 3 місяці тому +2

      We're coming to Ohio from Michigan, looks like mostly sunny around that time. Can't wait!

    • @kevinireland8020
      @kevinireland8020 3 місяці тому +1

      the weather was great !

  • @angelitabecerra
    @angelitabecerra 3 місяці тому +15

    Here in SE MI we're unfortunate to be out of the path of Totality. However, we're lucky enough to get a partial eclipse

  • @erikacrespo6670
    @erikacrespo6670 3 місяці тому +35

    I live in San Antonio, we are getting ready for Monday! Eclipse party 🎉

  • @mind-of-neo
    @mind-of-neo 3 місяці тому +201

    Who else is watching this the night before the big day?

  • @alexlubbers1589
    @alexlubbers1589 3 місяці тому +39

    Ill be going to Ohio to see the one on April 8th. Praying for clear skies and a dazzling show!

    • @michellefalk5825
      @michellefalk5825 3 місяці тому +4

      i live in a small town close to michigan, hoping...

    • @michellefalk5825
      @michellefalk5825 3 місяці тому +2

      VFW in norwalk ohio totatilty open, to public, music, drinks, food trucks, and the glasses.. i decided to travel there. cause im in the 99.93% norwalk is smack dab in the middle.

    • @jimb3093
      @jimb3093 3 місяці тому +1

      I live west of Cleveland. Completely amazing today!

    • @seisies-mama
      @seisies-mama 3 місяці тому +2

      College corner Ohio here and it was amazing to see 😮😱👀👍🏻👍🏻❤😊

    • @kevinireland8020
      @kevinireland8020 3 місяці тому

      @@michellefalk5825 live at buckeye lake, went north to Marion. the weather was great. Awesome experience. the street lights came on the middle of the day.

  • @AKUSUXs
    @AKUSUXs 3 місяці тому +19

    I took my 2 daughters to the last eclipse I 2017 that passed through Southern Idaho. This was my 2nd total eclipse I've seen Idaho, last one was in 1979? when I was about 8 years old.

    • @teacfan1080
      @teacfan1080 3 місяці тому +1

      I lived in Minot, ND in 1979 and the path of totality went through there, on 2/26/79. Next one won't be until 2099.

    • @AKUSUXs
      @AKUSUXs 3 місяці тому

      @teacfan1080 There are some other solar eclipses coming up later in this decade and beyond. Most will be partial here in the States. However, on Aug 23, 2044, there's an eclipse that starts in Greenland and ends in a majority of Montana.

  • @juliamason8393
    @juliamason8393 3 місяці тому +106

    If my oldest was alive he would take pictures of this eclipse. But he passed away nearly 2 years ago. I miss him very much.

    • @Brightstartarot888
      @Brightstartarot888 3 місяці тому +10

      So sorry for your loss 🙏

    • @juliamason8393
      @juliamason8393 3 місяці тому +13

      @@Brightstartarot888 Thank you. He was just 46 years old. He assed from an upper respiratory infection and complications of his dialysis treatment. He had been on dialysis since his early 20's with a short break after a transplant in 2000. But in 2013 a sick kid at his job coughed in his face and gave him an upper respiratory infection that caused him to go into rejection of the transplanted kidney. Then he went back on dialysis again . He was born very small , had a preemies weight less than 4 pounds but was not premature in hie ability to maintain his own body temperature. He never gained weight as he grew up. His weight as an adult was 90-95 lbs, never went over 100 lbs in his life.

    • @richardschneller7674
      @richardschneller7674 3 місяці тому +9

      I’m so sorry. It’s a terrible loss I’m sure. Mothers must be so brave…

    • @H.8790
      @H.8790 3 місяці тому +12

      You are not alone. If my oldest was here she would by very excited to experience this event with her two girls. She was 29. 4 years now…

    • @kalishiva4427
      @kalishiva4427 3 місяці тому +5

      God bless you. 🙏

  • @markfitzsimmons7544
    @markfitzsimmons7544 3 місяці тому +47

    Can't wait! I'm in Dallas. Gonna carve me some hieroglyphs.

