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Hello and welcome to

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another episode of NASA's

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Science Live.

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This is an opportunity

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for you to interact

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with NASA experts

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and have your

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questions answered

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in real time.

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I'm your host, Denise Hill

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and we are taking you

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all the way to Australia

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where there's a total

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solar eclipse happening

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right now.

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This event is unique and rare

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because it's both

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a total

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an annular eclipse,

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which is known

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as a hybrid eclipse.

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We're going to see

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real time views

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thanks to our friends at time

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and date.

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We're going to talk

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about the sun and answer

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some of your burning questions.

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You can send us questions

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using hashtag

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#AskNASA on social media

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or drop them in

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the comment box.

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Wherever you're

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watching this from.

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The sun touches everything.

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It is Earth's life force.

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The Sun Earth

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connection is a vital

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part of our lives and society.

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It influences a variety

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of systems on earth

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like agriculture, economics,

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climate change,

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politics, food

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and food scarcity.

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As well as the physical, mental

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and emotional health of humans.

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We see its influence

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throughout our culture,

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in art, music, religion,

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fashion and sports,

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and a host of other trends.

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During tonight's event,

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we're also going to share

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a special upcoming opportunity

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for you

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to participate in some science.

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So let's jump right in.

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I'm joined today by NASA's Sun

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science scientist,

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Dr. Kelly Korreck

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Kelly,

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thank you so much

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for being here today.

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Thank you so much, Denise.

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It's my pleasure.

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So I think we should start off

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by first explaining the reason

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why we're here,

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the eclipse in Australia.

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So can you tell us

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how solar eclipses work

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and why this one is called

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the hybrid eclipse

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and what that even means?

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Definitely.

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Yeah. Let's get started.

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So what a solar eclipse is,

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is it's an alignment

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and a dance between the moon,

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the earth and the sun.

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and the moon is in between

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and the sun

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and casts

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a shadow on the earth.

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when it

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the blocks of the sun.

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because it's close to Earth.

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that as the moon goes round.

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and an annular eclipse happens

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completely block out the sun.

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that you're seeing here

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in that annular eclipse.

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is going to see totality.

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the actual ring of fire.

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So eclipses

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are super cool events

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to see in the sky.

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But why do scientists

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care about this?

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And what can we learn

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about them during these events?

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So what happens

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is that we can actually see

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the sun's corona

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or hot outer atmosphere.

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that we before

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before the space age,

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we really couldn't

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do any other way.

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So we were able to study things

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that flow off of the sun,

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seeing this

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constant solar wind

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during these

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during these eclipses.

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like experiments in related

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a discovery of helium

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and other elements of the sun.

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of different things that you

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can do with eclipses.

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So thinking of some science.

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Is there anything happening

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in Australia right now?

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that is going on

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during this eclipse.

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to actually take data from.

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before and rockets

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here is a picture of this

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kite is 21 feet across

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and a fly around 3500 feet.

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actually take a spectrometer.

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is the instrument board

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as it looks at the sun

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and try to find that flow

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that I was talking about,

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that constant solar wind

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and how that escapes

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the sun during this eclipse.

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they'll hopefully fly it again

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in 2024.

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Who knew

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flying a kite

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could be both fun

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and educational. I love it.

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So I mentioned

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at the top of the show

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that there

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will be opportunities

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for people

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to participate in fun science.

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Can you tell us a little bit

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about the heliophysics,

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the gear,

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what it is,

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and how folks

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watching can get involved?

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Definite

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The sun and all of us are

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in for a big year

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starting in October of 2023

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with the annular eclipse

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that goes across the U.S.

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and then down into

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Central and South America,

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then going to the April

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8th, 2024 total solar eclipse,

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and then finally ending

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the long big year,

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December 2024,

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when Parker Solar Probe

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goes to the closest approach

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to the Sun

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94% of the way

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to the sun to study

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that outer atmosphere

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that we're going to see here

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in a few minutes

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with with this total eclipse.

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And so this year is a way

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that we can all belong

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in science and all belong

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to learning about the sun

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and all the different ways

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that the sun touches our lives.

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And the term big year

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actually is a birding term,

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a citizen science birding term

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that is

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that is studying

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as many species

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as possible of birds

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in one year.

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challenging folks to do

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is to study

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as many different things

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or relate to

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as many different things

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as they can about the sun.

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an annular eclipse?

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Can you see a total eclipse?

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What about Aurora?

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What about seeing a solar flare

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go off?

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a participating in a sport

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or another event

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that relates you to the sun?

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citizen science.

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And citizen science

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is a big part

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of how folks can participate

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in the heliophysics this year.

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A few specifics come to mind.

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Like it could sound scary.

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Soundscape is a citizen science

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that allows you to participate

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in Eclipse research

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by observing and collecting

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upcoming solar eclipses.

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You then take the data

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how eclipses may affect

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the ecosystem.

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And to learn more

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you go to Eclipse.

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Soundscape scored

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it called the Nationwide

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Eclipse Ballooning Project.

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in scientific ballooning.

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These teams will participate

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in scientific ballooning

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during the upcoming

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annular and total solar

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eclipses in 2023 and 2024.

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Across the eclipse path.

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Student teams

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will use innovative

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balloon systems

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to conduct experiments.

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To learn

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more about this project.

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Go to go dot nasa.gov slash

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in e! BP.

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All right.

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Thank you, Kelly.

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We'll come back to you

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in just a moment

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to answer some of the questions

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we have coming in.

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Don't forget

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to submit your questions

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using hashtag at NASA

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or pop them in the comment

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box on the platform

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that you're watching.

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So as Kelly just mentioned,

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there's a big year of fun

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science ahead of us.

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Mark your calendars,

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because on October

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14th, 20, 23,

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there will be an

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annular eclipse

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where the moon only blocks

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the center

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part of the sun and create

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what looks like a ring of fire.

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And then on April 8th, 20, 24,

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millions of people

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across the U.S.

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will have the chance

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to see a total solar eclipse.

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Where will you be?

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NASA's has some new maps

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that could help you decide.

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Let's take a look.

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Yeah.

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I am so excited

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for these upcoming eclipses.

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And truth be told,

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I've never seen a total

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or an annular eclipse

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or the annular eclipse

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coming up later this year.

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I know exactly where

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I'm going to be.

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I am going to be

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in Albuquerque, New Mexico,

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and I am so excited.

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So to take a closer

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look at the now

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secrets maps in more detail,

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you can visit

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go dot NASA's dot

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gov slash U.S.

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eclipse map.

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Let's chat with NASA expert

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who is in Australia right now

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for tonight's solar eclipse.

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We are joined

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by planetary scientist 

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Dr. Henry Throop

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Thank you so much

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for being with us.

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Henry

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Hey, thanks for having me here.

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So you're in Australia

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right now.

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Can you tell me

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exactly where you are?

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I am in Exmouth,

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Australia, which is in the

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Ningaloo Peninsula

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in the in Western Australia.

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This is a really remote

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region of Australia.

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It's a long way

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from that closest city.

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Perth coast

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is large city, Perth,

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which is itself a very remote

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capital city.

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So there are thousands

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of people down here

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who have made the trek

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trek all the way out to Exmouth

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waiting for this for totality,

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which is going to be

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coming up here in

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in a little more than an hour,

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a little less than that.

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So that is so cool.

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It looks

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I see a

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ton of equipment back there.

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Do you have anything with you

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and what are you

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going to be doing?

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So I have a solar

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telescope here myself.

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I'm going to be

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watching the sun

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as it as it

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disappears in in alpha,

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which is that the wavelength

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where you see it,

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a lot of the activity

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of the sun,

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you see a lot of these features

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on the sun,

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both on the disk itself

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and off of it, off to the side.

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There are thousands

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of people here

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with their own telescopes

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recording the sun,

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taking pictures of it

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in various ways.

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But most of

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people here are not scientists.

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They are fans of the Sun

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and and are here

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for the excitement

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of being here at the Eclipse.

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There

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are there are

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thousands of people

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who've been coming

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in all morning.

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Let me just give you a little

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tour of the of the site here.

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You can see

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going ahead.

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We are royal

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right next to you,

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the right next

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to the ocean here.

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A great place for the sharks.

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Here's looking at it,

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looking at the eclipse and

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and you can see

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all the thousands

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of people behind us there.

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That is awesome.

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I am so jealous right now.

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That looks so awesome.

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Okay, we're going to let you go

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so you can go

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enjoy the eclipse and

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see it firsthand.

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Thank you so much

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for joining us.

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So here's a question.

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Since the moon

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orbits around Earth

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roughly once per month,

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how come we don't have total

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solar eclipses every year?

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So glad you asked.

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Here's why

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the.

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All right.

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So many of you watching

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have questions

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about the sun, anybody.

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So let's get to

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some of those now, remember,

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if you have questions,

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you can send them to us

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on social media

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00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:32,411
using the hashtag at NASA

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00:13:32,411 --> 00:13:33,312
or just drop them

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00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:34,113
in the comment box

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from wherever

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you're watching this from.

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So now I'm back with Sun

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expert Dr.

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Kelly Couric.

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And we're about 30 minutes away

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from totality.

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As a reminder,

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you are seeing real time

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views of the eclipse

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in Australia

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thanks to our friends

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at time and date.

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KELLY

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Let's tackle

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some of these questions

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that are coming in online.

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But first

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I want to jump the line

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and ask a question myself.

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I am curious about

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how do you watch

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an annular eclipse and

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00:14:01,907 --> 00:14:03,976
a solar eclipse safely?

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That's a great

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question because really safety

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is our number one

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priority here.

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So for the annular eclipse,

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you will always have to use

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a pair of

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solar viewing glasses.

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These are not sunglasses.

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There are specific glasses

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that are made

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to a certain standard

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so that you can look at the sun

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through the annular eclipse

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or you can make an

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a indirect viewing device,

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which means that you're back

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as to the sun

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and that device

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is in front of you,

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whether that's a strainer,

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00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:34,573
like a kitchen strainer

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00:14:34,573 --> 00:14:35,507
or even your hands,

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00:14:35,507 --> 00:14:37,076
you can make a strainer

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this way

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00:14:38,043 --> 00:14:38,611
and project

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the image of the crescent moon

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00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:43,482
on or the ring of fire on to

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on onto a wall or floor

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00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:47,419
things, the things like that.

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For the total solar eclipse,

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whenever the sun

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00:14:50,623 --> 00:14:51,624
is only partially eclipse,

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00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:52,424
you must again

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00:14:52,424 --> 00:14:53,659
have those glasses.

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The safe eclipse glasses,

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not sunglasses to watch

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00:14:57,730 --> 00:14:59,431
or the indirect viewing method.

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And during totality,

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00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:02,868
we want you to be able

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00:15:02,868 --> 00:15:04,003
to look directly

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00:15:04,003 --> 00:15:05,704
at that corona,

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00:15:05,704 --> 00:15:07,606
directly at that sun's corona,

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00:15:07,606 --> 00:15:09,742
the beautiful atmosphere

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00:15:09,742 --> 00:15:10,643
that we study

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00:15:10,643 --> 00:15:12,077
and that really flows out

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towards us

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00:15:12,611 --> 00:15:14,313
and connects us to the sun.

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So that's how you safely view

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an annular and a

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total solar eclipse.

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Okay.

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So I think I got it

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so far, an annular eclipse.

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Eclipse glasses the entire time

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00:15:25,824 --> 00:15:26,792
or indirect viewing

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00:15:26,792 --> 00:15:28,127
method the entire time in

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for a total solar eclipse

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glasses indirect viewing

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00:15:33,832 --> 00:15:35,234
until totality

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00:15:35,234 --> 00:15:36,335
and then back to glasses

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00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:37,970
and direct viewing.

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Exact. Got it.

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You got.

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All right.

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Our first question from viewers

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online from is from Missouri

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you die in.

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If I said that,

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if I mispronounced that,

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please forgive me

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00:15:52,017 --> 00:15:53,585
on Twitter, she's asking

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why are some eclipses

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00:15:55,521 --> 00:15:57,589
longer than others?

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00:15:59,291 --> 00:16:00,859
That's a really good question.

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00:16:00,859 --> 00:16:02,027
And it does have to do

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00:16:02,027 --> 00:16:03,395
with how they line

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00:16:03,395 --> 00:16:04,897
up in the video that we saw

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00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:07,232
just a little while ago

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00:16:07,232 --> 00:16:08,200
to get the eclipse,

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00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,034
you have to have

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the moon in the sun

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00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:10,602
and the earth

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00:16:10,602 --> 00:16:13,005
in that direct straight line.

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00:16:13,005 --> 00:16:14,273
And just sometimes it's

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just a little bit

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off in one direction.

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So you get some of the shadow,

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but not a lot. And based again,

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00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:20,980
where that

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00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:22,381
position actually is

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00:16:22,381 --> 00:16:23,148
is how long

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00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:24,183
you get the eclipse.

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So about the longest

606
00:16:25,084 --> 00:16:25,918
we could ever get

607
00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:27,653
theoretically is around

608
00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:28,988
7 minutes,

609
00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:30,422
7 minutes of eclipse.

610
00:16:30,422 --> 00:16:31,290
We're only going

611
00:16:31,290 --> 00:16:33,592
to get around a minute today

612
00:16:33,592 --> 00:16:34,727
in Australia,

613
00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:36,228
but we're very lucky

614
00:16:36,228 --> 00:16:37,129
to get about four

615
00:16:37,129 --> 00:16:38,831
and a half minutes

616
00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:39,465
next year

617
00:16:39,465 --> 00:16:42,501
in 2024 for the total eclipse.

618
00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:43,102
Excellent.

619
00:16:43,102 --> 00:16:43,769
So I'm

620
00:16:43,769 --> 00:16:44,370
looking at

621
00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:45,170
what we're seeing now.

622
00:16:45,170 --> 00:16:46,372
Can you tell us what it is

623
00:16:46,372 --> 00:16:46,972
we're seeing,

624
00:16:46,972 --> 00:16:48,474
what we're looking at?

625
00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:48,841
Yeah.

626
00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:50,676
So right now what we have

627
00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:51,510
what we're looking at

628
00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,212
is the yellow

629
00:16:53,212 --> 00:16:55,781
or the white ball is the sun.

630
00:16:56,148 --> 00:16:58,117
And we have the

631
00:16:58,117 --> 00:16:59,551
black crescent on the bottom

632
00:16:59,551 --> 00:17:01,820
is actually the moon's shadow

633
00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:02,488
going across

634
00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:03,222
or the moon's disk

635
00:17:03,222 --> 00:17:04,156
that you see

636
00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:06,325
blocking out the sun.

637
00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:07,860
So we've already made

638
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,128
what is called first contact.

639
00:17:09,128 --> 00:17:10,329
So when the first looks like

640
00:17:10,329 --> 00:17:11,030
there's a little light

641
00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:11,897
taken out of the sun

642
00:17:11,897 --> 00:17:13,098
by the moon

643
00:17:13,298 --> 00:17:14,400
and we're moving

644
00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:15,968
through towards

645
00:17:15,968 --> 00:17:17,603
what will become

646
00:17:17,603 --> 00:17:18,771
the second contact,

647
00:17:18,771 --> 00:17:19,605
which meaning that

648
00:17:19,605 --> 00:17:21,240
that disk of the moon

649
00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:22,875
will will touch the other

650
00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,410
side of the disk of the sun.

651
00:17:26,311 --> 00:17:26,979
Wow.

652
00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:28,147
That's amazing.

653
00:17:28,147 --> 00:17:30,015
Absolutely beautiful.

654
00:17:30,015 --> 00:17:30,315
All right.

655
00:17:30,315 --> 00:17:30,816
So let's head

656
00:17:30,816 --> 00:17:31,917
back to the questions online.

657
00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:32,785
Prince Z

658
00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:34,353
on YouTube asked,

659
00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:36,522
how many times does this happen

660
00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:38,223
and how long does it last

661
00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:39,358
and what impact

662
00:17:39,358 --> 00:17:40,426
does it have on our planet?

663
00:17:40,426 --> 00:17:41,627
So let's take that one in time.

664
00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:42,895
How many times

665
00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:46,231
do you total eclipses happen?

666
00:17:46,498 --> 00:17:48,100
So there are

667
00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:49,368
there is a solar eclipse

668
00:17:49,368 --> 00:17:51,804
about every 18 months

669
00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:52,738
somewhere on the earth.

670
00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:54,039
But there is the earth is large

671
00:17:54,039 --> 00:17:54,573
and there's a lot

672
00:17:54,573 --> 00:17:55,274
of bodies of water.

673
00:17:55,274 --> 00:17:56,642
So sometimes it's over water

674
00:17:56,642 --> 00:17:58,043
and not land.

675
00:17:58,043 --> 00:18:00,546
So it's it's relatively,

676
00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:01,513
relatively common,

677
00:18:01,513 --> 00:18:02,281
you know, every year

678
00:18:02,281 --> 00:18:03,215
and a half.

679
00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:04,183
But in one place,

680
00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:05,784
it averages around 375

681
00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:07,886
to 400 years

682
00:18:07,886 --> 00:18:09,621
to get one in a specific place.

683
00:18:09,621 --> 00:18:10,689
So it's it's special

684
00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:12,958
to have it in your place.

685
00:18:12,958 --> 00:18:14,359
And you could probably find one

686
00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:15,527
if you flew somewhere in the

687
00:18:15,527 --> 00:18:17,396
in the world every two months.

688
00:18:18,730 --> 00:18:19,598
Okay.

689
00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:22,000
And how long

690
00:18:22,701 --> 00:18:24,603
you kind of answer this,

691
00:18:24,603 --> 00:18:25,637
how long they last.

692
00:18:25,637 --> 00:18:27,272
And if you want to elaborate

693
00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:27,940
on that, talking

694
00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:29,274
about like the different time

695
00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:29,675
frame

696
00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:31,910
that you mentioned before.

697
00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,045
Yeah, definitely.

698
00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:35,481
So they can last

699
00:18:35,481 --> 00:18:37,716
anywhere from a few few seconds

700
00:18:37,716 --> 00:18:38,684
or a minute

701
00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:40,152
to actually,

702
00:18:40,152 --> 00:18:41,687
you know, up to seven

703
00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:42,754
is the 7 minutes

704
00:18:42,754 --> 00:18:43,722
would be the longest one,

705
00:18:43,722 --> 00:18:44,189
but that one's

706
00:18:44,189 --> 00:18:45,190
not going to happen for,

707
00:18:45,190 --> 00:18:46,892
for quite a long time.

