As long as the weather cooperates, I’ll be pulling my kids out of school next Monday to drive east into the path of totality during the solar eclipse.
Do you have #eclipse plans?
As long as the weather cooperates, I’ll be pulling my kids out of school next Monday to drive east into the path of totality during the solar eclipse.
Do you have #eclipse plans?
Only three humans have ever witnessed an eclipse of the Sun by the *Earth*. It happened while the Apollo 12 crew was returning home from the Moon, on November 21, 1969.
Fortunately, the astronauts filmed the moment so you can share in the experience.
https://archive.org/details/Apollo1216mmOnboardFilm [at the 4:50 mark] #space #science #nasa #eclipse
"approved" and safe Eclipse filters are starting to get harder to get delivered by the eclipse date (esp if you want to do some testing ahead of time). Lots of glasses styles still available though I assume they will start to get harder to get delivered soonish #eclipse #solareclipse #filters #astrophotography
Eclipse news from 3,246 years ago:
The earliest well-established observation a solar eclipse was recorded on March 5, 1222 BCE. It was inscribed in a clay tablet from Ugarit, a city in modern-day Syria.
https://theconversation.com/archeoastronomy-uses-the-rare-times-and-places-of-previous-total-solar-eclipses-to-help-us-measure-history-222709 #space #science #astronomy #eclipse
In the 2019 solar #eclipse in Chile there was this couple next to me. Right when totality started, the woman turned around, facing away from the Sun, and asked her husband to take a pic of her with the eclipsed Sun behind her.
The guy was visibly confused, his face clearly saying "wtf are you doing, you're gonna miss it." He struggled to get a pic, as the Sun/Moon are much smaller on the sky than what most people think.
Totality is brief, enjoy it! Forget about pics if you're not experienced.
Tips for enjoying the #eclipse when you don't have eclipse glasses:
- make a pinhole projector so you can face away from the sun and project the eclipse onto light colored paper
Instructions here: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/how-to-make-a-box-pinhole-projector-video/
- trees will naturally project the eclipse in their shadows in the gaps between the leaves
- you can watch a live stream here:
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/how-to-watch-upcoming-total-solar-eclipse-with-nasa-from-anywhere/
Stay safe, don't look at the sun with your naked eyes.
The astronauts aboard the ISS were amazed by the April 8 solar eclipse, just like the rest of us, and went crazy snapping photos from orbit.
They got some amazing views of the Moon's shadow sweeping across southern Canada & Maine, seen from 420 km (261 miles) above: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/with/53645140833 #space #eclipse #space #astronomy
For folk that are not in the path of Totality (or under cloud cover, or are stuck inside, or...), friendly reminder that NASA is doing a live view party:
https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/live/
Last time, the stream was really good, and I expect it'll be better this time around.
(Plus, you won't burn your retinas out.)
The solar eclipse is a special time in the history of Indigenous nations. Founded in August 31, 1142, the history of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois) speaks of their founding under a full solar eclipse. Western scholars only verified it in the 1990s. As such, the Haudenosaunee are one of the world's longest lasting democracies
Johannes de Sacrobosco ("John of Hollywood") published detailed geometric descriptions of a solar eclipse in the year 1230. People in the "dark ages" were not so dumb!
I dig through 5000 years of eclipse investigations in my latest Invisible Universe column:
https://invisibleuniverse.substack.com/p/how-we-learned-to-love-the-invisible #science #nature #history #eclipse
As a Java developer, I could have told you that staring at #Eclipse for too long makes your eyes hurt.
Live NASA telescope feed for today's solar eclipse [video]
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- URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5j95RUSLd8
- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39971717
- Summary: A live telescope feed of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse traveling across North America on April 8, 2024, with NASA providing live views from several locations. The eclipse will move through Mexico, the US, and Canada. Weather permitting, viewers will see the partially eclipsed Sun in various light wavelengths. NASA will collaborate with partners to stream the event. #TotalSolarEclipse #Eclipse #NASA
Here in Indianapolis, we had a totality around 3pm EST. The bird chatter was deafening all afternoon around the feeders, but once totality hit, it was dead silent (not one peep) until the sun came back. And the temperature dropped about 10 degrees. #eclipse #TotalSolarEclipse #HoosierMast
Even with all the eclipse photos circulating right now, this one made my eyes pop. Great shot of jet contrails breaking up the edge of the eclipsed Sun. Quick calculation: The Sun is about 30,000,000 times wider than the jet.
(Photo by Bobby Goddin, Bloomington, IN) #eclipse #nature #science #photography
There are many historical stories about the moon covering the sun. But after the eclipse of 2024, it's time to eclipse hate and unkindness.
#eclipse #transformation
https://muz4now.com/2024/an-eclipse-of-another-kind-standing-down/
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) was able to observe the April 8 partial solar eclipse from Maui.
https://nso.edu/blog/the-eclipse-as-seen-by-the-daniel-k-inouye-solar-telescope-in-maui/