    • @jcastro-baez4446
      @jcastro-baez4446 3 місяці тому +1

      😂😊

    • @frankgonzales8340
      @frankgonzales8340 3 місяці тому +3

      Dude...thats amazing that they figured that stuff out

    • @clintmmartin
      @clintmmartin 3 місяці тому +2

      Not looking to promising in Dallas with the weather.

  • @maryannwatkins7166
    @maryannwatkins7166 3 місяці тому +15

    We live in New Hampshire so we will see see the eclipse! I can’t wait! We already got glasses and everything. Please use glasses that made for viewing the eclipse. Protect your eyes!

  • @jedi1967
    @jedi1967 3 місяці тому +8

    It was a great moment to watch on TV. It was a day when ALL Americans became ONE despite of ongoing current events.

  • @littlesister7021
    @littlesister7021 3 місяці тому +6

    I thank the Lord for letting us view this awesome, beautiful spectacle. It takes your breath away. I unfortunately will not see Totality, possibly will see about 90%. Where I live, there won't be a Total Solar Eclipse until September 14, 2099. Nope, I won't get to see it. I can't wait until tomorrow for the almost Total Eclipse. I'm praying for a blue sky, no clouds. Thank You, Nova for this special. Beautifully done. ❤

  • @TheCommunicationCoach
    @TheCommunicationCoach 3 місяці тому +15

    Right in its path a few years back, it went all dark, but I mostly remember how cold it got very quickly. It was kind of creepy.

    • @melissahouse3488
      @melissahouse3488 3 місяці тому +4

      Yes I've heard that but not experienced it, I'll see as I'm going to upper NY from where I am on the Mass/Vermont border. I've read about animals & flowers, nature, getting "confused" & adapting quickly from their daytime pattern directly into night. There is so much to consider, it's truly fascinating!!! To me, it helps to understand there is so much more to this picture, than meets the eye & what we know on a daily rat race basis. That phenomenal occurrences can & do happen, there is more to the story and beyond just our selfish existence. So much more! 😎☀️🌑
      I hope & pray for good weather and an unforgettable experience! 🙏🏻☺️

    • @MawcDrums
      @MawcDrums 3 місяці тому

      @@melissahouse3488 I went with my daughters in 2017 to the top of a mountain in North Carolina from where I'm at on the CT / MA border, it was absolutely worth it and absolutely beyond description. We're also going to upstate NY this year, I wish you cloudless skies and an amazing experience! Look around you for shadowbands on the ground JUST before (30 sec) and JUST after totality!

    • @TheCommunicationCoach
      @TheCommunicationCoach 3 місяці тому

      @@melissahouse3488 Just have a sweater with you, as it does get cold. You should get a great view, I hope, so enjoy it! It is a huge event, though for the actual eclipse you'll be able to see it better through someone's filtered telescope/camera.Have fun!

    • @seisies-mama
      @seisies-mama 3 місяці тому +1

      I experienced the same thing in my area 😮but it was still very amazing

    • @TheCommunicationCoach
      @TheCommunicationCoach 3 місяці тому

      @@seisies-mama It's easy to see how early peoples felt mostly terror. A huge forest fire turned the air gray and black and the sky red for days in 2021, it gave an Armageddonish feel for sure.

  • @ThatNerdChris
    @ThatNerdChris 3 місяці тому +2

    That was SO cool!!! Never seen anything like it before.

  • @AlphaandOmegaSemper
    @AlphaandOmegaSemper 3 місяці тому +2

    I watched a total solar eclipse in July 11, 1991...What a wonderful experience, duration was around 6 minutes. I'll always remember such an amazing moment. 🌜🌜🌞🌞❤❤

  • @virginiatyree6705
    @virginiatyree6705 3 місяці тому +36

    Great post NOVA! Thank you. Stay safe everyone & enjoy the stupendous universe gift; an eclipse!