708
00:18:46,892 --> 00:18:48,393
So really

709
00:18:48,594 --> 00:18:50,462
about 4 minutes is what, four

710
00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:51,563
and a half minutes

711
00:18:51,563 --> 00:18:53,065
we're going to see

712
00:18:53,065 --> 00:18:55,934
along the path in in 2024.

713
00:18:57,035 --> 00:18:58,570
And is there any impact

714
00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:01,039
of eclipses on the planet

715
00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:02,374
on Earth? Definitely.

716
00:19:02,374 --> 00:19:02,808
So we're

717
00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:03,976
and we actually use them

718
00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:05,811
as a as a scientific study

719
00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:08,013
both here and and elsewhere.

720
00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:09,715
So when you're experiencing

721
00:19:09,715 --> 00:19:10,816
a total solar eclipse

722
00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:11,817
and this is one of the things

723
00:19:11,817 --> 00:19:12,451
that as beautiful

724
00:19:12,451 --> 00:19:13,318
as this image is,

725
00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:14,853
it can't quite capture it.

726
00:19:14,853 --> 00:19:17,289
It's a full body experience.

727
00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:19,024
So it becomes cooler.

728
00:19:19,024 --> 00:19:19,424
So there's a

729
00:19:19,424 --> 00:19:20,926
temperature change.

730
00:19:20,926 --> 00:19:21,793
It also gets darker.

731
00:19:21,793 --> 00:19:23,195
So animals

732
00:19:23,195 --> 00:19:23,595
that normally

733
00:19:23,595 --> 00:19:24,796
go to sleep at night

734
00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:25,497
go to sleep

735
00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:26,532
because they think it's

736
00:19:26,532 --> 00:19:28,200
they think it's nighttime

737
00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,168
and then they wake up

738
00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:30,769
after the sun comes back up.

739
00:19:30,769 --> 00:19:32,004
So a rooster would crow

740
00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,138
or crickets would interpret,

741
00:19:33,138 --> 00:19:33,872
stop chirping

742
00:19:33,872 --> 00:19:35,941
and and all of these things.

743
00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:37,442
So it does have

744
00:19:37,442 --> 00:19:38,577
an effect on the earth.

745
00:19:38,577 --> 00:19:39,411
And we're actually using it

746
00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:42,247
also in 2023 and 2024

747
00:19:42,447 --> 00:19:43,715
to study the ionosphere

748
00:19:43,715 --> 00:19:45,551
or layer of the atmosphere

749
00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:46,451
where we actually use

750
00:19:46,451 --> 00:19:48,854
for a lot of communications

751
00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:50,455
and how that data

752
00:19:50,455 --> 00:19:51,790
instantly night shift.

753
00:19:51,790 --> 00:19:52,558
We're actually using it

754
00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:53,625
as a way to study

755
00:19:53,625 --> 00:19:54,560
that effect on Earth.

756
00:19:56,161 --> 00:19:56,995
That's awesome.

757
00:19:56,995 --> 00:19:57,796
That's amazing

758
00:19:57,796 --> 00:20:00,098
that it does have this impact

759
00:20:00,098 --> 00:20:01,767
and that animals and

760
00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:03,235
nature responds.

761
00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:05,637
I think that is so cool.

762
00:20:05,637 --> 00:20:07,406
Okay, so next question to visit

763
00:20:07,406 --> 00:20:09,641
Tucker on YouTube asks,

764
00:20:09,641 --> 00:20:11,043
These really seem rare.

765
00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:12,578
So when is the next

766
00:20:12,578 --> 00:20:14,980
hybrid eclipse?

767
00:20:15,347 --> 00:20:16,348
Well, that's a good question.

768
00:20:16,348 --> 00:20:17,115
I actually don't know

769
00:20:17,115 --> 00:20:18,450
when the next hybrid eclipses.

770
00:20:18,450 --> 00:20:19,284
I'm going to have to

771
00:20:19,284 --> 00:20:19,851
look that up

772
00:20:19,851 --> 00:20:20,852
and we'll have to

773
00:20:20,852 --> 00:20:21,720
we'll have to find that

774
00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:22,087
and put that

775
00:20:22,087 --> 00:20:24,089
on the national website.

776
00:20:24,256 --> 00:20:27,092
Do you know how rare they are?

777
00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:28,660
They do tend to be

778
00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:29,628
tend to be a little bit

779
00:20:29,628 --> 00:20:30,262
more rare

780
00:20:30,262 --> 00:20:32,130
than than the total

781
00:20:32,130 --> 00:20:34,199
or annular eclipse,

782
00:20:34,199 --> 00:20:34,566
because I think

783
00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:35,133
they have to happen

784
00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:36,168
at just a certain

785
00:20:36,168 --> 00:20:37,502
kind of geographic location.

786
00:20:37,502 --> 00:20:39,438
So they're a little more rare

787
00:20:39,438 --> 00:20:41,306
than than the total of this.

788
00:20:41,306 --> 00:20:42,307
The annular.

789
00:20:44,042 --> 00:20:45,110
Caroline Craig

790
00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:46,845
has a great question

791
00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:48,380
that I also have.

792
00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:48,780
So like,

793
00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:50,616
what equipment do we use

794
00:20:50,616 --> 00:20:51,683
to determine

795
00:20:51,683 --> 00:20:52,684
when an eclipse like

796
00:20:52,684 --> 00:20:53,852
this is going to happen

797
00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:55,354
and how far in advance

798
00:20:55,354 --> 00:20:58,557
are these predictions

799
00:20:58,557 --> 00:20:59,057
made?

800
00:20:59,057 --> 00:21:00,759
How far in advance can we make?

801
00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:01,560
Can we predict

802
00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,194
when an eclipse

803
00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:03,528
is going to happen?

804
00:21:04,296 --> 00:21:05,831
That's a great question.

805
00:21:05,831 --> 00:21:07,866
And because we understand

806
00:21:08,734 --> 00:21:10,469
the orbital dynamics

807
00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:11,403
of the moon

808
00:21:11,403 --> 00:21:13,138
and the sun and the earth,

809
00:21:13,138 --> 00:21:13,739
we can actually

810
00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:15,807
predict them out very far.

811
00:21:15,807 --> 00:21:17,242
There are maps of,

812
00:21:17,242 --> 00:21:18,277
you know, hundreds of years,

813
00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:18,910
if not thousands

814
00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:19,945
of years of data,

815
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:20,846
because you can predict

816
00:21:20,846 --> 00:21:22,281
where the where the sun,

817
00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:24,016
the earth and the moon will be.

818
00:21:24,016 --> 00:21:24,983
And so we rely on

819
00:21:24,983 --> 00:21:26,184
that predictability.

820
00:21:26,184 --> 00:21:26,718
And actually,

821
00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:28,754
in millions of years from now,

822
00:21:28,754 --> 00:21:30,155
the moon will be moving,

823
00:21:30,155 --> 00:21:31,023
moving away

824
00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:32,190
so that it will not be able

825
00:21:32,190 --> 00:21:33,392
to actually do the do

826
00:21:33,392 --> 00:21:34,660
eclipses anymore. But that's

827
00:21:35,927 --> 00:21:38,430
really a long time away,

828
00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:40,899
but eventually will not.

829
00:21:40,999 --> 00:21:43,602
Yeah, that is happening

830
00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:44,703
long time.

831
00:21:45,103 --> 00:21:47,272
Oh wow, that's really cool.

832
00:21:47,272 --> 00:21:50,208
Miki Montoya on YouTube asked

833
00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:52,377
a question

834
00:21:52,377 --> 00:21:53,278
you kind of already answered,

835
00:21:53,278 --> 00:21:53,879
but I'd love for you

836
00:21:53,879 --> 00:21:54,746
to elaborate on it.

837
00:21:54,746 --> 00:21:56,481
It's about like nature

838
00:21:56,481 --> 00:21:57,416
and like, will

839
00:21:57,416 --> 00:21:58,517
the birds go silent?

840
00:21:58,517 --> 00:21:59,851
And do we know why?

841
00:21:59,851 --> 00:22:00,452
Like,

842
00:22:01,019 --> 00:22:02,321
what do they think is happening

843
00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:02,721
since it's

844
00:22:02,721 --> 00:22:03,355
only for a

845
00:22:03,355 --> 00:22:05,624
short amount of time,

846
00:22:06,091 --> 00:22:06,458
right?

847
00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:07,526
So it's

848
00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:09,428
for a short amount of time,

849
00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:10,929
but you kind of have

850
00:22:10,929 --> 00:22:13,432
a somewhat normal lead in

851
00:22:13,432 --> 00:22:14,433
to nighttime.

852
00:22:14,433 --> 00:22:15,767
So when you're

853
00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:16,568
when you're experiencing

854
00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:17,836
a normal nighttime,

855
00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:20,238
the sky gradually gets dimmer.

856
00:22:20,238 --> 00:22:20,539
You know,

857
00:22:20,539 --> 00:22:22,174
you start to see with a sunset,

858
00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:23,575
maybe a pink or orange

859
00:22:23,575 --> 00:22:25,444
or beautiful colors.

860
00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:25,911
And so,

861
00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:26,244
you know,

862
00:22:26,244 --> 00:22:27,212
you know, how to kind of

863
00:22:27,212 --> 00:22:29,014
get ready for bed

864
00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:30,082
or get ready

865
00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:32,217
for it to be nighttime.

866
00:22:32,217 --> 00:22:34,653
And so it's not you know, it's

867
00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:37,656
light is eerie, actually, as

868
00:22:38,223 --> 00:22:38,890
as you

869
00:22:38,890 --> 00:22:40,258
go into the solar eclipse,

870
00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:42,728
it's not quite the sunset,

871
00:22:42,728 --> 00:22:44,396
but it has some characteristics

872
00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:45,130
of the sunset.

873
00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:48,166
So I'm not an animal expert,

874
00:22:48,166 --> 00:22:49,668
but I would guess

875
00:22:49,668 --> 00:22:50,602
I would guess

876
00:22:50,602 --> 00:22:51,737
that they would just sense

877
00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:54,206
that it is the same

878
00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:55,340
the same kind

879
00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:56,041
of characteristics

880
00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:56,675
of nighttime.

881
00:22:56,675 --> 00:22:57,109
So, okay,

882
00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:58,543
let's get ready for bed.

883
00:22:58,543 --> 00:22:59,144
And then suddenly

884
00:22:59,144 --> 00:23:00,112
the sun comes back up

885
00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:00,812
and they're like, Well,

886
00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:01,780
yes, that was

887
00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:03,648
the shortest nap ever.

888
00:23:03,815 --> 00:23:06,184
So I love that analogy.

889
00:23:06,184 --> 00:23:07,519
That is amazing that it

890
00:23:07,519 --> 00:23:08,887
it makes sense.

891
00:23:09,654 --> 00:23:10,822
Kevin McKnight

892
00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:13,291
on Twitter asked,

893
00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:15,360
Does it go completely

894
00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:18,263
dark during totality?

895
00:23:18,530 --> 00:23:20,465
It gets very, very dark.

896
00:23:20,465 --> 00:23:22,501
And like I said, that the

897
00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:24,436
the light is very eerie.

898
00:23:24,436 --> 00:23:25,771
When I saw my first eclipse,

899
00:23:25,771 --> 00:23:27,739
the total eclipse in

900
00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:28,807
South Carolina,

901
00:23:28,807 --> 00:23:29,975
it was definitely that

902
00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:31,843
great dark,

903
00:23:31,843 --> 00:23:33,211
dark around the eclipse.

904
00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:34,613
And then there was this eerie

905
00:23:34,613 --> 00:23:36,281
all around the horizon,

906
00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:38,116
like orange light,

907
00:23:38,116 --> 00:23:40,852
much like a sunset type colors.

908
00:23:41,553 --> 00:23:43,221
So it was very eerie light and

909
00:23:43,221 --> 00:23:44,923
it is significantly dark.

910
00:23:45,924 --> 00:23:46,892
Oh, that's excellent.

911
00:23:46,892 --> 00:23:48,427
I'm so looking forward to it.

912
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:49,261
It just sounds so

913
00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:49,995
artistic

914
00:23:49,995 --> 00:23:52,631
and creative and amazing.

915
00:23:52,731 --> 00:23:53,632
Oh, this is a good one.

916
00:23:53,632 --> 00:23:54,433
So might

917
00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:55,133
make on

918
00:23:55,133 --> 00:23:58,470
Facebook is asking for viewers

919
00:23:58,470 --> 00:23:59,137
to go in a little bit

920
00:23:59,137 --> 00:24:03,141
more detail on actual safety

921
00:24:03,141 --> 00:24:03,542
and eye

922
00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:05,210
safety on the glasses

923
00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:08,713
during the eclipses.

924
00:24:08,713 --> 00:24:10,315
So like when you were talking

925
00:24:10,315 --> 00:24:11,049
about thinking

926
00:24:11,049 --> 00:24:12,150
about like in Australia,

927
00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:13,919
they're having both a hybrid

928
00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:16,621
and a total eclipse,

929
00:24:17,522 --> 00:24:19,191
so annular and total.

930
00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:20,792
So can you talk about

931
00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:21,693
the differences

932
00:24:21,693 --> 00:24:24,429
and go through that again?

933
00:24:24,429 --> 00:24:24,696
Right.

934
00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:26,832
So we're our friend Henry was

935
00:24:26,832 --> 00:24:28,099
they will have a total

936
00:24:28,099 --> 00:24:29,301
solar eclipse.

937
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:30,502
So right now it's partial.

938
00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:31,903
The view that you're

939
00:24:31,903 --> 00:24:32,704
seeing from time

940
00:24:32,704 --> 00:24:33,505
and date

941
00:24:33,872 --> 00:24:36,241
is a partial eclipse and

942
00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:38,043
so at that point in time,

943
00:24:38,043 --> 00:24:39,044
you must have your safety

944
00:24:39,044 --> 00:24:39,578
glasses on,

945
00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:40,745
your eclipse glasses

946
00:24:40,745 --> 00:24:42,113
must be on or again,

947
00:24:42,113 --> 00:24:43,215
indirect viewing method.

948
00:24:43,215 --> 00:24:44,316
One of those two things.

949
00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:45,183
So Henry right now

950
00:24:45,183 --> 00:24:46,685
should only be looking at this

951
00:24:46,685 --> 00:24:49,287
through through safety glasses.

952
00:24:49,287 --> 00:24:51,957
And then once it becomes total,

953
00:24:51,957 --> 00:24:52,724
he'll take them.

954
00:24:52,724 --> 00:24:53,625
He can take them off

955
00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:54,993
and be able to look at

956
00:24:54,993 --> 00:24:55,727
look at the sun

957
00:24:55,727 --> 00:24:56,561
and look at the corona

958
00:24:56,561 --> 00:24:57,562
and see what it's doing.

959
00:24:57,562 --> 00:24:58,997
I'm very interested to see

960
00:24:58,997 --> 00:24:59,965
see what we're going to see.

961
00:25:00,966 --> 00:25:02,834
And then

962
00:25:02,834 --> 00:25:04,436
once he knows

963
00:25:04,436 --> 00:25:06,538
that it's going to the sun,

964
00:25:06,538 --> 00:25:07,572
the moon is moving back

965
00:25:07,572 --> 00:25:08,006
in, you're going to

966
00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:08,907
see more sunlight.

967
00:25:08,907 --> 00:25:09,274
And that's

968
00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:09,841
when you have to

969
00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:10,509
put your glasses

970
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:12,210
back on to the total.

971
00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:13,378
Now, if you were to go

972
00:25:13,378 --> 00:25:14,746
kind of a little bit further

973
00:25:14,746 --> 00:25:16,681
along the path of this eclipse,

974
00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:17,582
that is where you're going

975
00:25:17,582 --> 00:25:18,617
to see the annular eclipse.

976
00:25:18,617 --> 00:25:19,651
So they're actually not going

977
00:25:19,651 --> 00:25:20,986
to get an annular and a total

978
00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:21,786
in the same place.

979
00:25:21,786 --> 00:25:23,321
They'll get a wall

980
00:25:23,321 --> 00:25:24,256
in this place

981
00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:25,690
within further along the path,

982
00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:27,025
it will become annular

983
00:25:27,025 --> 00:25:27,492
because the

984
00:25:27,492 --> 00:25:28,493
curvature of the earth

985
00:25:28,493 --> 00:25:30,028
is then making the moon

986
00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:32,097
just that slight further away.

987
00:25:32,097 --> 00:25:33,031
So it's just again,

988
00:25:33,031 --> 00:25:33,832
doesn't block out

989
00:25:33,832 --> 00:25:36,101
the whole entire sun.

990
00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:38,169
So that and that they must

991
00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:39,204
those people who are further

992
00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:40,171
along the path

993
00:25:40,171 --> 00:25:41,373
path of this eclipse

994
00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:42,240
who are going to be annular,

995
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:43,275
must keep their glasses

996
00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:44,409
on the entire time.

997
00:25:44,409 --> 00:25:46,044
So they will not be able to see

998
00:25:46,044 --> 00:25:47,212
the corona themselves.

999
00:25:48,313 --> 00:25:49,314
Oh, okay.

1000
00:25:49,314 --> 00:25:49,781
Excellent.

1001
00:25:49,781 --> 00:25:52,150
Thank you for clarifying.

1002
00:25:52,150 --> 00:25:54,286
Adam F on Twitter asks

1003
00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:57,956
How wide is the path of a color

1004
00:25:58,023 --> 00:25:58,890
of a total solar

1005
00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:00,225
eclipse in general,

1006
00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:01,293
would you say?

1007
00:26:01,593 --> 00:26:02,127
Right.

1008
00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:03,361
In general

1009
00:26:03,361 --> 00:26:05,063
it could be normally around

1010
00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:06,264
a couple hundred miles

1011
00:26:06,264 --> 00:26:07,399
or a hundred miles.

1012
00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:10,569
So I think it's 150 in 2024.

1013
00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:13,438
And so, yes,

1014
00:26:13,438 --> 00:26:14,573
it's about that wide.

1015
00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:16,341
It's not super wide,

1016
00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:19,811
but it's it's a good distance.

1017
00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:21,346
Okay.

1018
00:26:21,346 --> 00:26:22,681
Next one, Sun, Right.

1019
00:26:22,681 --> 00:26:25,183
Gosh, on YouTube.