    • @bobgrob4
      @bobgrob4 3 місяці тому +2

      people that haven't experienced one will be a little different after. Nothing like it.

    • @virginiatyree6705
      @virginiatyree6705 3 місяці тому +3

      @@bobgrob4 , The Venus transit did that to me; I was a little different. I photographed it for 3 and half hours. I felt so fortunate to be at the right place, at the right time. The 2017 eclipse was pretty special too. I'm glad people are excited about the celestial events. Have fun! v

  • @derpett9999
    @derpett9999 3 місяці тому +13

    Thank you NOVA for 50 years of science, history, engineering, and inspirational documentaries! Your team is incredible!

  • @SheilaKaneDecoy
    @SheilaKaneDecoy 3 місяці тому +12

    Driving from Plymouth MA to Burlington VT. I get asked constantly “you really think it’s worth 4 hours of driving each way for 4 minutes of an eclipse?” I resoundingly say “oh yes! YES! It is!l 🌞🌑

    • @sriddle3569
      @sriddle3569 3 місяці тому +1

      Spend the night

    • @hhwin2198
      @hhwin2198 3 місяці тому +2

      My husband kept asking me the same thing about driving a long distance. If he asks me one more time I’m leaving him home.

    • @loveandjapan
      @loveandjapan 3 місяці тому +1

      Vermont turned out to be an ideal viewing location! I was worried about the clouds and even drove 15 minutes north of Burlington to a state park on the lake to increase my changes of a clear sky. I'm also lucky this time around to live in South Burlington, so I could have just stayed home!

    • @SheilaKaneDecoy
      @SheilaKaneDecoy 3 місяці тому

      @@sriddle3569every place within a hundred mile or so radius had been booked for about a year prior to.
      I have a diabetic dog, I can’t make plans too far out.
      It all worked out though. Great road trip with my best friend. And as for the eclipse itself?! Words can’t express how spectacular it was 😀

    • @SheilaKaneDecoy
      @SheilaKaneDecoy 3 місяці тому

      @@loveandjapanright?! Absolutely perfect! Clear, bright blue skies. I think we might have had the best views in the US!

  • @stephanieadams3747
    @stephanieadams3747 3 місяці тому +19

    Thank you PBS Nova!

  • @DS-vt8kn
    @DS-vt8kn 3 місяці тому +22

    I'll be one of the lucky ones to witness a total eclipse in Indianapolis Indiana 😊😁

    • @im_agine852
      @im_agine852 3 місяці тому +3

      Same. It's going to be crazy.

    • @gregorywebster6640
      @gregorywebster6640 3 місяці тому

      I'm near Bloomington. Are we sure about weather and cloud cover?

    • @DS-vt8kn
      @DS-vt8kn 3 місяці тому +1

      @@gregorywebster6640 Partly cloudy but we'll see

    • @sarahnguyen7694
      @sarahnguyen7694 3 місяці тому +1

      I am in Green Wood,Indiana

    • @im_agine852
      @im_agine852 3 місяці тому +1

      @@sarahnguyen7694 that was quite the spectacular sight. I loved that diamond.

  • @mantis_monk
    @mantis_monk 3 місяці тому +25

    I love you Nova!

  • @thagrintch
    @thagrintch 3 місяці тому +14

    What a well-made documentary. You hit every important point about the upcoming eclipse and answered the most common questions. Thank you, Nova for providing such great content dating way back to my childhood. I still get chills when I hear the opening theme!

  • @Yehyeh613
    @Yehyeh613 3 місяці тому +1

    4/08/2024 .. I watched the eclipse for the first time. I live in TX. It was absolutely INCREDIBLE!! Now I just want to learn more about it ❤❤

  • @keithfloydjr4014
    @keithfloydjr4014 3 місяці тому +3

    We'll only see 88% from where I am but the coolest thing for me is darkness in the middle of the day..street lights come on, u may hear crickets, it's surreal and never gets old!