1020
00:26:25,183 --> 00:26:27,519
So this is a hybrid eclipse

1021
00:26:27,852 --> 00:26:29,321
from Australia.

1022
00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:30,488
So in Australia,

1023
00:26:30,488 --> 00:26:31,556
it's a total eclipse.

1024
00:26:31,556 --> 00:26:32,991
Where's the annular eclipse

1025
00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:34,960
taking place, do you know?

1026
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,028
I know it is.

1027
00:26:37,562 --> 00:26:39,564
I think a Papua New Guinea

1028
00:26:39,564 --> 00:26:41,666
like as you go

1029
00:26:41,733 --> 00:26:43,902
up the path of totality.

1030
00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:44,703
So

1031
00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:46,204
I don't have the

1032
00:26:46,204 --> 00:26:47,839
I don't have a visual of the

1033
00:26:47,839 --> 00:26:49,641
of the path right now.

1034
00:26:49,674 --> 00:26:51,242
But, but yes, as you

1035
00:26:51,242 --> 00:26:52,410
as you would go for the path,

1036
00:26:52,410 --> 00:26:52,611
you move

1037
00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:53,612
to something again, much

1038
00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:54,512
more like

1039
00:26:54,512 --> 00:26:55,013
you see on

1040
00:26:55,013 --> 00:26:56,147
the right of the annular

1041
00:26:56,147 --> 00:26:57,582
eclipse that ring of fire.

1042
00:26:58,984 --> 00:26:59,451
Okay.

1043
00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:00,185
And this is a really

1044
00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:00,919
good question.

1045
00:27:00,919 --> 00:27:02,354
So Brad

1046
00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:04,189
Kimberly on YouTube is asking,

1047
00:27:04,189 --> 00:27:05,423
are there special cameras

1048
00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:07,192
or lenses made for cameras

1049
00:27:07,192 --> 00:27:09,227
to record solar eclipses?

1050
00:27:10,962 --> 00:27:11,663
There are.

1051
00:27:11,663 --> 00:27:13,531
And this is another thing

1052
00:27:13,531 --> 00:27:14,199
that we have to worry

1053
00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:15,033
about with safety

1054
00:27:15,033 --> 00:27:15,467
or at least

1055
00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:16,401
think about plan

1056
00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:18,103
about for safety.

1057
00:27:18,103 --> 00:27:20,071
And so

1058
00:27:20,071 --> 00:27:20,872
we don't want to just

1059
00:27:20,872 --> 00:27:23,475
use our glasses with this.

1060
00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:24,943
So there are special filters

1061
00:27:24,943 --> 00:27:26,645
for telescopes,

1062
00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:28,880
binoculars and cameras

1063
00:27:29,381 --> 00:27:30,315
that you can get.

1064
00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:32,584
You can research and find

1065
00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:35,053
appropriate, appropriate

1066
00:27:35,053 --> 00:27:35,487
filters

1067
00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:37,355
to put in front of those

1068
00:27:37,355 --> 00:27:38,657
at the entrance of the sun.

1069
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:39,391
So we don't want

1070
00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:40,058
to use our glasses

1071
00:27:40,058 --> 00:27:41,226
in this case.

1072
00:27:41,226 --> 00:27:42,327
We want to use

1073
00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:43,495
one specific things

1074
00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:44,863
designed for telescopes,

1075
00:27:44,863 --> 00:27:47,699
photons or or or binoculars.

1076
00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:50,702
Excellent. Okay.

1077
00:27:50,702 --> 00:27:53,538
Mohammed, Elma, I need to ask

1078
00:27:54,606 --> 00:27:56,474
a question about the geometry

1079
00:27:56,474 --> 00:27:57,609
of eclipses.

1080
00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:59,411
So why is the sun and the moon,

1081
00:27:59,411 --> 00:28:01,413
from our perspective,

1082
00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:04,516
exactly the same size?

1083
00:28:04,649 --> 00:28:05,550
That's great.

1084
00:28:05,550 --> 00:28:07,118
And it's a matter of

1085
00:28:07,118 --> 00:28:09,120
distance and size.

1086
00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,622
So the moon is

1087
00:28:10,622 --> 00:28:12,090
the right distance away

1088
00:28:12,090 --> 00:28:13,692
and the right size

1089
00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:14,959
because the sun is bigger,

1090
00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:16,561
but it's so far away.

1091
00:28:16,561 --> 00:28:16,828
So it's

1092
00:28:16,828 --> 00:28:18,763
93 million miles away

1093
00:28:18,763 --> 00:28:19,064
versus

1094
00:28:19,064 --> 00:28:20,899
the moon being much closer.

1095
00:28:20,899 --> 00:28:21,666
So it's the same

1096
00:28:21,666 --> 00:28:23,101
that I've been explaining it

1097
00:28:23,101 --> 00:28:24,803
as the fact

1098
00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:26,071
that when you put your hand

1099
00:28:26,071 --> 00:28:27,672
right up in front of your face

1100
00:28:27,672 --> 00:28:28,206
like this,

1101
00:28:28,206 --> 00:28:28,807
you can block out

1102
00:28:28,807 --> 00:28:30,241
almost ever and see everything.

1103
00:28:30,241 --> 00:28:31,776
So the moon's just that close

1104
00:28:31,776 --> 00:28:32,610
where if you put it

1105
00:28:32,610 --> 00:28:33,611
further away,

1106
00:28:33,611 --> 00:28:35,580
you can see around it

1107
00:28:35,580 --> 00:28:36,314
and everything.

1108
00:28:36,314 --> 00:28:37,182
So it's just the fact

1109
00:28:37,182 --> 00:28:37,982
that the moon happens

1110
00:28:37,982 --> 00:28:38,650
to be the right,

1111
00:28:38,650 --> 00:28:40,018
right size and shape

1112
00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:41,119
and it's very close.

1113
00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:43,421
And so that's why it's able to

1114
00:28:43,421 --> 00:28:44,189
able to block out

1115
00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:45,423
the whole huge sun.

1116
00:28:46,725 --> 00:28:48,326
But it's all a matter

1117
00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:49,661
of perspective.

1118
00:28:49,661 --> 00:28:52,163
I hear you saying, Yeah.

1119
00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:53,364
All right,

1120
00:28:54,499 --> 00:28:57,235
Adriano, That's why

1121
00:28:57,268 --> 00:28:57,869
here

1122
00:28:59,671 --> 00:29:02,040
on YouTube asked

1123
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,075
why is the annular eclipse

1124
00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:05,677
called a ring of fire?

1125
00:29:05,677 --> 00:29:07,378
And then she also sends us

1126
00:29:07,378 --> 00:29:09,481
love from Arizona and says,

1127
00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:11,716
We rock.

1128
00:29:11,716 --> 00:29:14,185
Yeah, I love Arizona, too.

1129
00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:17,455
And so why they call it

1130
00:29:17,455 --> 00:29:18,089
a ring of fire

1131
00:29:18,089 --> 00:29:18,690
is that it

1132
00:29:18,690 --> 00:29:21,192
looks like there is that orgy

1133
00:29:21,893 --> 00:29:23,928
ring of fire

1134
00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:25,563
around the around

1135
00:29:25,563 --> 00:29:26,064
the moon

1136
00:29:26,064 --> 00:29:28,333
as as this image shows,

1137
00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:29,701
it looks like kind of

1138
00:29:29,701 --> 00:29:31,636
something's on fire in a ring.

1139
00:29:31,636 --> 00:29:32,070
So that's

1140
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:32,937
why it's called

1141
00:29:32,937 --> 00:29:34,439
the ring of fire.

1142
00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:34,873
Eclipse

1143
00:29:34,873 --> 00:29:37,275
when it's an annular eclipse.

1144
00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:37,609
Right.

1145
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:38,042
So there is

1146
00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:39,444
the sun is not actually

1147
00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:39,978
on fire.

1148
00:29:39,978 --> 00:29:41,713
There's no actual fire.

1149
00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:42,847
It's just describing

1150
00:29:42,847 --> 00:29:43,615
what it looks like

1151
00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:44,315
is what you're saying.

1152
00:29:45,483 --> 00:29:46,451
Exactly.

1153
00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:47,018
The sun.

1154
00:29:47,018 --> 00:29:48,753
Yes, the sun is safe.

1155
00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:50,822
Excellent.

1156
00:29:50,822 --> 00:29:52,724
SimCity on YouTube

1157
00:29:52,724 --> 00:29:54,626
as if the moon moves

1158
00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,194
on a horizontal plane.

1159
00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:57,228
Why are we watching

1160
00:29:57,228 --> 00:29:58,096
the moon rise

1161
00:29:58,096 --> 00:30:00,265
from the bottom up?

1162
00:30:01,199 --> 00:30:02,233
So does the moon

1163
00:30:02,233 --> 00:30:04,669
move on a horizontal plane?

1164
00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:05,370
Right.

1165
00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:05,970
Okay.

1166
00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:07,105
So the

1167
00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:10,175
this the moon is inclined.

1168
00:30:10,341 --> 00:30:11,843
So if the Earth's rotation,

1169
00:30:11,843 --> 00:30:12,744
if the earth

1170
00:30:12,744 --> 00:30:13,411
goes on this plane,

1171
00:30:13,411 --> 00:30:14,345
it's inclined,

1172
00:30:14,345 --> 00:30:16,648
the moon is inclined.

1173
00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:17,715
There we go.

1174
00:30:17,715 --> 00:30:18,016
There's

1175
00:30:18,016 --> 00:30:19,651
the graphics like it, there

1176
00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:21,986
is ink is in kind

1177
00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:23,121
as shown in this graphic.

1178
00:30:23,121 --> 00:30:25,523
So it doesn't always hit

1179
00:30:25,523 --> 00:30:26,291
the shadows, doesn't

1180
00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:27,492
always hit the earth.

1181
00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:28,293
And that's again

1182
00:30:28,293 --> 00:30:30,361
why we don't have 12 eclipses

1183
00:30:30,361 --> 00:30:31,930
every year

1184
00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:33,464
because it's slightly off.

1185
00:30:33,464 --> 00:30:34,632
And due to that geometry,

1186
00:30:34,632 --> 00:30:35,466
that's why

1187
00:30:35,466 --> 00:30:36,601
that's why it doesn't doesn't

1188
00:30:36,601 --> 00:30:36,901
do so.

1189
00:30:36,901 --> 00:30:37,735
It's not

1190
00:30:37,902 --> 00:30:40,138
necessarily a horizontal plane.

1191
00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:43,174
And that's again, why we don't

1192
00:30:43,174 --> 00:30:43,942
get Eclipse every month.

1193
00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:46,678
All right.

1194
00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:48,213
Chrissy Astro

1195
00:30:48,213 --> 00:30:49,948
Molly on Twitter asks

1196
00:30:49,948 --> 00:30:51,015
What observations

1197
00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:51,616
are being done

1198
00:30:51,616 --> 00:30:54,018
from space of the eclipse?

1199
00:30:54,018 --> 00:30:55,320
And then anything

1200
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:56,855
from the other side of the moon

1201
00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:57,956
or the moon shadow.

1202
00:30:57,956 --> 00:31:00,124
But, you know, cool.

1203
00:31:00,124 --> 00:31:01,559
All right, great.

1204
00:31:01,559 --> 00:31:04,262
So for the assets

1205
00:31:04,262 --> 00:31:05,163
that we have in space

1206
00:31:05,163 --> 00:31:07,565
that are watching the sun,

1207
00:31:07,565 --> 00:31:08,867
they aren't necessarily

1208
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:11,202
in the path of the

1209
00:31:11,202 --> 00:31:12,437
of this eclipse. Right.

1210
00:31:12,437 --> 00:31:14,005
They don't necessarily

1211
00:31:14,005 --> 00:31:15,340
live right over

1212
00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:18,309
Australia per se,

1213
00:31:18,309 --> 00:31:20,545
but we do make instruments

1214
00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:22,780
that simulate an eclipse.

1215
00:31:22,780 --> 00:31:24,849
So things called coronagraph.

1216
00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:25,950
So we basically make

1217
00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:27,318
a false moon

1218
00:31:27,318 --> 00:31:27,719
that kind of

1219
00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:28,453
looks like a thumb

1220
00:31:28,453 --> 00:31:28,953
that goes up

1221
00:31:28,953 --> 00:31:29,854
in front of the camera

1222
00:31:29,854 --> 00:31:30,455
and blocks

1223
00:31:30,455 --> 00:31:31,756
out the center of the sun

1224
00:31:31,756 --> 00:31:34,325
so that then we can go and see

1225
00:31:34,325 --> 00:31:35,560
the corona

1226
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,195
that's coming off of it.

1227
00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:38,363
So we do make space

1228
00:31:38,363 --> 00:31:40,298
based eclipse observations,

1229
00:31:40,298 --> 00:31:41,065
but they're not

1230
00:31:41,065 --> 00:31:42,066
the natural eclipse

1231
00:31:42,066 --> 00:31:42,800
observations.

1232
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,235
They end up being

1233
00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:45,637
they end up being manufactured.

1234
00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:47,639
We do sometimes

1235
00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,040
in certain telescopes

1236
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:50,642
like Canada

1237
00:31:50,642 --> 00:31:52,577
and I think SDO as well,

1238
00:31:52,577 --> 00:31:54,812
Solar Dynamics Observatory,

1239
00:31:54,812 --> 00:31:56,014
are able to

1240
00:31:56,014 --> 00:31:56,948
get eclipses

1241
00:31:56,948 --> 00:31:58,483
in their orbit as well,

1242
00:31:58,483 --> 00:31:58,950
but they don't

1243
00:31:58,950 --> 00:31:59,851
normally coincide

1244
00:31:59,851 --> 00:32:00,985
with the ones that

1245
00:32:00,985 --> 00:32:02,954
that we're talking about here.

1246
00:32:02,954 --> 00:32:03,855
They because they're

1247
00:32:03,855 --> 00:32:04,656
on a different orbit,

1248
00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:04,956
they have

1249
00:32:04,956 --> 00:32:06,357
a different trajectory

1250
00:32:06,357 --> 00:32:07,959
that that line up

1251
00:32:07,959 --> 00:32:08,793
the spacecraft and

1252
00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:09,661
the moon and the sun.

1253
00:32:11,529 --> 00:32:12,630
So

1254
00:32:13,464 --> 00:32:14,332
our team behind

1255
00:32:14,332 --> 00:32:14,966
the scenes

1256
00:32:14,966 --> 00:32:15,333
got us

1257
00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:16,267
an answer to the question

1258
00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:16,834
about why

1259
00:32:16,834 --> 00:32:18,303
today's annular

1260
00:32:18,303 --> 00:32:20,171
eclipse is visible.

1261
00:32:20,171 --> 00:32:21,606
So

1262
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:23,775
or where today.

1263
00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:24,475
I'm sorry,

1264
00:32:24,475 --> 00:32:25,710
we're today's total

1265
00:32:25,710 --> 00:32:26,678
solar eclipse.

1266
00:32:26,678 --> 00:32:27,512
So the total

1267
00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:29,247
eclipse is visible, visible

1268
00:32:29,247 --> 00:32:30,114
in Australia

1269
00:32:30,114 --> 00:32:32,016
and Southeast Asia.

1270
00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:34,819
The annular eclipse is visible

1271
00:32:34,819 --> 00:32:35,720
over the Pacific

1272
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,021
and Indian oceans,

1273
00:32:37,021 --> 00:32:38,523
and a partial eclipse

1274
00:32:38,523 --> 00:32:39,390
is visible

1275
00:32:39,390 --> 00:32:41,159
from Australia Southeast

1276
00:32:41,159 --> 00:32:43,995
Asia and Antarctica.

1277
00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:45,797
So

1278
00:32:46,531 --> 00:32:47,799
there's that

1279
00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:49,100
thinking behind the scenes.

1280
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:50,902
Team Lovett

1281
00:32:52,804 --> 00:32:54,138
Rebecca Jurgens

1282
00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:56,140
says she's watching the live

1283
00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:57,642
solar eclipse with her class.

1284
00:32:57,642 --> 00:32:59,310
And Mark, how

1285
00:32:59,410 --> 00:33:01,612
and if it is daytime

1286
00:33:01,612 --> 00:33:02,847
in Australia,

1287
00:33:02,847 --> 00:33:04,649
why does the telescope

1288
00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:07,552
look like it's nighttime?

1289
00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:08,553
So why is it all dark?

1290
00:33:08,553 --> 00:33:10,188
Why is it black?

1291
00:33:10,488 --> 00:33:11,656
Well, yeah, that's interesting.

1292
00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:13,057
So they are looking.

1293
00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:13,891
I think it has to do

1294
00:33:13,891 --> 00:33:14,359
with the filter

1295
00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:16,060
of the telescope.

1296
00:33:16,060 --> 00:33:17,462
They're filtering out the light

1297
00:33:17,462 --> 00:33:18,629
so that they can.

1298
00:33:18,629 --> 00:33:21,132
I think this is the alpha feed

1299
00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:22,800
which really focuses on

1300
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,802
a specific part of the light.

1301
00:33:24,802 --> 00:33:25,636
And so you get that

1302
00:33:25,636 --> 00:33:27,071
heat from the sun

1303
00:33:27,071 --> 00:33:27,638
because I'm starting

1304
00:33:27,638 --> 00:33:29,841
to see a prominence appear

1305
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:32,877
in the lower left hand corner.

1306
00:33:32,877 --> 00:33:35,113
So just pass there

1307
00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:35,947
their little thing

1308
00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:37,648
that's kind of shooting out

1309
00:33:37,648 --> 00:33:40,451
the prominence they're that

1310
00:33:40,952 --> 00:33:41,986
that kind of indicates

1311
00:33:41,986 --> 00:33:43,054
that that's the

1312
00:33:43,121 --> 00:33:43,921
wavelength

1313
00:33:43,921 --> 00:33:45,857
or the type of warmth of light

1314
00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:47,492
that we're looking at.

1315
00:33:47,592 --> 00:33:49,961
And so that's why

1316
00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:50,762
it probably looks dark,

1317
00:33:50,762 --> 00:33:51,896
because nothing else out there

1318
00:33:51,896 --> 00:33:53,498
is that warm.

1319
00:33:53,598 --> 00:33:54,832
But yes, it is.

1320
00:33:54,832 --> 00:33:57,201
It is daytime in Australia.