  • @northerniltree
    @northerniltree 3 місяці тому +134

    Little Known Fact: For those on the sun, this is also known as a total eclipse of the Earth. No special glasses needed.

    • @yaraviera4444
      @yaraviera4444 3 місяці тому +6

      Thanks I live in Miami fl

    • @Lovingoddess28
      @Lovingoddess28 3 місяці тому +2

      Thank you for sharing I thought I need glasses I’m in nyc

    • @joemars41
      @joemars41 3 місяці тому +7

      Interesting 🌎🤔 thought . I'm not being snarky, I liked your paradigm shift on the eve of this incredible astro-occurrence .

    • @joemars41
      @joemars41 3 місяці тому +20

      I tried living on the Sun , it was hotter than Phoenix so I bailed

    • @WillPhillips
      @WillPhillips 3 місяці тому +6

      Might as well be walking on the sun...

  • @annking1576
    @annking1576 3 місяці тому +1

    Watched from Tupper Lake! It was stunning! Thank you to all the wonderful guests to our town of Tupper Lake over the past few days. I am so glad the clouds moved and you were able to view the Eclipse Totality. It was a stunning site to behold. I & many others were able to get fabulous pictures & videos of the event.
    If you are interested in our town, check out my waterfront property at 131, 133, 135 & 137 Lake Simond Road, Tupper Lake, NY.
    Escape the city. Come up to live in peace, view the stars & enjoy nature's splendor.
    I hope you all have safe journeys home.
    Wishing You Blessings & Wonderful Adirondack Memories,
    Carol King

  • @ZMAN_420
    @ZMAN_420 3 місяці тому +11

    Very strange how the odds of the moons size and distance exactly covering the whole sun.

    • @zach4216
      @zach4216 3 місяці тому

      simulation

    • @ZMAN_420
      @ZMAN_420 3 місяці тому

      @@zach4216 NO 😆😅😂🤣

    • @zach4216
      @zach4216 3 місяці тому

      @@ZMAN_420don’t deny it

  • @Uncaged_cricket
    @Uncaged_cricket 3 місяці тому +4

    Will be watching with my
    S🌞n from our home in Makanda Illinois! The crossroad of the Great American Solar Eclipse 😎
    Thank you, Nova PBS for this fascinating program!

  • @ElizabethCalloway-ql5eo
    @ElizabethCalloway-ql5eo 3 місяці тому +3

    The eclipse was absolutely breathtaking!
    -Galion, Ohio

  • @amrisewells
    @amrisewells 3 місяці тому +3

    I saw the one in Missouri in 2017 this year on my birthday 4/8 I'm in Oregon I am so lucky that I witnessed it in person and got to see it. Breathtakingly beautiful...

    • @seisies-mama
      @seisies-mama 3 місяці тому

      happy birthday 🎂 🎉❤😊

  • @diannadima7082
    @diannadima7082 3 місяці тому +2

    I never thought I would live to see this day. At 81 years of age as a science enthusiast I welcome all this knowledge. I love Earth and her science. I wish I had more access to all of this. Living in AZ I wont be able to experience this eclipse. But I was alive.

  • @eliotness100
    @eliotness100 3 місяці тому +21

    I’m super excited to able to witness this phenomenon,it’s amazingly fascinating God knew what he was doing when he created this complex earth and vast universe 🌏 🙏🏼

    • @TherapistTamaraHill
      @TherapistTamaraHill 3 місяці тому +5

      Amen ❤ So true. He's an awesome Creator of ALL things. It's amazing.