1321
00:33:57,201 --> 00:33:59,003
So but as there

1322
00:33:59,003 --> 00:34:00,638
is, the sun's covering up

1323
00:34:00,638 --> 00:34:01,472
more and more.

1324
00:34:01,472 --> 00:34:03,241
It will, at least

1325
00:34:03,241 --> 00:34:04,742
in Exmouth will,

1326
00:34:04,742 --> 00:34:06,044
will become darker

1327
00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:06,878
and darker and again

1328
00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:08,446
experience a full

1329
00:34:08,446 --> 00:34:10,748
snake for about a minute.

1330
00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:14,452
Excellent.

1331
00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:15,153
How you do it?

1332
00:34:15,153 --> 00:34:15,720
Are we killing you

1333
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:16,387
with the questions?

1334
00:34:16,387 --> 00:34:17,288
They are coming.

1335
00:34:17,288 --> 00:34:20,058
They are great questions.

1336
00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:21,559
All right.

1337
00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:22,393
I have a really good one

1338
00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:24,362
from Angel Chinnery.

1339
00:34:24,362 --> 00:34:25,063
She asks.

1340
00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:25,797
Next year,

1341
00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:28,032
totality will be in Mexico.

1342
00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:28,833
So I'm assuming it's

1343
00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:30,435
a total solar eclipse.

1344
00:34:30,435 --> 00:34:31,502
And she's wondering

1345
00:34:31,502 --> 00:34:32,703
if you know,

1346
00:34:32,703 --> 00:34:35,073
how long will totality less

1347
00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:37,141
than any ideas on that one.

1348
00:34:38,242 --> 00:34:40,278
So it's around four

1349
00:34:40,278 --> 00:34:41,879
and a half minutes

1350
00:34:41,879 --> 00:34:43,247
and there are great

1351
00:34:43,247 --> 00:34:44,582
resources online

1352
00:34:44,582 --> 00:34:46,150
that you can find

1353
00:34:46,150 --> 00:34:47,185
your city and state

1354
00:34:47,185 --> 00:34:49,053
and find the exact

1355
00:34:49,053 --> 00:34:50,354
timing for that location.

1356
00:34:50,354 --> 00:34:51,422
And that's actually another

1357
00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:52,824
important part of planning.

1358
00:34:52,824 --> 00:34:54,258
Your eclipse viewing

1359
00:34:54,258 --> 00:34:57,495
is to go to those trusted sites

1360
00:34:57,762 --> 00:34:59,964
and find the list of the times

1361
00:35:00,331 --> 00:35:01,165
that both the

1362
00:35:01,165 --> 00:35:02,166
length of totality

1363
00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:03,167
so that you can enjoy

1364
00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:03,901
that corona

1365
00:35:03,901 --> 00:35:05,036
and soak up all of that

1366
00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:06,938
beautiful solar wind

1367
00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:07,839
and that

1368
00:35:07,872 --> 00:35:09,474
and all the magnetic fields

1369
00:35:09,474 --> 00:35:10,741
that are moving things around

1370
00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:13,144
and that you'll be

1371
00:35:13,144 --> 00:35:13,644
safe, that

1372
00:35:13,644 --> 00:35:14,612
you'll be able to know

1373
00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:15,146
when you need to

1374
00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:17,048
put your glasses on

1375
00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:18,082
and to plan

1376
00:35:18,082 --> 00:35:19,050
to make sure to be there

1377
00:35:19,050 --> 00:35:20,118
well ahead of time

1378
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:22,086
so that you don't miss it.

1379
00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:25,923
And will national have

1380
00:35:25,923 --> 00:35:27,825
resources that kind of help

1381
00:35:27,825 --> 00:35:30,361
people find places and

1382
00:35:31,062 --> 00:35:33,931
and that kind of information?

1383
00:35:33,998 --> 00:35:35,433
Definitely there are

1384
00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:37,301
there are some resources

1385
00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:39,003
that will help with things

1386
00:35:39,003 --> 00:35:40,104
like the map

1387
00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:42,039
will show you where

1388
00:35:42,039 --> 00:35:43,574
where there is the path

1389
00:35:43,574 --> 00:35:44,842
along the path of totality

1390
00:35:44,842 --> 00:35:46,344
and what's cities and

1391
00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:47,044
and states

1392
00:35:47,044 --> 00:35:48,646
will experience totality.

1393
00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:49,680
And actually the entire

1394
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:50,915
contiguous U.S.

1395
00:35:50,915 --> 00:35:53,551
will have a partial eclipse

1396
00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:54,685
that day.

1397
00:35:54,685 --> 00:35:56,454
So even if you're not

1398
00:35:56,454 --> 00:35:58,189
part of the line

1399
00:35:58,189 --> 00:36:00,725
that goes from Mexico to Texas

1400
00:36:01,259 --> 00:36:02,093
up through

1401
00:36:02,093 --> 00:36:03,761
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri,

1402
00:36:03,761 --> 00:36:06,030
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,

1403
00:36:06,030 --> 00:36:06,631
Pennsylvania,

1404
00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:08,199
New York, Vermont,

1405
00:36:08,199 --> 00:36:08,733
New Hampshire,

1406
00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:09,700
now through Maine,

1407
00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:11,235
and then Nova Scotia

1408
00:36:11,235 --> 00:36:12,003
in Canada,

1409
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:14,172
all those all of those places,

1410
00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:14,906
you'll get a total

1411
00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:15,573
solar eclipse.

1412
00:36:15,573 --> 00:36:16,440
But the entire

1413
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:17,575
continental United States

1414
00:36:17,575 --> 00:36:18,543
will get

1415
00:36:18,743 --> 00:36:19,610
some type

1416
00:36:19,610 --> 00:36:22,113
of partial eclipse as well.

1417
00:36:22,713 --> 00:36:23,714
And then the other

1418
00:36:23,714 --> 00:36:24,916
the other side of that,

1419
00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:25,716
on the left hand side

1420
00:36:25,716 --> 00:36:26,717
is the annular eclipse

1421
00:36:26,717 --> 00:36:27,885
that will happen in 23.

1422
00:36:29,687 --> 00:36:30,855
And that is so cool.

1423
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:31,022
And it

1424
00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:32,023
kind of brings us back

1425
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,324
to like the heliophysics,

1426
00:36:33,324 --> 00:36:34,325
the year, like the sun

1427
00:36:34,325 --> 00:36:35,760
touches everything.

1428
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:36,694
And in the U.S.,

1429
00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:38,462
like that is such a unifying

1430
00:36:38,462 --> 00:36:39,730
and just a beautiful moment

1431
00:36:39,730 --> 00:36:41,132
when everybody will get

1432
00:36:41,132 --> 00:36:41,699
at least

1433
00:36:41,699 --> 00:36:43,301
some portion of the eclipse.

1434
00:36:43,301 --> 00:36:45,102
That's really cool.

1435
00:36:45,169 --> 00:36:46,003
Before we pop

1436
00:36:46,003 --> 00:36:46,804
to the next question,

1437
00:36:46,804 --> 00:36:47,338
we want to think

1438
00:36:47,338 --> 00:36:49,440
time and date for this

1439
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,108
amazing feed

1440
00:36:51,108 --> 00:36:52,143
that we're watching.

1441
00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,511
And we're watching it live.

1442
00:36:53,511 --> 00:36:53,945
We're watching

1443
00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:55,513
the magic happen live.

1444
00:36:55,513 --> 00:36:57,315
I'm so excited.

1445
00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:59,650
Let's go to a next more

1446
00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:02,320
730 on Twitter asks

1447
00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:04,622
what changes

1448
00:37:04,622 --> 00:37:06,123
the duration of totality.

1449
00:37:06,123 --> 00:37:09,026
So what makes it different?

1450
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:10,595
Right? I get it.

1451
00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:11,963
It's all about geometry.

1452
00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:13,097
So it's all about where

1453
00:37:13,097 --> 00:37:14,899
your place in space.

1454
00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:15,967
We all belong here.

1455
00:37:15,967 --> 00:37:17,134
And the place and space

1456
00:37:17,134 --> 00:37:18,502
does matter.

1457
00:37:18,502 --> 00:37:21,672
So depending on exactly

1458
00:37:21,672 --> 00:37:22,873
in the orbit of the earth

1459
00:37:22,873 --> 00:37:24,275
and the sun and the moon

1460
00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:25,843
and how they line up

1461
00:37:25,843 --> 00:37:27,645
is how long you will

1462
00:37:27,645 --> 00:37:29,714
get totality for.

1463
00:37:29,714 --> 00:37:31,916
So in this case,

1464
00:37:32,483 --> 00:37:33,618
how it lines up.

1465
00:37:33,618 --> 00:37:34,518
And because it's

1466
00:37:34,518 --> 00:37:35,286
it's at a place

1467
00:37:35,286 --> 00:37:36,721
where the moon shadow

1468
00:37:36,721 --> 00:37:38,322
is moving quickly,

1469
00:37:38,322 --> 00:37:39,056
it only lasts

1470
00:37:39,056 --> 00:37:40,391
for around a minute.

1471
00:37:40,391 --> 00:37:41,158
When you're closer

1472
00:37:41,158 --> 00:37:42,026
to the equator,

1473
00:37:42,026 --> 00:37:42,960
it takes a little longer

1474
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,228
to move across that land.

1475
00:37:44,228 --> 00:37:46,364
So so it goes a little bit

1476
00:37:46,897 --> 00:37:48,599
a little bit slower.

1477
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:49,367
You can get a little

1478
00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:51,469
bit longer, longer durations.

1479
00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:53,137
And then again,

1480
00:37:53,137 --> 00:37:53,871
it's all about that,

1481
00:37:53,871 --> 00:37:54,505
that line up

1482
00:37:54,505 --> 00:37:55,606
between the earth,

1483
00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:56,741
the moon in the center

1484
00:37:56,741 --> 00:37:58,309
and the sun.

1485
00:37:58,442 --> 00:37:59,710
And so as it goes around,

1486
00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:00,578
it will

1487
00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:02,413
it will create different,

1488
00:38:02,413 --> 00:38:04,448
different lengths of time.

1489
00:38:04,582 --> 00:38:06,217
It makes sense.

1490
00:38:06,217 --> 00:38:06,917
Yeah, that's

1491
00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:08,619
a great explanation.

1492
00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:10,721
Matt A on YouTube asked

1493
00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:13,658
about AI safety.

1494
00:38:13,658 --> 00:38:15,526
So what happens

1495
00:38:15,526 --> 00:38:16,193
or what could

1496
00:38:16,193 --> 00:38:17,295
potentially happen

1497
00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:18,896
if we look directly

1498
00:38:18,896 --> 00:38:19,530
at an eclipse

1499
00:38:19,530 --> 00:38:20,631
and look directly at us

1500
00:38:20,631 --> 00:38:21,899
at the sun.

1501
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:22,700
Right.

1502
00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:24,035
So looking at

1503
00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:24,902
directly at the sun,

1504
00:38:24,902 --> 00:38:27,004
which you should never do,

1505
00:38:27,004 --> 00:38:28,072
would cause

1506
00:38:28,072 --> 00:38:29,240
the back of your eye

1507
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:30,908
to burn in

1508
00:38:30,908 --> 00:38:33,144
the image of the sun.

1509
00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:34,512
And so you would have

1510
00:38:34,512 --> 00:38:37,014
a blind spot in the area

1511
00:38:37,014 --> 00:38:39,417
where you had viewed the sun.

1512
00:38:39,417 --> 00:38:41,385
So it is not advised

1513
00:38:41,385 --> 00:38:42,887
to do this.

1514
00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:44,822
So make sure that you have

1515
00:38:44,822 --> 00:38:45,990
your safety glasses or

1516
00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:47,792
an indirect viewing method

1517
00:38:47,792 --> 00:38:48,392
If you don't have

1518
00:38:48,392 --> 00:38:49,960
safety glasses

1519
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:50,861
in order to make sure

1520
00:38:50,861 --> 00:38:52,196
that you can safely do this

1521
00:38:52,196 --> 00:38:54,498
and safely see afterwards.

1522
00:38:54,498 --> 00:38:58,302
Yes, the take away is be safe.

1523
00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:00,671
Got it. Got it.

1524
00:39:00,671 --> 00:39:02,006
Love that.

1525
00:39:02,139 --> 00:39:04,975
The plastic effect on YouTube

1526
00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:07,812
and a really good question.

1527
00:39:07,812 --> 00:39:09,480
So are lunar

1528
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,882
eclipses or solar eclipses

1529
00:39:11,882 --> 00:39:12,917
more common?

1530
00:39:12,917 --> 00:39:13,484
Is one more

1531
00:39:13,484 --> 00:39:14,285
common than the other?

1532
00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:17,421
Oh, that's a good question.

1533
00:39:17,421 --> 00:39:17,855
Well,

1534
00:39:17,855 --> 00:39:19,623
I've never thought of that.

1535
00:39:19,623 --> 00:39:20,091
I know.

1536
00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:21,125
It's like, oh,

1537
00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:22,660
you just put that on me

1538
00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:23,194
because I

1539
00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:24,829
you know, I've,

1540
00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:25,596
you know, a lunar

1541
00:39:25,596 --> 00:39:26,897
eclipse happens

1542
00:39:26,897 --> 00:39:29,066
when the earth is blocking

1543
00:39:29,066 --> 00:39:32,603
the sun from the from the moon.

1544
00:39:32,603 --> 00:39:34,105
And so that is why

1545
00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:35,139
you're getting that

1546
00:39:35,139 --> 00:39:36,474
you're getting that darkness

1547
00:39:36,474 --> 00:39:38,142
or that eclipse.

1548
00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:39,744
Is it more common?

1549
00:39:39,744 --> 00:39:40,845
I think it is.

1550
00:39:40,845 --> 00:39:41,779
But I

1551
00:39:41,779 --> 00:39:42,980
my brain is not

1552
00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:43,514
is not quite sure.

1553
00:39:43,514 --> 00:39:44,148
Maybe we need some

1554
00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:45,649
behind the scenes,

1555
00:39:45,649 --> 00:39:47,818
some sense phone of ed phone.

1556
00:39:47,852 --> 00:39:48,619
A friend.

1557
00:39:51,622 --> 00:39:52,923
I love it.

1558
00:39:52,923 --> 00:39:54,458
The plastic affect

1559
00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:54,959
you may have

1560
00:39:54,959 --> 00:39:57,595
some genetic scientist.

1561
00:39:57,595 --> 00:39:57,995
Yeah

1562
00:39:59,830 --> 00:40:01,866
and that just goes to show you

1563
00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:03,267
like we don't know everything

1564
00:40:03,267 --> 00:40:04,301
I think it's

1565
00:40:04,301 --> 00:40:05,436
these are great questions

1566
00:40:05,436 --> 00:40:06,670
we have Kelly on the spot

1567
00:40:06,670 --> 00:40:07,638
she doesn't have any of

1568
00:40:07,638 --> 00:40:09,073
these answers is answering to

1569
00:40:09,073 --> 00:40:09,774
but you're doing

1570
00:40:09,774 --> 00:40:10,708
an amazing job,

1571
00:40:10,708 --> 00:40:12,710
my friend, right?

1572
00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:13,377
I mean, really,

1573
00:40:13,377 --> 00:40:14,678
that's what a scientist is.

1574
00:40:14,678 --> 00:40:16,046
It's is it's about,

1575
00:40:16,046 --> 00:40:17,047
you know, figuring

1576
00:40:17,047 --> 00:40:18,149
figuring out how to do it

1577
00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:19,183
and finding the right source

1578
00:40:19,183 --> 00:40:20,851
of information. Right.

1579
00:40:20,851 --> 00:40:21,752
So it's not necessary

1580
00:40:21,752 --> 00:40:22,887
that I know every fact

1581
00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:25,156
in every everything about

1582
00:40:25,156 --> 00:40:25,623
the sun.

1583
00:40:25,623 --> 00:40:26,190
It's about

1584
00:40:26,190 --> 00:40:28,058
I know how to

1585
00:40:28,058 --> 00:40:29,126
examine the information

1586
00:40:29,126 --> 00:40:29,894
and say,

1587
00:40:29,894 --> 00:40:31,395
oh, hey, like this person

1588
00:40:31,395 --> 00:40:33,397
might know it better or

1589
00:40:33,397 --> 00:40:34,532
and then is that reasonable?

1590
00:40:34,532 --> 00:40:34,765
Right?

1591
00:40:34,765 --> 00:40:35,633
If they suddenly told me

1592
00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:36,033
like, well,

1593
00:40:36,033 --> 00:40:37,034
the moon is made out of,

1594
00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:37,635
you know,

1595
00:40:37,802 --> 00:40:40,471
like, no, that's not right.

1596
00:40:40,471 --> 00:40:41,205
And you have to know.

1597
00:40:41,205 --> 00:40:42,273
I need to know,

1598
00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:42,573
you know,

1599
00:40:42,573 --> 00:40:44,642
approximately what it is.

1600
00:40:44,642 --> 00:40:45,242
But again,

1601
00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:47,144
I don't necessarily

1602
00:40:47,144 --> 00:40:48,479
know everything.

1603
00:40:49,079 --> 00:40:49,380
Yeah.

1604
00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:50,881
And we specialized, right?

1605
00:40:50,881 --> 00:40:52,116
Like as a scientist,

1606
00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:53,417
you you're specializing

1607
00:40:53,417 --> 00:40:54,385
in heliophysics.

1608
00:40:54,385 --> 00:40:55,152
And then we have people

1609
00:40:55,152 --> 00:40:55,886
that specialize

1610
00:40:55,886 --> 00:40:56,887
in planetary science

1611
00:40:56,887 --> 00:40:58,055
or lunar science.

1612
00:40:58,055 --> 00:40:59,490
And so it makes sense.

1613
00:40:59,490 --> 00:41:00,491
I'm just messing with you.

1614
00:41:00,491 --> 00:41:02,460
I'm just Josh in with.

1615
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:04,562
Yeah, All right.

1616
00:41:04,562 --> 00:41:06,130
God is asking,

1617
00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:07,832
why does the moon change

1618
00:41:07,832 --> 00:41:09,600
locations on screen

1619
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:10,935
when we see different time

1620
00:41:10,935 --> 00:41:14,071
and date telescope feeds?

1621
00:41:14,638 --> 00:41:16,373
I think that that is

1622
00:41:16,373 --> 00:41:17,475
just a

1623
00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:19,777
orientation of the telescope

1624
00:41:19,777 --> 00:41:20,478
because yeah,

1625
00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:21,879
it might drift toward

1626
00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:22,980
one side of the feed,

1627
00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:23,981
one side of the picture

1628
00:41:23,981 --> 00:41:25,216
or the other,

1629
00:41:25,216 --> 00:41:26,217
and that's just alignment

1630
00:41:26,217 --> 00:41:27,618
of the telescope.

1631
00:41:27,618 --> 00:41:29,420
It is. It is.

1632
00:41:29,420 --> 00:41:30,621
It takes a lot of setup

1633
00:41:30,621 --> 00:41:32,456
to learn how to do this

1634
00:41:32,456 --> 00:41:33,390
type of imagery

1635
00:41:33,390 --> 00:41:35,359
as they're doing amazing

1636
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:36,660
time and date

1637
00:41:36,694 --> 00:41:38,162
and they have done everything

1638
00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:39,763
for forever.

1639
00:41:39,897 --> 00:41:41,732
So but it takes a lot to get it

1640
00:41:41,732 --> 00:41:43,501
to look this good.

1641
00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:45,002
So that's actually why

1642
00:41:45,002 --> 00:41:46,437
I tell people

1643
00:41:46,437 --> 00:41:47,505
your first eclipse,

1644
00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,373
let let the experts do it

1645
00:41:49,373 --> 00:41:51,375
and just experience it

1646
00:41:51,375 --> 00:41:52,142
because you can.

1647
00:41:52,142 --> 00:41:53,043
It's a great hobby

1648
00:41:53,043 --> 00:41:54,311
to figure out how to,

1649
00:41:54,311 --> 00:41:55,212
you know, how to do this

1650
00:41:55,212 --> 00:41:57,581
or you know, how to let it

1651
00:41:57,581 --> 00:41:58,716
the telescopes and do that.

1652
00:41:58,716 --> 00:42:00,117
But it's a lot of work.

1653
00:42:00,117 --> 00:42:01,218
And so maybe the first one

1654
00:42:01,218 --> 00:42:02,219
just experience it.

1655
00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:04,188
Yeah, Yeah.

1656
00:42:04,188 --> 00:42:04,855
I am looking

1657
00:42:04,855 --> 00:42:06,457
forward to my first one.

1658
00:42:06,457 --> 00:42:08,392
No cameras, no anything.

1659
00:42:08,392 --> 00:42:10,694
It's just going to be me

1660
00:42:10,694 --> 00:42:11,495
and watching

1661
00:42:11,495 --> 00:42:12,663
nature do its thing.

1662
00:42:12,663 --> 00:42:13,731
I love it.

1663
00:42:14,498 --> 00:42:14,765
Okay,

1664
00:42:14,765 --> 00:42:15,666
we have another kind

1665
00:42:15,666 --> 00:42:18,269
of moon question for you.

1666
00:42:18,269 --> 00:42:21,105
Iran request on Twitch asks.

1667
00:42:21,639 --> 00:42:22,873
So there's a lot of talk

1668
00:42:22,873 --> 00:42:23,507
about the sun

1669
00:42:23,507 --> 00:42:24,708
during the solar eclipse.

1670
00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:25,976
Of course.

1671
00:42:25,976 --> 00:42:27,811
Are there any unique properties

1672
00:42:27,811 --> 00:42:28,846
of the moon

1673
00:42:28,846 --> 00:42:29,880
that are only visible

1674
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,382
during an eclipse

1675
00:42:31,582 --> 00:42:33,250
that you know of?

1676
00:42:34,585 --> 00:42:35,085
That's a

1677
00:42:35,085 --> 00:42:37,121
that's a good question.

1678
00:42:37,688 --> 00:42:39,790
The moon is

1679
00:42:39,790 --> 00:42:41,325
is rocky and not quite

1680
00:42:41,325 --> 00:42:43,561
as smooth, smooth and kind of

1681
00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:43,727
you know,

1682
00:42:43,727 --> 00:42:45,062
it looks like a beautiful ball

1683
00:42:45,062 --> 00:42:47,131
when it's full from the earth,

1684
00:42:47,631 --> 00:42:48,766
but it actually is craters

1685
00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:49,466
and valleys.

1686
00:42:49,466 --> 00:42:50,701
So peaks and valleys

1687
00:42:50,701 --> 00:42:52,002
and you can see some of those.

1688
00:42:52,002 --> 00:42:53,137
And that's actually

1689
00:42:53,137 --> 00:42:55,172
what we'll see coming up here

1690
00:42:55,172 --> 00:42:56,073
with the Bayley's

1691
00:42:56,073 --> 00:42:56,941
beads

1692
00:42:57,107 --> 00:42:58,742
is actually the last bits

1693
00:42:58,742 --> 00:42:59,343
of the fact

1694
00:42:59,343 --> 00:43:01,412
that it's not perfectly smooth.

1695
00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:01,946
We're seeing

1696
00:43:01,946 --> 00:43:02,880
little bits of sunlight

1697
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:04,481
still kind of escape

1698
00:43:04,481 --> 00:43:06,050
until it completely covers

1699
00:43:06,050 --> 00:43:06,917
the face of the sun.

1700
00:43:06,917 --> 00:43:08,552
So as you're seeing in the

1701
00:43:08,552 --> 00:43:09,720
in the feed Right.

1702
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:11,355
Or in the image right now

1703
00:43:11,355 --> 00:43:11,755
is you'll see

1704
00:43:11,755 --> 00:43:12,723
those little beads

1705
00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:13,424
and those are actually

1706
00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:14,825
telling us about the peaks

1707
00:43:14,825 --> 00:43:16,093
and valleys on the moon,

1708
00:43:18,362 --> 00:43:18,929
actually.

1709
00:43:18,929 --> 00:43:19,263
Okay.

1710
00:43:19,263 --> 00:43:19,697
So we have a

1711
00:43:19,697 --> 00:43:20,497
really good question

1712
00:43:20,497 --> 00:43:23,233
from Heather Jarvis.

1713
00:43:23,233 --> 00:43:25,369
And the question is,

1714
00:43:25,369 --> 00:43:25,736
is it

1715
00:43:25,736 --> 00:43:27,571
happening or almost over

1716
00:43:27,571 --> 00:43:29,940
and what time is totality?

1717
00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:30,641
So what?

1718
00:43:30,741 --> 00:43:33,844
So it is it is happening.

1719
00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:37,615
So we have most of the most

1720
00:43:37,615 --> 00:43:39,617
of the disk covered right now.

1721
00:43:40,351 --> 00:43:42,820
And so the upper left

1722
00:43:42,820 --> 00:43:43,554
is the moon.

1723
00:43:43,554 --> 00:43:45,823
That dark circle or semicircle

1724
00:43:46,290 --> 00:43:47,157
is cutting out

1725
00:43:47,157 --> 00:43:48,025
the little crescent

1726
00:43:48,025 --> 00:43:49,860
sun that we're seeing

1727
00:43:49,860 --> 00:43:50,694
and the prominence

1728
00:43:50,694 --> 00:43:51,395
is still there on the

1729
00:43:51,395 --> 00:43:53,597
on the left hand side.

1730
00:43:53,597 --> 00:43:55,933
And so what is happening

1731
00:43:55,933 --> 00:43:56,567
and we're

1732
00:43:56,567 --> 00:43:58,469
I think we're around

1733
00:43:58,469 --> 00:43:59,036
10 minutes,

1734
00:43:59,036 --> 00:44:00,170
I think from now,

1735
00:44:00,170 --> 00:44:02,940
15 minutes from totality.

1736
00:44:03,841 --> 00:44:05,943
And so then we'll see

1737
00:44:05,943 --> 00:44:06,710
those Bayley beads

1738
00:44:06,710 --> 00:44:08,178
that we just talked about.

1739
00:44:08,178 --> 00:44:08,779
Diamond Ring

1740
00:44:08,779 --> 00:44:09,546
is the last one

1741
00:44:09,546 --> 00:44:10,381
that that comes out

1742
00:44:10,381 --> 00:44:10,814
because it looks like

1743
00:44:10,814 --> 00:44:11,849
there's a great big diamond

1744
00:44:11,849 --> 00:44:14,084
on the on the sun

1745
00:44:14,084 --> 00:44:14,952
and then that'll go off

1746
00:44:14,952 --> 00:44:16,854
and then we will see totality

1747
00:44:16,854 --> 00:44:18,722
And that's that's

1748
00:44:18,722 --> 00:44:19,556
where we would take off

1749
00:44:19,556 --> 00:44:20,391
our eclipse glasses

1750
00:44:20,391 --> 00:44:21,458
if we were there

1751
00:44:21,458 --> 00:44:23,794
and kind of bask in the

1752
00:44:24,128 --> 00:44:25,062
seeing the corona

1753
00:44:25,062 --> 00:44:26,530
and experiencing

1754
00:44:26,530 --> 00:44:27,398
the whole thing.

1755
00:44:27,398 --> 00:44:29,099
And then

1756
00:44:29,133 --> 00:44:30,167
after that minutes over,

1757
00:44:30,167 --> 00:44:31,935
we would put on our glasses

1758
00:44:31,935 --> 00:44:34,038
and we will then go backwards

1759
00:44:34,038 --> 00:44:35,239
and see the diamond ring.

1760
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:37,074
The veil is beads and then

1761
00:44:37,074 --> 00:44:38,709
back to this partial eclipse.

1762
00:44:40,844 --> 00:44:41,745
So you kind of talked

1763
00:44:41,745 --> 00:44:42,646
about this before

1764
00:44:42,646 --> 00:44:44,748
because on YouTube is asking,

1765
00:44:44,748 --> 00:44:45,716
is it possible

1766
00:44:45,716 --> 00:44:47,718
to never have an eclipse

1767
00:44:47,718 --> 00:44:49,586
during the year

1768
00:44:51,755 --> 00:44:52,623
since we happened about

1769
00:44:52,623 --> 00:44:53,323
every 18 months,

1770
00:44:53,323 --> 00:44:55,392
it would be possible to

1771
00:44:55,893 --> 00:44:58,529
not have one during the year?

1772
00:44:58,529 --> 00:44:59,396
Yeah,

1773
00:45:00,330 --> 00:45:01,999
and I'm assuming

1774
00:45:01,999 --> 00:45:05,102
that just met solar eclipses

1775
00:45:05,102 --> 00:45:06,537
that Cas was asking about.

1776
00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:07,237
All right.

1777
00:45:07,438 --> 00:45:09,673
Very heavy on YouTube.

1778
00:45:09,673 --> 00:45:10,507
Asks,

1779
00:45:10,641 --> 00:45:11,608
Is it possible

1780
00:45:11,608 --> 00:45:12,743
to see the eclipse

1781
00:45:12,743 --> 00:45:14,812
using a telescope from home?

1782
00:45:17,247 --> 00:45:18,649
That's a good question.

1783
00:45:18,649 --> 00:45:20,851
So really there is

1784
00:45:20,851 --> 00:45:21,418
you need to be

1785
00:45:21,418 --> 00:45:23,554
in the path of totality

1786
00:45:24,288 --> 00:45:26,056
or a path, a partial

1787
00:45:26,056 --> 00:45:27,991
path of the eclipse in general.

1788
00:45:27,991 --> 00:45:29,259
So either a partial eclipse

1789
00:45:29,259 --> 00:45:31,328
or a total eclipse.

1790
00:45:31,562 --> 00:45:33,130
So it somewhat depends

1791
00:45:33,130 --> 00:45:34,865
on where you live.

1792
00:45:34,865 --> 00:45:36,934
Again, if you're in the US,

1793
00:45:37,701 --> 00:45:38,368
you will see

1794
00:45:38,368 --> 00:45:41,138
one in 2024 or 2023.

1795
00:45:41,138 --> 00:45:43,140
So hopefully yes.

1796
00:45:43,140 --> 00:45:44,074
And then if somewhere else

1797
00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:46,477
we can find resources online

1798
00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:47,077
to see where

1799
00:45:47,077 --> 00:45:48,045
in the next eclipse

1800
00:45:48,045 --> 00:45:49,113
eclipse is going

1801
00:45:49,113 --> 00:45:50,280
to be in your area.

1802
00:45:51,915 --> 00:45:52,983
Actually,

1803
00:45:53,417 --> 00:45:54,384
our folks working

1804
00:45:54,384 --> 00:45:55,085
in the background,

1805
00:45:55,085 --> 00:45:56,253
you guys are genius is

1806
00:45:56,253 --> 00:45:57,387
so for the question,

1807
00:45:57,387 --> 00:45:59,256
asking if lunar or solar

1808
00:45:59,256 --> 00:46:00,891
eclipses are more common,

1809
00:46:00,891 --> 00:46:01,558
we have a little bit

1810
00:46:01,558 --> 00:46:02,926
more information for you.

1811
00:46:02,926 --> 00:46:03,861
Lunar eclipses

1812
00:46:03,861 --> 00:46:05,162
and solar eclipses

1813
00:46:05,162 --> 00:46:06,964
are about equally common.

1814
00:46:06,964 --> 00:46:09,133
They usually happen in pairs.

1815
00:46:09,133 --> 00:46:10,167
So a lunar eclipse

1816
00:46:10,167 --> 00:46:12,436
will usually happen two weeks

1817
00:46:12,436 --> 00:46:13,871
before or two weeks

1818
00:46:13,871 --> 00:46:15,939
after a solar eclipse.

1819
00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:17,441
However, more of the earth

1820
00:46:17,441 --> 00:46:18,675
will be able to see

1821
00:46:18,675 --> 00:46:20,110
a total lunar eclipse

1822
00:46:20,110 --> 00:46:22,246
than a total solar eclipse.

1823
00:46:22,246 --> 00:46:24,515
So they may see more,

1824
00:46:24,515 --> 00:46:26,884
may seem more

1825
00:46:26,884 --> 00:46:29,553
in one given location.

1826
00:46:31,255 --> 00:46:33,357
So no dates for that.

1827
00:46:33,357 --> 00:46:34,458
Yeah, that's great,

1828
00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:35,259
because I think that

1829
00:46:35,259 --> 00:46:35,926
what I was thinking

1830
00:46:35,926 --> 00:46:37,261
is it's more common to be like,

1831
00:46:37,261 --> 00:46:38,028
Oh yeah, you can see

1832
00:46:38,028 --> 00:46:38,896
a lunar eclipse.

1833
00:46:38,896 --> 00:46:40,030
Then a solar eclipse

1834
00:46:40,030 --> 00:46:41,331
is a much more narrow path

1835
00:46:41,331 --> 00:46:42,699
because limits are smaller.

1836
00:46:42,699 --> 00:46:44,802
Yes. Okay, great.

1837
00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:45,335
That's funny.

1838
00:46:45,335 --> 00:46:45,602
Yeah,

1839
00:46:45,602 --> 00:46:46,804
that was a really good answer.

1840
00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:48,005
Thanks for the clarity on that.

1841
00:46:49,006 --> 00:46:49,940
Willie D

1842
00:46:49,940 --> 00:46:51,441
on YouTube asks

1843
00:46:51,441 --> 00:46:53,644
What kind of gravitational pull

1844
00:46:54,311 --> 00:46:55,813
does this kind of event

1845
00:46:55,813 --> 00:46:57,481
due to the life on earth

1846
00:46:57,481 --> 00:46:58,715
with slash,

1847
00:46:58,715 --> 00:47:00,818
with celestial body alignment

1848
00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:01,819
are there

1849
00:47:01,819 --> 00:47:04,288
animals and plants that react

1850
00:47:04,288 --> 00:47:05,722
to this event?

1851
00:47:05,722 --> 00:47:06,623
Thanks.

1852
00:47:07,925 --> 00:47:08,325
Okay.

1853
00:47:08,559 --> 00:47:09,193
Well, that's great.

1854
00:47:09,193 --> 00:47:10,594
So animals and plants

1855
00:47:10,594 --> 00:47:12,396
do respond

1856
00:47:12,396 --> 00:47:14,565
to this event in general.

1857
00:47:14,565 --> 00:47:15,332
Again,

1858
00:47:15,332 --> 00:47:16,600
from what I understand

1859
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:19,870
is much more from actual visual

1860
00:47:19,870 --> 00:47:23,140
or sensory of the darkness

1861
00:47:23,507 --> 00:47:24,942
that they sense

1862
00:47:24,942 --> 00:47:26,143
rather than maybe

1863
00:47:26,143 --> 00:47:27,411
direct gravitational pull,

1864
00:47:27,411 --> 00:47:28,612
but maybe that's a study

1865
00:47:28,612 --> 00:47:30,013
that you should propose that

1866
00:47:30,013 --> 00:47:31,915
what's what's the effect

1867
00:47:31,915 --> 00:47:34,351
on on animals for gravity?

1868
00:47:34,351 --> 00:47:35,385
I think it's

1869
00:47:35,519 --> 00:47:36,787
my you know, my sense is

1870
00:47:36,787 --> 00:47:37,354
that it's

1871
00:47:37,354 --> 00:47:38,689
more from a visual sense

1872
00:47:38,689 --> 00:47:39,089
than a

1873
00:47:39,089 --> 00:47:40,190
than a gravitational sense

1874
00:47:40,190 --> 00:47:40,490
that there's

1875
00:47:40,490 --> 00:47:42,292
an effect on animals.

1876
00:47:42,492 --> 00:47:43,327
Gotcha. Okay.

1877
00:47:43,327 --> 00:47:44,895
That makes sense.

1878
00:47:44,895 --> 00:47:47,464
Susan Starker asked, Do solar

1879
00:47:47,464 --> 00:47:48,599
flares interfere

1880
00:47:48,599 --> 00:47:50,834
with technology here on Earth?

1881
00:47:50,834 --> 00:47:53,136
And is there cause for concern?

1882
00:47:53,270 --> 00:47:55,005
That's a really good one.

1883
00:47:55,005 --> 00:47:57,274
That's a really good question.

1884
00:47:57,274 --> 00:47:59,443
And yes, solar flares

1885
00:47:59,676 --> 00:48:01,712
do potentially cause issues

1886
00:48:02,246 --> 00:48:03,213
with our technology

1887
00:48:03,213 --> 00:48:04,414
here on Earth

1888
00:48:04,414 --> 00:48:06,617
and all of our space assets

1889
00:48:06,617 --> 00:48:09,620
and so we are we

1890
00:48:09,887 --> 00:48:11,388
at NASA's wells in partnership

1891
00:48:11,388 --> 00:48:12,789
with with many different folks

1892
00:48:12,789 --> 00:48:14,658
in commercial as well as

1893
00:48:14,658 --> 00:48:15,893
within the government know it.