    • @BeGood4Eva
      @BeGood4Eva 3 місяці тому +3

      Yes, indeed! Jehovah God did his thing 💯

  • @bendershome4discountorphan859
    @bendershome4discountorphan859 3 місяці тому +7

    The last was just a few months before my son was born im excited

  • @Nefville
    @Nefville 3 місяці тому

    I saw this 4/8 eclipse from the path of totality and it was so incredible. I was shaking with excitement and relief, having waited 7 years since the last one and surrounded by clouds that thankfully never came close to where I was. For 4 minutes and 3 seconds I got to look into the eye of the universe and it was magnificent. I even got to see a solar flare with my naked eye. Just so beautiful, my god, what an experience.

  • @tinadaugherty9073
    @tinadaugherty9073 3 місяці тому +14

    Thank you NOVA PBS for this amazing, intelligent report on the total solar eclipse of the sun.

  • @vectoralphaSec
    @vectoralphaSec 3 місяці тому +7

    Millions of people are going to completely blind themselves on this day.

    • @teacfan1080
      @teacfan1080 3 місяці тому +2

      Trump looked at the sun for the 2017 event.

  • @EnjoyingYourLifeWithJesus
    @EnjoyingYourLifeWithJesus 3 місяці тому +4

    I can't wait! What a beautiful spectacle of God! I have never seen one before! I live on Long Island & can't wait! God I give You all the Glory, You are Creator, thank You Jesus!🌚🌞❤️💙

    • @DrachenGothik666
      @DrachenGothik666 Місяць тому

      All gods are fiction, including yours. People really need to stop worshipping this imaginary friend.

  • @local_knyediter7129
    @local_knyediter7129 3 місяці тому +2

    It's literally like watching the Sun and Moon be at Union. Let's choose to Love One Another🙌❤️🌎🔗

  • @Charlespirtz
    @Charlespirtz 3 місяці тому +1

    Live in Dallas currently so lucky to not have to travel and this was seriously one of the coolest things i have ever seen i hope everyone gets to experience this in their life time

  • @mountainhobbit1971
    @mountainhobbit1971 3 місяці тому +27

    I sure hope we don't get a new 'corona' virus. ;-)

    • @virginiatyree6705
      @virginiatyree6705 3 місяці тому +3

      🤣😂😂😂...v

    • @misaelramos83
      @misaelramos83 3 місяці тому +5

      Very funny! All jokes aside, avian flu has apparently transmitted to humans in Texas

    • @virginiatyree6705
      @virginiatyree6705 3 місяці тому +4

      @@misaelramos83 , Apparently, the human has been infected by the avian flu transmitted via a cow. Pretty scary. Hope they make it through the illness. v

    • @tavianmorgan3354
      @tavianmorgan3354 3 місяці тому +3

      @@misaelramos83 Sorry that the avian flu is 90% of my name ya'll 😅

    • @daviddaniels6473
      @daviddaniels6473 3 місяці тому +2

      😂😂😮😢

  • @MEGA-AZEL
    @MEGA-AZEL 3 місяці тому +8

    Proof of a Creator ⭐

    • @DrachenGothik666
      @DrachenGothik666 Місяць тому

      Pfft. No, it's not. It's a natural event that doesn't need some imaginary friend to be the cause. All gods are fiction.

  • @Karimoon1
    @Karimoon1 3 місяці тому +1

    It was absolutely beautiful in Ohio! Thank you to the cosmos for being so utterly ethereal in it's existence and science for trying to understand it!

  • @dionblasco727
    @dionblasco727 3 місяці тому +1

    From Erie, pa. The skies cleared in time for the eclipse. It was fantastic

  • @InAshesOfDreams
    @InAshesOfDreams 3 місяці тому +5

    I am in 100% totality as well in upstate NY. I have been waiting years for this and am definitely worried that mother nature's clouds will deprive me of this once in a lifetime event. But I suppose we will just have to see. Hopefully at 3:20pm for 4 minutes... all will be well!
    🎉😊