1894
00:48:15,893 --> 00:48:16,693
ESA, NSF,

1895
00:48:16,693 --> 00:48:18,629
all the other folks

1896
00:48:18,629 --> 00:48:20,364
are working on this.

1897
00:48:20,364 --> 00:48:20,731
It's a term

1898
00:48:20,731 --> 00:48:22,032
called space weather

1899
00:48:22,032 --> 00:48:22,532
as the effect

1900
00:48:22,532 --> 00:48:24,268
that the sun has on

1901
00:48:24,268 --> 00:48:24,801
the earth

1902
00:48:24,801 --> 00:48:26,770
and the entire environment,

1903
00:48:26,770 --> 00:48:27,771
the entire

1904
00:48:27,771 --> 00:48:29,139
interplanetary environment.

1905
00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:31,174
So we are looking

1906
00:48:31,174 --> 00:48:32,743
to mitigate those things,

1907
00:48:32,743 --> 00:48:33,377
things like

1908
00:48:33,377 --> 00:48:34,912
potential power outages

1909
00:48:34,912 --> 00:48:37,948
or inducing

1910
00:48:37,948 --> 00:48:39,316
huge currents in the earth,

1911
00:48:39,316 --> 00:48:40,651
things like that.

1912
00:48:40,651 --> 00:48:42,719
We are looking into that and

1913
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:43,387
and making sure

1914
00:48:43,387 --> 00:48:44,354
that those solar flares

1915
00:48:44,354 --> 00:48:45,122
don't don't

1916
00:48:45,122 --> 00:48:47,658
get the best of our technology.

1917
00:48:47,658 --> 00:48:47,991
Yeah,

1918
00:48:47,991 --> 00:48:48,692
and that's a big part

1919
00:48:48,692 --> 00:48:49,860
of the heliophysics this year.

1920
00:48:49,860 --> 00:48:50,160
Right.

1921
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:51,862
So like at NASA,

1922
00:48:51,862 --> 00:48:53,730
the HELIOPHYSICS

1923
00:48:53,730 --> 00:48:55,899
has a fleet of missions

1924
00:48:56,433 --> 00:48:58,468
that are working to study

1925
00:48:59,970 --> 00:49:01,705
the phenomena of space, weather

1926
00:49:01,705 --> 00:49:03,206
and the sun's impacts,

1927
00:49:03,206 --> 00:49:03,540
you know,

1928
00:49:03,540 --> 00:49:05,676
throughout our universe

1929
00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:06,610
particularly.

1930
00:49:06,610 --> 00:49:07,210
Do you want to talk

1931
00:49:07,210 --> 00:49:08,145
a little bit about Parker

1932
00:49:08,145 --> 00:49:08,745
Solar Probe,

1933
00:49:08,745 --> 00:49:11,982
which has touched the sun?

1934
00:49:11,982 --> 00:49:14,251
Yes, the Parker Solar probe,

1935
00:49:14,251 --> 00:49:14,718
a little near

1936
00:49:14,718 --> 00:49:16,320
and dear to my heart

1937
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:17,921
is the spacecraft

1938
00:49:17,921 --> 00:49:19,289
that has gone in

1939
00:49:19,289 --> 00:49:20,524
and actually touched

1940
00:49:20,524 --> 00:49:22,759
this corona that we had seen.

1941
00:49:23,527 --> 00:49:25,963
And it is a spacecraft that

1942
00:49:25,963 --> 00:49:26,463
goes in

1943
00:49:26,463 --> 00:49:29,499
and looks at the particles

1944
00:49:29,499 --> 00:49:29,967
coming off

1945
00:49:29,967 --> 00:49:32,736
of the earth of the sun,

1946
00:49:32,970 --> 00:49:33,870
both through

1947
00:49:33,870 --> 00:49:35,005
imaging as well

1948
00:49:35,005 --> 00:49:36,506
as scooping some up

1949
00:49:36,506 --> 00:49:38,275
in some of the detectors

1950
00:49:38,275 --> 00:49:38,675
and studying

1951
00:49:38,675 --> 00:49:39,910
the magnetic fields of the sun.

1952
00:49:39,910 --> 00:49:41,712
So that mission

1953
00:49:41,712 --> 00:49:43,180
has successfully

1954
00:49:43,180 --> 00:49:43,814
touched to that

1955
00:49:43,814 --> 00:49:45,782
corona and is continue ing

1956
00:49:45,782 --> 00:49:46,550
to study it

1957
00:49:46,550 --> 00:49:47,384
and to again,

1958
00:49:47,384 --> 00:49:48,218
help us understand

1959
00:49:48,218 --> 00:49:49,086
that space weather.

1960
00:49:50,954 --> 00:49:51,521
Excellent.

1961
00:49:51,521 --> 00:49:52,155
Yeah.

1962
00:49:52,556 --> 00:49:53,290
Looking at this,

1963
00:49:53,290 --> 00:49:54,925
we're getting closer.

1964
00:49:54,925 --> 00:49:58,428
We're getting closer.

1965
00:49:59,396 --> 00:50:00,397
It's happening.

1966
00:50:00,397 --> 00:50:00,864
I know it

1967
00:50:00,864 --> 00:50:02,966
looks like a great big smile,

1968
00:50:02,966 --> 00:50:04,501
this great big smile right now.

1969
00:50:04,501 --> 00:50:06,803
And so it's kind of smiling.

1970
00:50:08,271 --> 00:50:09,506
Okay, back to the question.

1971
00:50:09,506 --> 00:50:10,841
So we have two related

1972
00:50:10,841 --> 00:50:11,341
questions.

1973
00:50:11,341 --> 00:50:12,943
David Grant, you asked,

1974
00:50:12,943 --> 00:50:14,411
what is the expected

1975
00:50:14,411 --> 00:50:15,912
temperature drop

1976
00:50:15,912 --> 00:50:17,581
during a total solar eclipse?

1977
00:50:17,581 --> 00:50:18,148
And Raymond

1978
00:50:18,148 --> 00:50:19,916
Dumais on YouTube is asking

1979
00:50:19,916 --> 00:50:20,517
is there

1980
00:50:20,517 --> 00:50:22,085
a measurable temperature drops?

1981
00:50:22,085 --> 00:50:23,887
So are people going to be able

1982
00:50:23,887 --> 00:50:26,690
to feel a difference?

1983
00:50:26,690 --> 00:50:28,592
You you can definitely feel

1984
00:50:28,592 --> 00:50:29,159
a difference.

1985
00:50:29,159 --> 00:50:30,260
It can be a couple of degrees

1986
00:50:30,260 --> 00:50:31,228
to tens of degrees.

1987
00:50:31,228 --> 00:50:32,229
So like

1988
00:50:32,396 --> 00:50:33,630
I for instance,

1989
00:50:33,630 --> 00:50:34,731
my last solar eclipse,

1990
00:50:34,731 --> 00:50:35,966
I had to put on a down

1991
00:50:35,966 --> 00:50:37,734
jacket, was in a short sleeved

1992
00:50:37,734 --> 00:50:39,870
polo and had to put on a down

1993
00:50:39,870 --> 00:50:40,771
jacket.

1994
00:50:40,837 --> 00:50:42,572
I'm also cold, so

1995
00:50:42,572 --> 00:50:43,140
but it was

1996
00:50:43,140 --> 00:50:44,141
definitely noticeable

1997
00:50:44,141 --> 00:50:44,641
that folks were

1998
00:50:44,641 --> 00:50:45,509
putting on jackets.

1999
00:50:46,576 --> 00:50:48,345
And so

2000
00:50:48,345 --> 00:50:50,714
it is a measurable temperature

2001
00:50:50,714 --> 00:50:51,515
and that is part of

2002
00:50:51,515 --> 00:50:52,983
a citizen science project,

2003
00:50:52,983 --> 00:50:53,917
is to actually measure

2004
00:50:53,917 --> 00:50:55,952
the temperature as you're going

2005
00:50:55,952 --> 00:50:57,654
as this is going along,

2006
00:50:57,654 --> 00:50:58,622
especially with

2007
00:50:58,622 --> 00:50:59,423
animal reactions,

2008
00:50:59,423 --> 00:51:00,257
is to figure out what

2009
00:51:00,257 --> 00:51:00,690
what they're

2010
00:51:00,690 --> 00:51:02,826
actually reacting to.

2011
00:51:04,027 --> 00:51:05,328
Here's a really good one,

2012
00:51:05,328 --> 00:51:06,663
kind of based on

2013
00:51:06,663 --> 00:51:07,664
something you said earlier.

2014
00:51:07,664 --> 00:51:09,866
Forest What voice?

2015
00:51:09,866 --> 00:51:11,234
Walker

2016
00:51:12,302 --> 00:51:13,670
111 on YouTube.

2017
00:51:13,670 --> 00:51:16,139
Asked if a flare were to happen

2018
00:51:16,907 --> 00:51:19,176
right now, would it be visible?

2019
00:51:19,176 --> 00:51:19,743
Could we would

2020
00:51:19,743 --> 00:51:20,710
we be able to see it

2021
00:51:20,710 --> 00:51:21,244
during this

2022
00:51:21,244 --> 00:51:23,013
some during the eclipse

2023
00:51:23,013 --> 00:51:24,114
we're watching.

2024
00:51:24,781 --> 00:51:26,883
So if we were to be able to see

2025
00:51:26,883 --> 00:51:28,185
a visible light flare

2026
00:51:28,185 --> 00:51:30,287
when the eclipse was happening,

2027
00:51:30,287 --> 00:51:32,055
that would be a big event

2028
00:51:32,055 --> 00:51:33,123
of it.

2029
00:51:33,123 --> 00:51:34,191
So

2030
00:51:34,891 --> 00:51:35,392
that would

2031
00:51:35,392 --> 00:51:36,893
that would be related to.

2032
00:51:36,893 --> 00:51:37,661
So, for instance,

2033
00:51:37,661 --> 00:51:39,296
one of the most powerful,

2034
00:51:39,296 --> 00:51:40,297
the most powerful events

2035
00:51:40,297 --> 00:51:41,131
that we kind of have

2036
00:51:41,131 --> 00:51:42,766
recorded is the 1859

2037
00:51:42,766 --> 00:51:44,134
Carrington event

2038
00:51:44,134 --> 00:51:46,036
where telephone telegraph lines

2039
00:51:46,036 --> 00:51:46,937
at the Times

2040
00:51:46,937 --> 00:51:47,871
caught on fire

2041
00:51:47,871 --> 00:51:49,072
and were able to work

2042
00:51:49,072 --> 00:51:50,340
without batteries for days

2043
00:51:50,340 --> 00:51:51,408
based on the energy

2044
00:51:51,408 --> 00:51:52,309
that was imparted

2045
00:51:52,309 --> 00:51:53,677
that flare to the earth.

2046
00:51:54,744 --> 00:51:56,012
If we were to see some,

2047
00:51:56,012 --> 00:51:57,881
see an actual flare

2048
00:51:57,881 --> 00:51:58,982
in the visible light,

2049
00:51:58,982 --> 00:52:00,984
that is what they were seeing

2050
00:52:00,984 --> 00:52:02,319
associated with that as well.

2051
00:52:02,319 --> 00:52:05,322
So that's a big storm.

2052
00:52:05,355 --> 00:52:07,023
So it would be super cool.

2053
00:52:07,023 --> 00:52:07,991
Yet at the same time

2054
00:52:07,991 --> 00:52:10,293
it would be very interesting

2055
00:52:10,293 --> 00:52:11,561
to see what would go on.

2056
00:52:11,561 --> 00:52:13,497
Most of the flares we

2057
00:52:13,497 --> 00:52:14,231
look at right now

2058
00:52:14,231 --> 00:52:14,631
are done

2059
00:52:14,631 --> 00:52:16,700
in the extreme ultraviolet,

2060
00:52:16,700 --> 00:52:18,635
and that is how we

2061
00:52:18,635 --> 00:52:19,803
we normally see them,

2062
00:52:19,803 --> 00:52:20,070
which is

2063
00:52:20,070 --> 00:52:20,971
unfortunately something

2064
00:52:20,971 --> 00:52:23,373
we can't see our own eyes.

2065
00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:25,108
So one thing you've mentioned

2066
00:52:25,108 --> 00:52:26,109
a couple of times

2067
00:52:26,109 --> 00:52:27,277
and people are asking questions

2068
00:52:27,277 --> 00:52:29,613
about it is a prominent

2069
00:52:29,613 --> 00:52:30,847
so what is a promise

2070
00:52:30,847 --> 00:52:31,982
is that a flare

2071
00:52:31,982 --> 00:52:32,649
that we are seeing

2072
00:52:32,649 --> 00:52:33,683
on the left side of the sun

2073
00:52:33,683 --> 00:52:34,384
or what is

2074
00:52:34,384 --> 00:52:35,318
what is a prominence?

2075
00:52:35,318 --> 00:52:36,319
What are we seeing?

2076
00:52:36,319 --> 00:52:37,320
Good question. Yeah.

2077
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:38,455
So a prominence

2078
00:52:38,455 --> 00:52:40,056
is a protrusion

2079
00:52:40,056 --> 00:52:42,692
of some of the gas of the sun

2080
00:52:42,692 --> 00:52:44,561
along a magnetic field line.

2081
00:52:44,561 --> 00:52:46,763
So the sun is a magnetic star.

2082
00:52:47,297 --> 00:52:49,533
And the background image

2083
00:52:49,533 --> 00:52:50,300
you're actually seeing

2084
00:52:50,300 --> 00:52:52,169
has kind of those twisty

2085
00:52:52,169 --> 00:52:53,103
magnetic fields

2086
00:52:53,103 --> 00:52:54,471
and the, the gas

2087
00:52:54,471 --> 00:52:56,373
or the plasma following those

2088
00:52:56,373 --> 00:52:57,974
and that sort of prominences.

2089
00:52:57,974 --> 00:52:59,142
It's a sticking out

2090
00:52:59,142 --> 00:52:59,943
of one of those

2091
00:52:59,943 --> 00:53:01,111
magnetic fields.

2092
00:53:01,111 --> 00:53:03,046
And then the gas and plasma

2093
00:53:03,046 --> 00:53:04,047
sticking with it,

2094
00:53:04,047 --> 00:53:04,981
sticking with that magnetic

2095
00:53:04,981 --> 00:53:06,850
field line and protruding.

2096
00:53:06,850 --> 00:53:08,552
And so it can be a precursor

2097
00:53:08,552 --> 00:53:09,853
to a flare.

2098
00:53:09,853 --> 00:53:11,721
It could be a

2099
00:53:11,721 --> 00:53:12,422
it could be part

2100
00:53:12,422 --> 00:53:13,790
of a coronal mass ejection.

2101
00:53:13,790 --> 00:53:14,824
It could be ejected

2102
00:53:14,824 --> 00:53:17,460
from the sun as a as a mass

2103
00:53:17,928 --> 00:53:19,429
that comes through

2104
00:53:19,429 --> 00:53:21,431
through the solar system.

2105
00:53:21,431 --> 00:53:22,365
It's equivalent

2106
00:53:22,365 --> 00:53:24,568
to 80 million school busses

2107
00:53:25,168 --> 00:53:26,536
in mass hurtling at us

2108
00:53:26,536 --> 00:53:28,205
at a million miles an hour

2109
00:53:28,205 --> 00:53:29,372
when a coronal mass ejection

2110
00:53:29,372 --> 00:53:30,407
goes off in a prominent

2111
00:53:30,407 --> 00:53:31,341
can be part of that.

2112
00:53:32,876 --> 00:53:33,410
So that's why it's

2113
00:53:33,410 --> 00:53:34,077
just interesting

2114
00:53:34,077 --> 00:53:35,779
it is an active part

2115
00:53:35,779 --> 00:53:36,813
and there were

2116
00:53:36,813 --> 00:53:37,681
some active regions

2117
00:53:37,681 --> 00:53:38,548
rotating off the disk

2118
00:53:38,548 --> 00:53:39,216
and I think it was

2119
00:53:39,216 --> 00:53:41,518
just about that area.

2120
00:53:41,518 --> 00:53:42,252
So I was

2121
00:53:42,252 --> 00:53:43,286
I was interested to see

2122
00:53:43,286 --> 00:53:44,387
what we would see

2123
00:53:44,387 --> 00:53:46,089
once we got to totality.

2124
00:53:46,089 --> 00:53:47,023
And we're getting close.

2125
00:53:47,023 --> 00:53:48,592
We're getting really close now.

2126
00:53:48,592 --> 00:53:50,360
I know. So.

2127
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:50,961
All right. Sure.

2128
00:53:50,961 --> 00:53:52,862
I'm on Twitter asked,

2129
00:53:52,862 --> 00:53:54,764
are we able to see sunspots

2130
00:53:54,764 --> 00:53:57,100
during a solar eclipse?

2131
00:53:57,467 --> 00:53:58,602
We are actually able

2132
00:53:58,602 --> 00:54:00,770
to see sunspots

2133
00:54:00,804 --> 00:54:01,605
most days.

2134
00:54:01,605 --> 00:54:03,540
So which is which is great.

2135
00:54:03,540 --> 00:54:05,308
So when the sun leaves,

2136
00:54:05,308 --> 00:54:06,243
leaves again

2137
00:54:06,243 --> 00:54:06,710
or sorry,

2138
00:54:06,710 --> 00:54:07,777
when the moon leaves again

2139
00:54:07,777 --> 00:54:09,646
and we can see the sun,

2140
00:54:09,646 --> 00:54:12,182
we there were some darker

2141
00:54:12,182 --> 00:54:13,083
features on the sun,

2142
00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:14,484
little, little spots.

2143
00:54:14,484 --> 00:54:15,352
And so you are able

2144
00:54:15,352 --> 00:54:16,686
to see sunspots

2145
00:54:16,686 --> 00:54:17,921
in the visible light.

2146
00:54:17,921 --> 00:54:19,623
And even with your eclipse

2147
00:54:19,623 --> 00:54:20,056
glasses,

2148
00:54:20,056 --> 00:54:21,992
you should be able to see

2149
00:54:21,992 --> 00:54:22,292
go out

2150
00:54:22,292 --> 00:54:23,460
and see when there are large

2151
00:54:23,460 --> 00:54:25,795
sunspots on the on the sun.