  • @michaelroberson9707
    @michaelroberson9707 3 місяці тому +4

    I wanted to experience this once in a lifetime spectacle with a once in a lifetime type of person but unfortunately she doesn't love me back 😭 😢. It was supposed to be romantic and now I'll be watching with my grandmother 😞. At least I got somebody who loves me though 😊

  • @zacnok
    @zacnok 3 місяці тому +2

    We've spent the last three years running from the Corona now we're running to it...😂

  • @ang8158
    @ang8158 3 місяці тому

    Aside from a few kids, I was the only person I could hear in my neighborhood howling at the moon, it was so amazing and spectacular!! Indianapolis viewer here btw😊🌚🌘🌗🌕🌓🌒🌚

  • @madelineg5098
    @madelineg5098 3 місяці тому +5

    Intersting!! Another marvel of creation...💕 Thanks to our scientists & researchers for their work!👏🏽

  • @JustGoBrandon
    @JustGoBrandon 3 місяці тому +18

    Mobility is key. If your cloud forecast is bad, get somewhere else. In 2017, I planned to see it in Carbondale, IL. The forecast was not good, so I didn't want to risk it. I drove into Kentucky with open blue skies and saw this amazing event. It is worth every hour of driving to get into a better position. Don't settle. This event won't be in your backyard for another 20 years.

  • @rdhawke
    @rdhawke Місяць тому

    I'm in Carbondale IL and was alone when I observed the eclipse. I'm out in the country away from town, I wept with the beauty and joy of it. It almost seems like a dream now, but the emotions I felt have lingered since then. This was definitely on my bucket list and I almost can't believe I actually had the experience.

  • @loripeterson
    @loripeterson 3 місяці тому +2

    NOVA is and always be the best science program ever created... always mind blowing.

    • @brianwebber6996_ROADHUNTER
      @brianwebber6996_ROADHUNTER 3 місяці тому

      Nothing like it for all you Scientism worshippers! Unproven, un-falsifiable far fetched theories, the ever trustworthy government agency NASA, and the clincher, good old CGI!! Without all the above mentioned, I'd be a dumb dumb, still using my 5 senses and thinking Earth is a stationary, level, topographical plane and that the sun and the moon are much more local and roughly the same size!! Talk about silly, huh?!

  • @shawnblohm9291
    @shawnblohm9291 3 місяці тому +3

    I saw the 2017 solar eclipse in Newberry South Carolina, and it was spectacular to see! I live in Ohio, and hopefully, I can have the honor of seeing another total ellipse, if the weather cooperates. I may need to head into Indiana, but I'm just hoping to be able to see it from my home this time.

    • @robertsimington911
      @robertsimington911 3 місяці тому

      I was in an area that was about 70 percent in 2017. I'm traveling 2 hours for this one and will be in the path of totality.

  • @mascadadelpantion8018
    @mascadadelpantion8018 3 місяці тому +17

    LET'S GOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOVA!!!!!!!!!

  • @m.theresa1385
    @m.theresa1385 3 місяці тому +1

    We’re in NYC so we’ll have about 90% partial, We had a 4.8 earthquake last Friday and we’re still feeling aftershocks. Kinda weird.. below and above ..

  • @user-sb3qg5ph5t
    @user-sb3qg5ph5t 3 місяці тому +2

    Once again Nova gets an enthusiastic standing ovation from me. 🥰👌👍👏👏

  • @matthewsmith7288
    @matthewsmith7288 3 місяці тому +4

    isn't it crazy how the moon is the right size to block the sun that we can even have an eclipse!

    • @gives_bad_advice
      @gives_bad_advice 3 місяці тому

      Yes. If the moon were any smaller or any father from Earth, even a little bit...

  • @shnibby69
    @shnibby69 3 місяці тому +5

    When the scientist said, “…but there is a real chance of damaging your eyes.” They should have flashed a picture of Trump looking and pointing at the Sun without glasses during the 2017 eclipse!

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 3 місяці тому +2

      😂 would have been perfect! He's a genius you know, he tells everyone that.

    • @shnibby69
      @shnibby69 3 місяці тому

      @@katiekane5247 I know, right?! Thanks, Katie! Stay safe!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @jpeek1009
      @jpeek1009 3 місяці тому

      Trump lives rent-free in your head, obviously…

  • @WVMothman
    @WVMothman 3 місяці тому +2

    Morgantown, West Virginia will be clearing out on Monday. It was sketchy for awhile but it's looking pretty good now!.

  • @bernardomorales4365
    @bernardomorales4365 3 місяці тому +2

    Hi good morning to all. I live in Texas n can't wait to see. And God bless America ❤

  • @timoooo7320
    @timoooo7320 3 місяці тому +4

    I ❤PBS 🥰

  • @Baul_Punyan
    @Baul_Punyan 3 місяці тому +5

    How can anybody question the existence of Creation after so many extraordinarily unique and spectacular circumstances, that of which IS life? How can something so finely tuned in every direction and thought be a random chance? It is undeniable how orchestrated our experience is. I can't help but intercede for anybody whom disagrees with the design.

    • @gives_bad_advice
      @gives_bad_advice 3 місяці тому

      No one things eclipses are random events, as they can be predicted centuries in advance.

    • @Baul_Punyan
      @Baul_Punyan 3 місяці тому

      @@gives_bad_advice you're telling me no one thinks our planets solar eclipse is due to randomness? MB your username just registered. Nevermind

    • @Baul_Punyan
      @Baul_Punyan 3 місяці тому

      @@gives_bad_advice of course when it happens is not random. But a vast majority of ppl would argue the randomness of pretty much every other aspect of this specific eclipse of celestial bodies.

    • @gives_bad_advice
      @gives_bad_advice 3 місяці тому

      @@Baul_Punyan Random events cannot be predicted years ahead of time, by the very definition of the word "random".

    • @Baul_Punyan
      @Baul_Punyan 3 місяці тому

      @@gives_bad_advice dude you're not following me. Let me guide you down my path. Come on, let's go.
      The size of each the Sun and Moon, along with the distance of both bodies from both each other and Earth, all of these measurements equal what people on this planet know as a solar eclipse. Not every system out there has this spectacle. Pretty sure we know of exactly zero other eclipses like our eclipse. And the moon is getting further away and if everything stays in tact, that means eventually no more total solar eclipse. It's a window to something that is out of his world. Something that no other celestial body in the entire universe may ever get to witness. But I guess it's just a random one of kind window to a random one of kind event that random one of a kind planet with random one of kind life get to experience. Now did I lose you, or are you following? I don't know how much better of a path I can make.

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry974 3 місяці тому

    I feel so honored to have witness this amazing event. I'm in Maryland I missed the 2017 Eclipse because I did not research the time it was going to happen and I was looking forward to it 😒. I was gonna be damned if I miss this one. I took every picture I could take and recorded little short videos of this historic moment I will never forget. It looked like Pacman in the sky 😂, the entire place was dim but not dark and the temperature dropped just like that when it was pretty hot. I even put Roll up sunglasses over my Eclipse glasses and it made the sun look dimmer. Great video 🌕🌓🌗🌒🌘🌔🌖🌑 Very insightful and informative 👍👍

  • @ladymb4237
    @ladymb4237 3 місяці тому

    All I can write this phenomenon is a life changing event - I was so overjoyed to see this in Erie

  • @kevinreardon2558
    @kevinreardon2558 3 місяці тому +4

    I get to see a total eclipse every day. It happens right after sunset.

    • @kelkabot
      @kelkabot 3 місяці тому +1

      so clever

  • @jimmyzbike
    @jimmyzbike 3 місяці тому +3

    I’m taking the day off work to be home with my dog and witness the eclipse

  • @TimeAlwaysCut
    @TimeAlwaysCut 3 місяці тому +1

    I’m hyped for the Total Solar Eclipse!!! I’ve been doing month in advanced research about it and AAAAAAA I’m so excited

  • @feldwad
    @feldwad 3 місяці тому +1

    Showing this to my students today !