2152
00:54:27,697 --> 00:54:28,164
Okay, we've

2153
00:54:28,164 --> 00:54:30,600
got another question on safety

2154
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:32,035
330 on Twitter.

2155
00:54:32,035 --> 00:54:33,737
Ask, is there any part

2156
00:54:33,737 --> 00:54:34,838
during an eclipse

2157
00:54:34,838 --> 00:54:36,439
that is safe to directly

2158
00:54:36,439 --> 00:54:37,140
look at the sun

2159
00:54:37,140 --> 00:54:39,242
without license?

2160
00:54:39,376 --> 00:54:40,010
Yes.

2161
00:54:40,010 --> 00:54:41,278
And we are almost there.

2162
00:54:41,278 --> 00:54:42,746
So when that moon

2163
00:54:42,746 --> 00:54:43,980
is totally covering

2164
00:54:43,980 --> 00:54:45,181
the disk of the sun,

2165
00:54:45,181 --> 00:54:45,782
it is safe

2166
00:54:45,782 --> 00:54:46,850
to take off your glasses

2167
00:54:46,850 --> 00:54:47,717
and to see the

2168
00:54:47,717 --> 00:54:49,619
the solar corona.

2169
00:54:49,619 --> 00:54:50,120
Now, again,

2170
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:51,087
we have to really make sure

2171
00:54:51,087 --> 00:54:52,022
that we're on the path

2172
00:54:52,022 --> 00:54:52,822
and we know that

2173
00:54:52,822 --> 00:54:53,790
there is totality

2174
00:54:53,790 --> 00:54:55,925
and that we can't see anything.

2175
00:54:55,925 --> 00:54:57,060
And one good test is

2176
00:54:57,060 --> 00:54:58,595
if you have your glasses on

2177
00:54:58,595 --> 00:55:00,063
and you're looking at the sun

2178
00:55:00,063 --> 00:55:01,231
and there is

2179
00:55:01,231 --> 00:55:01,798
nothing coming

2180
00:55:01,798 --> 00:55:02,565
through those glasses,

2181
00:55:02,565 --> 00:55:03,800
that is when you can take it,

2182
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:04,834
then you can take it off

2183
00:55:04,834 --> 00:55:05,802
if you see the little

2184
00:55:05,802 --> 00:55:07,470
light in that glasses,

2185
00:55:07,470 --> 00:55:08,204
because they're really dark,

2186
00:55:08,204 --> 00:55:09,272
you're not going to see

2187
00:55:09,272 --> 00:55:11,308
your eye can see normal lights,

2188
00:55:11,308 --> 00:55:12,042
but you will see

2189
00:55:12,042 --> 00:55:13,510
the sun through them.

2190
00:55:13,510 --> 00:55:14,611
But when you don't, that's

2191
00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:15,478
that's a sign that you

2192
00:55:15,478 --> 00:55:16,646
can't take off your glasses.

2193
00:55:19,849 --> 00:55:21,451
We're close.

2194
00:55:21,551 --> 00:55:22,585
Let's listen to another.

2195
00:55:22,585 --> 00:55:23,219
And Gabrielle

2196
00:55:23,219 --> 00:55:25,455
Cadena on YouTube asks,

2197
00:55:25,455 --> 00:55:27,023
Is it possible to encounter

2198
00:55:27,023 --> 00:55:28,158
any clips

2199
00:55:28,158 --> 00:55:29,659
and northern lights

2200
00:55:29,659 --> 00:55:31,695
at the same time?

2201
00:55:31,861 --> 00:55:33,363
Oh, that would be

2202
00:55:33,363 --> 00:55:35,131
a really great thing to do.

2203
00:55:35,131 --> 00:55:35,632
So yeah,

2204
00:55:35,632 --> 00:55:38,601
so we would just need to have

2205
00:55:38,601 --> 00:55:41,204
an eclipse over.

2206
00:55:41,204 --> 00:55:42,205
You normally see Aurora

2207
00:55:42,205 --> 00:55:42,906
in the northern

2208
00:55:42,906 --> 00:55:44,107
or most southern latitude

2209
00:55:44,107 --> 00:55:44,974
latitudes, northern

2210
00:55:44,974 --> 00:55:46,710
or southern lights.

2211
00:55:46,710 --> 00:55:48,778
So if we were to have

2212
00:55:49,346 --> 00:55:51,014
an eclipse that passed

2213
00:55:51,014 --> 00:55:51,548
through, say,

2214
00:55:51,548 --> 00:55:54,918
Alaska or Greenland or Iceland,

2215
00:55:55,518 --> 00:55:56,886
you might be able to catch

2216
00:55:56,886 --> 00:55:58,922
both the eclipse and the Aurora

2217
00:56:01,124 --> 00:56:01,991
close.

2218
00:56:01,991 --> 00:56:02,258
All right.

2219
00:56:02,258 --> 00:56:02,826
Let's

2220
00:56:02,892 --> 00:56:03,793
see if we can squeeze

2221
00:56:03,793 --> 00:56:04,227
another one.

2222
00:56:04,227 --> 00:56:05,462
And this is a really good one.

2223
00:56:05,462 --> 00:56:06,930
James McCoy on Twitter

2224
00:56:06,930 --> 00:56:08,732
is asking about

2225
00:56:08,732 --> 00:56:11,101
how we discovered 80 planets.

2226
00:56:11,101 --> 00:56:12,135
That

2227
00:56:12,836 --> 00:56:14,771
experience total eclipses

2228
00:56:14,771 --> 00:56:16,873
or eclipses like Earth does.

2229
00:56:17,273 --> 00:56:19,376
He? It feels pretty rare.

2230
00:56:20,777 --> 00:56:21,678
It does.

2231
00:56:21,678 --> 00:56:23,079
And actually, I

2232
00:56:23,079 --> 00:56:24,047
my my colleague

2233
00:56:24,047 --> 00:56:25,715
Michael said this the other day

2234
00:56:25,715 --> 00:56:26,816
that realized that

2235
00:56:26,816 --> 00:56:27,684
this is the only place

2236
00:56:27,684 --> 00:56:28,418
in the solar system

2237
00:56:28,418 --> 00:56:29,753
that this happens.

2238
00:56:29,753 --> 00:56:29,986
Like,

2239
00:56:29,986 --> 00:56:30,987
how special is that

2240
00:56:30,987 --> 00:56:31,821
that we get to,

2241
00:56:31,821 --> 00:56:33,757
that we get to be here

2242
00:56:33,757 --> 00:56:34,624
and have a moon

2243
00:56:34,624 --> 00:56:36,025
that blocks out the sun?

2244
00:56:36,025 --> 00:56:37,160
That's not so.

2245
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:37,560
That's something

2246
00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:39,062
that's done every day

2247
00:56:39,062 --> 00:56:41,631
or place else that we know of.

2248
00:56:41,631 --> 00:56:44,033
So so this is very,

2249
00:56:44,033 --> 00:56:45,602
very amazing.

2250
00:56:45,602 --> 00:56:47,237
And we do use Eclipse

2251
00:56:47,237 --> 00:56:49,272
like things to measure,

2252
00:56:49,272 --> 00:56:50,840
to actually find exoplanets

2253
00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:51,608
or other planets

2254
00:56:51,608 --> 00:56:53,443
around other stars,

2255
00:56:53,443 --> 00:56:55,111
because as they pass by,

2256
00:56:55,111 --> 00:56:56,379
they weaken the

2257
00:56:56,379 --> 00:56:57,647
the light from the star.

2258
00:56:57,647 --> 00:56:58,481
And we use that

2259
00:56:58,481 --> 00:56:59,349
to actually sense

2260
00:56:59,349 --> 00:57:00,583
that they're there.

2261
00:57:00,583 --> 00:57:01,851
So we use an eclipse

2262
00:57:01,851 --> 00:57:03,520
like scenario,

2263
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:04,788
but we don't know of of

2264
00:57:04,788 --> 00:57:06,089
really any other eclipses.

2265
00:57:07,123 --> 00:57:08,291
Interesting.

2266
00:57:08,291 --> 00:57:08,658
All right.

2267
00:57:08,658 --> 00:57:09,692
So it looks like we're getting

2268
00:57:09,692 --> 00:57:11,795
like really close to totality.

2269
00:57:11,795 --> 00:57:13,229
So let's take a quick

2270
00:57:13,229 --> 00:57:14,264
look at the feeds

2271
00:57:14,264 --> 00:57:16,800
coming in from Australia.

2272
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:18,902
Kelly, do you want to tell us

2273
00:57:18,902 --> 00:57:20,370
what we're looking at

2274
00:57:20,370 --> 00:57:21,004
and kind of talk us

2275
00:57:21,004 --> 00:57:22,472
through that through the lens?

2276
00:57:22,472 --> 00:57:22,972
Definitely.

2277
00:57:22,972 --> 00:57:23,306
So we're

2278
00:57:23,306 --> 00:57:25,608
we're getting really close.

2279
00:57:25,608 --> 00:57:28,478
So the a dark upper left

2280
00:57:28,478 --> 00:57:29,846
hand side,

2281
00:57:29,846 --> 00:57:31,047
you see the moon

2282
00:57:31,047 --> 00:57:32,215
and then that

2283
00:57:32,215 --> 00:57:34,150
little sliver is still the sun

2284
00:57:34,150 --> 00:57:35,552
and then the prominence again

2285
00:57:35,552 --> 00:57:36,653
that, that

2286
00:57:36,653 --> 00:57:38,087
little stick out

2287
00:57:38,087 --> 00:57:38,822
magnetic field

2288
00:57:38,822 --> 00:57:40,356
and plasma is at the left.

2289
00:57:40,356 --> 00:57:41,324
It looks like a little jet

2290
00:57:41,324 --> 00:57:43,226
maybe coming off of the sun.

2291
00:57:43,226 --> 00:57:43,726
And as we're

2292
00:57:43,726 --> 00:57:44,661
getting closer again,

2293
00:57:44,661 --> 00:57:46,763
we're trying to

2294
00:57:46,763 --> 00:57:48,631
see those Bailey's beads,

2295
00:57:48,631 --> 00:57:50,400
which tells us a little bit of

2296
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,803
of the surface of the moon

2297
00:57:53,803 --> 00:57:55,505
and how it's peaks and valleys.

2298
00:57:55,505 --> 00:57:56,406
It's not a perfect,

2299
00:57:56,406 --> 00:57:58,141
polished sphere.

2300
00:57:58,141 --> 00:58:00,543
It's it has a history.

2301
00:58:00,543 --> 00:58:02,912
And and we're going to see that

2302
00:58:02,912 --> 00:58:04,747
shown through the

2303
00:58:04,747 --> 00:58:05,148
as shown

2304
00:58:05,148 --> 00:58:06,182
through the Bailey's beads.

2305
00:58:06,182 --> 00:58:07,750
And then eventually

2306
00:58:07,750 --> 00:58:09,853
just go to one diamond ring

2307
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:11,521
and then we will

2308
00:58:11,521 --> 00:58:13,590
go into totality.

2309
00:58:13,590 --> 00:58:14,424
So again, we're getting

2310
00:58:14,424 --> 00:58:16,593
real close about 2 minutes.

2311
00:58:19,295 --> 00:58:19,829
Wow.

2312
00:58:19,829 --> 00:58:20,663
And you can still

2313
00:58:20,663 --> 00:58:22,899
see the prominence.

2314
00:58:22,899 --> 00:58:24,367
You can see the prominence

2315
00:58:24,367 --> 00:58:24,868
more and more.

2316
00:58:24,868 --> 00:58:25,502
And I'm

2317
00:58:25,502 --> 00:58:26,169
actually seeing

2318
00:58:26,169 --> 00:58:27,203
a little bit of something

2319
00:58:27,203 --> 00:58:29,005
also almost directly

2320
00:58:29,005 --> 00:58:31,274
across from it.

2321
00:58:31,407 --> 00:58:33,543
There's a kind of a band

2322
00:58:33,543 --> 00:58:36,513
of activity that that happens

2323
00:58:37,313 --> 00:58:38,548
as these things form.

2324
00:58:38,548 --> 00:58:39,249
And so it's

2325
00:58:39,249 --> 00:58:40,717
kind of in that same band.

2326
00:58:40,717 --> 00:58:42,652
So I think of it as almost

2327
00:58:42,652 --> 00:58:43,486
directly horizontal,

2328
00:58:43,486 --> 00:58:44,220
but we'll see as

2329
00:58:44,220 --> 00:58:45,622
as we get closer

2330
00:58:45,622 --> 00:58:47,824
if that comes out at all

2331
00:58:47,824 --> 00:58:48,291
and can see

2332
00:58:48,291 --> 00:58:49,959
a little bit better.

2333
00:58:50,793 --> 00:58:52,128
Now we're really getting dark.

2334
00:58:52,128 --> 00:58:54,030
And so if we're in Australia,

2335
00:58:54,030 --> 00:58:54,898
it's probably again

2336
00:58:54,898 --> 00:58:55,865
dropped in temperature

2337
00:58:55,865 --> 00:58:56,566
a little

2338
00:58:56,566 --> 00:58:57,867
on that beach that we saw.

2339
00:58:57,867 --> 00:59:01,371
Henry Henry was that and again,

2340
00:59:01,371 --> 00:59:02,739
any animals might to start

2341
00:59:02,739 --> 00:59:04,941
to think that it's nighttime,

2342
00:59:04,941 --> 00:59:07,977
the air or the light

2343
00:59:07,977 --> 00:59:09,946
will actually get really

2344
00:59:09,946 --> 00:59:12,482
kind of it just feels eerie

2345
00:59:13,216 --> 00:59:14,817
and it's it's like your

2346
00:59:14,817 --> 00:59:15,718
your brain knows

2347
00:59:15,718 --> 00:59:16,252
that something's

2348
00:59:16,252 --> 00:59:17,520
just not quite right Like,

2349
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:18,788
I'm not sure about this,

2350
00:59:18,788 --> 00:59:18,988
you know,

2351
00:59:18,988 --> 00:59:19,756
where did the sun go

2352
00:59:19,756 --> 00:59:20,790
and why is it

2353
00:59:20,790 --> 00:59:22,892
in kind of a different color?

2354
00:59:22,892 --> 00:59:23,793
And it's getting

2355
00:59:23,793 --> 00:59:25,261
really, really close and

2356
00:59:26,563 --> 00:59:29,165
and it's it's exciting to

2357
00:59:29,632 --> 00:59:30,767
to experience

2358
00:59:30,767 --> 00:59:32,969
this live with you all.

2359
00:59:32,969 --> 00:59:33,636
Yeah.

2360
00:59:33,636 --> 00:59:34,437
And we're still

2361
00:59:34,437 --> 00:59:36,339
glasses on right?

2362
00:59:36,339 --> 00:59:37,774
We are still glasses on.

2363
00:59:37,774 --> 00:59:39,776
At this point in time.

2364
00:59:39,776 --> 00:59:40,543
You will still be able

2365
00:59:40,543 --> 00:59:43,980
and you get that.

2366
00:59:44,547 --> 00:59:46,950
And so we're almost there.

2367
00:59:47,283 --> 00:59:50,086
Oh, and now it has gone dark.

2368
00:59:52,388 --> 00:59:52,922
Oh,

2369
00:59:53,957 --> 00:59:55,058
that's still too bright.

2370
00:59:55,058 --> 00:59:55,825
We probably should

2371
00:59:55,825 --> 00:59:57,660
still have our glasses on.

2372
00:59:57,660 --> 00:59:58,061
But those are

2373
00:59:58,061 --> 00:59:59,762
the Bailey's beads.

2374
00:59:59,762 --> 01:00:02,031
And we are going toward

2375
01:00:02,432 --> 01:00:04,567
those beads. Diamond ring.

2376
01:00:04,667 --> 01:00:05,835
And there we go.

2377
01:00:05,835 --> 01:00:07,337
There is your total

2378
01:00:07,337 --> 01:00:07,770
solar eclipse.

2379
01:00:07,770 --> 01:00:08,705
So glasses off

2380
01:00:08,705 --> 01:00:09,672
at this point in time

2381
01:00:09,672 --> 01:00:10,740
experiencing this

2382
01:00:10,740 --> 01:00:12,809
beautiful corona.

2383
01:00:12,809 --> 01:00:13,142
So that

2384
01:00:13,142 --> 01:00:16,179
prominence is out there.

2385
01:00:16,312 --> 01:00:16,846
You see that.

2386
01:00:16,846 --> 01:00:18,848
You also see on the other side,

2387
01:00:18,848 --> 01:00:20,316
almost like helmets

2388
01:00:20,316 --> 01:00:22,852
or triangular shaped flows.

2389
01:00:23,353 --> 01:00:25,054
So the solar wind is

2390
01:00:25,054 --> 01:00:25,788
flowing out.

2391
01:00:25,788 --> 01:00:27,390
And so we're really witnessing

2392
01:00:27,390 --> 01:00:29,826
that corona there

2393
01:00:29,826 --> 01:00:32,161
as they adjust adjust things.

2394
01:00:32,462 --> 01:00:33,463
Wow.

2395
01:00:33,463 --> 01:00:33,997
There's just

2396
01:00:33,997 --> 01:00:35,064
all sorts of structure.

2397
01:00:35,064 --> 01:00:36,099
So it's not

2398
01:00:36,099 --> 01:00:37,333
a simple thing, right?

2399
01:00:37,333 --> 01:00:38,701
It's a very complicated

2400
01:00:38,701 --> 01:00:40,937
dynamic, always churning,

2401
01:00:40,937 --> 01:00:43,573
always moving, always evolving.

2402
01:00:44,474 --> 01:00:46,142
And you see so much

2403
01:00:46,142 --> 01:00:47,610
structure out.

2404
01:00:47,610 --> 01:00:48,711
And this is what hopefully

2405
01:00:48,711 --> 01:00:50,113
that Kyte is

2406
01:00:50,113 --> 01:00:51,614
is recording right now

2407
01:00:51,614 --> 01:00:52,949
is all of these different

2408
01:00:54,717 --> 01:00:55,685
prominences.

2409
01:00:55,685 --> 01:00:58,054
And you see loops sometimes

2410
01:00:59,822 --> 01:01:01,391
and and then again

2411
01:01:01,391 --> 01:01:02,058
things that look like

2412
01:01:02,058 --> 01:01:02,625
they flew out

2413
01:01:02,625 --> 01:01:04,761
of the out of the picture.