  • @ck2express
    @ck2express 3 місяці тому +7

    Thank you, God in Heaven, our Lord Jesus Christ!

    • @robertsimington911
      @robertsimington911 3 місяці тому +2

      Yes, thank you for this event. Thank you for giving me the ability to travel to the path of totality. Amen.

    • @DrachenGothik666
      @DrachenGothik666 Місяць тому

      All gods are imaginary. He doesn't exist.

    • @ck2express
      @ck2express Місяць тому

      @@DrachenGothik666 Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

    • @ck2express
      @ck2express Місяць тому

      @@DrachenGothik666 if you would surrender your heart to him then you can know him.

  • @jaywilson4321
    @jaywilson4321 3 місяці тому +3

    Now I’m curious about Jaguar Islands position… the maps are so skewed with the flat map

    • @primordia_echoz
      @primordia_echoz 3 місяці тому +1

      They would have used the globe model as it's been set since the Greek philosophers Pythagoras and Aristotle and then confirmed in the 1500's once sailors started circumnavigating the globe.

  • @BabyRQ
    @BabyRQ 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you so much NOVA and its participants in this video for such amazing work. Greetings from USA 🇺🇸 NY

  • @warpdriveby
    @warpdriveby 3 місяці тому

    I just got back from Marion, IL and the eclipse on the 8th (April 2024). ...I'm still giddy from the spectacle. We had clear skies all day with just high cirrus clouds, but none near the sun. I have NEVER seen the Corona so big and bright in video, photos, nor during the 2017 eclipse. I knew it's bigger near solar maximum, and that we're in a strong one now, but was rendered apoplectic and astonished by it anyway! It was three times the sun's diameter across and dwarfed the black void of the moon making Sol look like daisy instead of the eponymous sunflower one might expect. There was a chorus of shocked "OH MY GOD!" from the whole crowd, and then the screaming and cheering began. Just after 3rd contact and a second diamond ring, we had shadow bands race across us, it looked like smoke roiling in projection light but in completely clear air! It was SO cool, I still can't quite believe how glorious it was.

  • @pathfinderdiscovery9395
    @pathfinderdiscovery9395 3 місяці тому +3

    Here we go an soon ON NOVA

  • @Johnnycrystalblue
    @Johnnycrystalblue 3 місяці тому +7

    It would be great if there was coronal mass ejection 😮

    • @MawcDrums
      @MawcDrums 3 місяці тому

      You probably really wouldn't see it much outside of the shape of the corona, it moves SO slowly compared to our perception of time

  • @amarualexandersmsteacher-h6505
    @amarualexandersmsteacher-h6505 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow! So exciting and informative. Can't wait for this special event.

  • @KeonGibsonTV
    @KeonGibsonTV 3 місяці тому

    Grateful to be apart o this documentary

  • @TheBandit7613
    @TheBandit7613 3 місяці тому +3

    I may have to take a drive....

  • @SolaceEasy
    @SolaceEasy 3 місяці тому +3

    Going to Texas. Come on Sun!

    • @SolaceEasy
      @SolaceEasy 3 місяці тому +1

      I saw the 2017 eclipse in Scottsbluff Nebraska. Wow.

    • @MrWinky69
      @MrWinky69 3 місяці тому +2

      Suppose to rain here. Better keep an eye on the weather. Course Tx weather is insane so who knows.

  • @pierredecine1936
    @pierredecine1936 3 місяці тому +2

    I missed Halley's Comet - looking forward to this !

  • @GloriaJWimberley
    @GloriaJWimberley 3 місяці тому +1

    💫🌑💫Hi from West Virginia / WV🏞🏔🏞 So ready for this sublime eclipse of 2024✨