2414
01:01:05,928 --> 01:01:06,963
That's the solar wind

2415
01:01:06,963 --> 01:01:07,330
and that's

2416
01:01:07,330 --> 01:01:09,632
what connects with our planet.

2417
01:01:09,632 --> 01:01:10,333
And now we're actually

2418
01:01:10,333 --> 01:01:10,900
getting the Bailey's

2419
01:01:10,900 --> 01:01:11,367
beads back.

2420
01:01:11,367 --> 01:01:11,834
So this would be

2421
01:01:11,834 --> 01:01:13,736
glasses on again.

2422
01:01:13,736 --> 01:01:15,371
It was a very short

2423
01:01:15,371 --> 01:01:17,807
but amazing experience.

2424
01:01:17,807 --> 01:01:18,274
And again,

2425
01:01:18,274 --> 01:01:18,841
we're we're going

2426
01:01:18,841 --> 01:01:20,043
to have around

2427
01:01:20,043 --> 01:01:21,511
four and a half minutes

2428
01:01:21,511 --> 01:01:24,547
in places in the US in 2024.

2429
01:01:24,547 --> 01:01:25,515
But that was beautiful.

2430
01:01:25,515 --> 01:01:26,382
So yeah, So

2431
01:01:26,382 --> 01:01:26,949
the Bailey's

2432
01:01:26,949 --> 01:01:28,184
beads are coming back.

2433
01:01:28,184 --> 01:01:29,419
We're coming back

2434
01:01:29,419 --> 01:01:32,922
now into what is more of

2435
01:01:33,189 --> 01:01:36,259
the more beads coming back

2436
01:01:38,261 --> 01:01:39,062
and you can still see

2437
01:01:39,062 --> 01:01:40,263
a little bit of the corona.

2438
01:01:40,263 --> 01:01:40,630
But again,

2439
01:01:40,630 --> 01:01:41,631
we would have our glasses on

2440
01:01:41,631 --> 01:01:42,298
at this point in time

2441
01:01:42,298 --> 01:01:43,900
because this is the safest,

2442
01:01:43,900 --> 01:01:44,400
the safe,

2443
01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:46,469
this or or your glasses

2444
01:01:46,469 --> 01:01:48,638
are the safest way to view

2445
01:01:48,638 --> 01:01:49,706
the solar eclipse.

2446
01:01:51,774 --> 01:01:52,241
Wow.

2447
01:01:52,241 --> 01:01:55,545
This is just phenomenal.

2448
01:01:56,979 --> 01:01:58,548
Absolutely

2449
01:01:59,615 --> 01:02:00,616
it is. It is.

2450
01:02:00,616 --> 01:02:03,920
I mean, wow.

2451
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:06,589
How many places have you seen?

2452
01:02:06,589 --> 01:02:08,458
So I haven't seen two

2453
01:02:08,458 --> 01:02:11,094
totally eclipses in person.

2454
01:02:11,094 --> 01:02:12,962
Wow. This.

2455
01:02:12,962 --> 01:02:13,396
Yeah.

2456
01:02:13,396 --> 01:02:16,566
And each one is this is magical

2457
01:02:16,566 --> 01:02:17,633
and there is

2458
01:02:17,633 --> 01:02:18,367
just something

2459
01:02:18,367 --> 01:02:20,803
about experiencing it

2460
01:02:20,803 --> 01:02:23,139
that is surreal.

2461
01:02:23,139 --> 01:02:25,041
Oh, wow. Yeah.

2462
01:02:25,041 --> 01:02:27,443
So there is the prominence

2463
01:02:27,443 --> 01:02:28,411
and all of the other

2464
01:02:28,411 --> 01:02:29,512
type of

2465
01:02:29,512 --> 01:02:30,279
mass that's

2466
01:02:30,279 --> 01:02:30,747
just kind of

2467
01:02:30,747 --> 01:02:32,248
hanging out there and

2468
01:02:32,248 --> 01:02:34,350
and playing on the loops,

2469
01:02:34,350 --> 01:02:34,951
the magnetic

2470
01:02:34,951 --> 01:02:37,587
loops of the sun and.

2471
01:02:38,688 --> 01:02:41,758
Yeah, beautiful.

2472
01:02:41,758 --> 01:02:43,893
That is absolutely phenomenal.

2473
01:02:44,794 --> 01:02:45,294
Yes.

2474
01:02:45,294 --> 01:02:47,263
And this activity kind of picks

2475
01:02:47,263 --> 01:02:48,965
up as we go towards solar max.

2476
01:02:48,965 --> 01:02:49,999
And so

2477
01:02:50,133 --> 01:02:51,334
with predictions right

2478
01:02:51,334 --> 01:02:52,301
now, solar

2479
01:02:52,301 --> 01:02:53,236
Max is somewhere

2480
01:02:53,236 --> 01:02:55,471
between 2024 and 2025.

2481
01:02:55,471 --> 01:02:58,074
So we could have a very active

2482
01:02:58,074 --> 01:02:59,475
and really structured

2483
01:02:59,475 --> 01:03:01,878
and a lot of different things

2484
01:03:01,878 --> 01:03:03,446
on the Sun

2485
01:03:03,446 --> 01:03:04,814
as we have our

2486
01:03:04,814 --> 01:03:06,449
total eclipse in 24

2487
01:03:06,449 --> 01:03:08,918
and our annular eclipse in 23.

2488
01:03:10,052 --> 01:03:11,053
So can you talk

2489
01:03:11,053 --> 01:03:11,954
us through that a little bit?

2490
01:03:11,954 --> 01:03:12,421
So you're talking

2491
01:03:12,421 --> 01:03:13,222
about solar, Max.

2492
01:03:13,222 --> 01:03:14,724
So the sun has

2493
01:03:14,724 --> 01:03:15,992
cycles and solar cycles.

2494
01:03:15,992 --> 01:03:16,859
What's the difference?

2495
01:03:16,859 --> 01:03:17,827
And what is the little max

2496
01:03:17,827 --> 01:03:20,196
need? And yes, yeah.

2497
01:03:20,196 --> 01:03:21,130
So the sun

2498
01:03:21,130 --> 01:03:22,532
sun has cycles in its

2499
01:03:22,532 --> 01:03:24,567
magnetic energy.

2500
01:03:24,567 --> 01:03:25,501
What happens is basically

2501
01:03:25,501 --> 01:03:26,435
the magnetic fields

2502
01:03:26,435 --> 01:03:27,236
get twisted, twisted,

2503
01:03:27,236 --> 01:03:28,204
twisted, twisted.

2504
01:03:28,204 --> 01:03:29,272
And then suddenly they

2505
01:03:29,272 --> 01:03:29,772
they have to

2506
01:03:29,772 --> 01:03:31,607
just break and relax.

2507
01:03:31,607 --> 01:03:33,543
And so the minimum is

2508
01:03:33,543 --> 01:03:34,477
when they're relaxed

2509
01:03:34,477 --> 01:03:35,144
and the

2510
01:03:35,144 --> 01:03:35,778
maximum is

2511
01:03:35,778 --> 01:03:36,646
as they are getting more

2512
01:03:36,646 --> 01:03:37,280
and more twisted

2513
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:38,581
and more energy

2514
01:03:38,581 --> 01:03:40,750
to, to blow off the steam

2515
01:03:41,150 --> 01:03:42,552
through curl mass ejections.

2516
01:03:42,552 --> 01:03:43,152
Those, again,

2517
01:03:43,152 --> 01:03:43,820
80 million

2518
01:03:43,820 --> 01:03:45,121
school busses racing towards us

2519
01:03:45,121 --> 01:03:46,956
and millions of miles an hour

2520
01:03:46,956 --> 01:03:48,090
where the solar flares

2521
01:03:48,090 --> 01:03:49,158
or the energetic particles

2522
01:03:49,158 --> 01:03:50,726
of the sun gives off.

2523
01:03:50,726 --> 01:03:51,727
And so this cycle

2524
01:03:51,727 --> 01:03:52,595
that going from

2525
01:03:52,595 --> 01:03:54,063
that really relaxed

2526
01:03:54,063 --> 01:03:56,399
magnetic field to really tense

2527
01:03:56,399 --> 01:03:58,601
takes 11 years to complete.

2528
01:03:59,402 --> 01:04:01,737
So you end up going

2529
01:04:01,737 --> 01:04:04,574
around 5 to 6 years to a

2530
01:04:04,574 --> 01:04:05,341
to a maximum

2531
01:04:05,341 --> 01:04:07,310
and then back to a minimum

2532
01:04:07,310 --> 01:04:08,678
and back to a maximum again.

2533
01:04:08,678 --> 01:04:10,046
And we're headed towards

2534
01:04:10,046 --> 01:04:10,713
a maximum

2535
01:04:10,713 --> 01:04:13,816
in 2025, 20, 24, 2025.

2536
01:04:14,684 --> 01:04:16,018
And so that's again,

2537
01:04:16,018 --> 01:04:16,419
we're going to have a

2538
01:04:16,419 --> 01:04:17,920
lot more activity

2539
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:18,788
or flares,

2540
01:04:18,788 --> 01:04:20,223
more coronal mass ejections.

2541
01:04:20,223 --> 01:04:21,557
And those energetic particles.

2542
01:04:23,359 --> 01:04:23,826
Well, okay,

2543
01:04:23,826 --> 01:04:25,027
so let's keep watching

2544
01:04:25,027 --> 01:04:25,561
as we take

2545
01:04:25,561 --> 01:04:27,630
a few more questions.

2546
01:04:27,630 --> 01:04:28,698
Here's a really good one.

2547
01:04:28,698 --> 01:04:30,900
Erin Pulido on YouTube.

2548
01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:32,702
Asked What useful data does

2549
01:04:32,702 --> 01:04:33,903
NASA's get

2550
01:04:33,903 --> 01:04:35,004
and what did they do with it

2551
01:04:35,004 --> 01:04:38,007
from from observing eclipses?

2552
01:04:39,842 --> 01:04:41,577
That's a great question.

2553
01:04:41,577 --> 01:04:43,546
And we take all sorts

2554
01:04:43,546 --> 01:04:44,614
of different

2555
01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:47,083
data during eclipses.

2556
01:04:47,083 --> 01:04:48,985
There will be an announcement

2557
01:04:48,985 --> 01:04:50,319
soon of things

2558
01:04:50,319 --> 01:04:51,087
that we're specifically

2559
01:04:51,087 --> 01:04:52,021
doing for the 24.

2560
01:04:52,021 --> 01:04:53,756
But for instance, for the kite

2561
01:04:53,756 --> 01:04:55,791
that is flying in Australia

2562
01:04:56,092 --> 01:04:57,293
today,

2563
01:04:57,627 --> 01:04:59,262
there will be a spectrometer.

2564
01:04:59,262 --> 01:04:59,862
So there'll be

2565
01:04:59,862 --> 01:05:01,530
there'll be data from that

2566
01:05:01,530 --> 01:05:02,365
and that will all have

2567
01:05:02,365 --> 01:05:04,200
to go into an archive for NASA

2568
01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:05,935
and to make sure that's open

2569
01:05:05,935 --> 01:05:08,070
and available to to folks.

2570
01:05:08,070 --> 01:05:09,505
So any of the things,

2571
01:05:09,505 --> 01:05:10,172
any of the data

2572
01:05:10,172 --> 01:05:11,440
that is collected from,

2573
01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:12,141
from minus

2574
01:05:12,141 --> 01:05:14,310
the source will then be

2575
01:05:14,310 --> 01:05:16,145
available to use for anyone

2576
01:05:17,546 --> 01:05:17,947
shortly

2577
01:05:17,947 --> 01:05:21,017
after it is collected.

2578
01:05:21,017 --> 01:05:22,385
Oh, wow.

2579
01:05:23,586 --> 01:05:24,020
Okay.

2580
01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:26,689
And I've heard that

2581
01:05:26,689 --> 01:05:28,791
eclipses provide kind of like

2582
01:05:28,791 --> 01:05:29,258
a perfect

2583
01:05:29,258 --> 01:05:32,161
scientific environment

2584
01:05:32,461 --> 01:05:33,529
for taking measurements.

2585
01:05:33,529 --> 01:05:34,263
If we're trying to do

2586
01:05:34,263 --> 01:05:36,265
certain types of measurements.

2587
01:05:36,265 --> 01:05:38,935
Why is that? It

2588
01:05:38,935 --> 01:05:40,202
it is a really

2589
01:05:40,202 --> 01:05:42,371
great environment in terms of

2590
01:05:42,371 --> 01:05:43,239
we don't normally get

2591
01:05:43,239 --> 01:05:45,474
to turn off the sun on things

2592
01:05:45,474 --> 01:05:46,943
regularly.

2593
01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:47,276
A

2594
01:05:47,710 --> 01:05:48,210
We don't get to

2595
01:05:48,210 --> 01:05:49,078
snap our fingers

2596
01:05:49,078 --> 01:05:50,546
and just turn night today

2597
01:05:50,546 --> 01:05:52,048
or day to night.

2598
01:05:52,048 --> 01:05:53,382
So for instance,

2599
01:05:53,382 --> 01:05:55,952
in 23 and 24, we will launch

2600
01:05:57,086 --> 01:05:58,821
rockets into the eclipse

2601
01:05:58,821 --> 01:05:59,889
and be able to study.

2602
01:05:59,889 --> 01:06:01,590
Are I ionosphere,

2603
01:06:01,590 --> 01:06:02,224
which is a layer

2604
01:06:02,224 --> 01:06:03,025
of our atmosphere

2605
01:06:03,025 --> 01:06:03,492
where a lot of

2606
01:06:03,492 --> 01:06:04,327
our communication

2607
01:06:04,327 --> 01:06:05,962
signals go through.

2608
01:06:05,962 --> 01:06:07,630
And if that gets disturbed

2609
01:06:07,630 --> 01:06:09,265
from a day to night transition,

2610
01:06:09,265 --> 01:06:10,833
we get to be able to study it

2611
01:06:10,833 --> 01:06:12,134
very easily

2612
01:06:12,134 --> 01:06:13,035
during an eclipse

2613
01:06:13,035 --> 01:06:13,736
because that's again

2614
01:06:13,736 --> 01:06:16,038
like a very specific time

2615
01:06:16,038 --> 01:06:16,472
where we know

2616
01:06:16,472 --> 01:06:17,139
what's going to happen

2617
01:06:17,139 --> 01:06:18,474
and we know it's

2618
01:06:18,474 --> 01:06:20,643
and we can study those effects.

2619
01:06:20,943 --> 01:06:23,279
And and that's a,

2620
01:06:23,312 --> 01:06:24,213
you know, a very known

2621
01:06:24,213 --> 01:06:25,648
time to do these things.

2622
01:06:25,648 --> 01:06:27,049
So it's great

2623
01:06:27,049 --> 01:06:29,418
to have as a as an experimental

2624
01:06:30,019 --> 01:06:31,287
laboratory for us.

2625
01:06:32,788 --> 01:06:34,790
Yeah, that's so cool.

2626
01:06:34,790 --> 01:06:35,791
And I love that.

2627
01:06:35,791 --> 01:06:36,258
Like,

2628
01:06:36,258 --> 01:06:36,993
we don't get to

2629
01:06:36,993 --> 01:06:37,760
turn off the sun.

2630
01:06:37,760 --> 01:06:39,662
That is so true.

2631
01:06:39,895 --> 01:06:41,731
Okay, so An Arctic flu.

2632
01:06:41,731 --> 01:06:43,199
I need to ask,

2633
01:06:43,199 --> 01:06:45,001
once totality has happened,

2634
01:06:45,001 --> 01:06:46,102
how long will it take

2635
01:06:46,102 --> 01:06:47,069
for the sun in the moon

2636
01:06:47,069 --> 01:06:49,572
to be back to their normal

2637
01:06:49,572 --> 01:06:50,072
and everything?

2638
01:06:50,072 --> 01:06:52,241
Air position?

2639
01:06:52,241 --> 01:06:52,675
Right.

2640
01:06:53,275 --> 01:06:54,744
So this will take

2641
01:06:54,744 --> 01:06:56,545
about another hour or two

2642
01:06:56,545 --> 01:06:57,747
to move

2643
01:06:57,747 --> 01:06:59,782
the moon of the sun or the

2644
01:07:00,649 --> 01:07:01,650
what will

2645
01:07:01,650 --> 01:07:02,284
what will then

2646
01:07:02,284 --> 01:07:03,753
be to look like

2647
01:07:03,753 --> 01:07:06,022
two separate things again.

2648
01:07:06,389 --> 01:07:07,323
Okay.

2649
01:07:07,823 --> 01:07:08,491
Road called

2650
01:07:08,491 --> 01:07:10,793
Life on Twitter is asking,

2651
01:07:10,793 --> 01:07:11,727
does totality

2652
01:07:11,727 --> 01:07:12,428
last longer

2653
01:07:12,428 --> 01:07:14,130
in the middle of the

2654
01:07:14,130 --> 01:07:15,631
path of totality,

2655
01:07:15,631 --> 01:07:16,832
then along the edge

2656
01:07:16,832 --> 01:07:18,234
of the path of totality?

2657
01:07:18,234 --> 01:07:19,268
Or is it the same of it

2658
01:07:19,268 --> 01:07:20,102
same everywhere.

2659
01:07:20,102 --> 01:07:22,471
So like, how does that work?

2660
01:07:22,471 --> 01:07:23,873
How does this.

2661
01:07:23,873 --> 01:07:25,307
That's a great way to get it.

2662
01:07:25,307 --> 01:07:27,543
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

2663
01:07:27,543 --> 01:07:28,277
And so

2664
01:07:28,277 --> 01:07:29,311
in the very middle

2665
01:07:29,311 --> 01:07:31,080
of the middle of the track

2666
01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:32,982
is where it will be longest

2667
01:07:32,982 --> 01:07:34,884
and then it will be shortest

2668
01:07:34,884 --> 01:07:36,752
on the outside of the track.

2669
01:07:36,752 --> 01:07:37,019
So we,

2670
01:07:37,019 --> 01:07:38,421
we're looking at the map

2671
01:07:38,421 --> 01:07:38,954
earlier,

2672
01:07:38,954 --> 01:07:40,122
the very center is

2673
01:07:40,122 --> 01:07:40,923
where you're going

2674
01:07:40,923 --> 01:07:43,092
to get the longest totality,

2675
01:07:43,092 --> 01:07:43,959
the very center line

2676
01:07:43,959 --> 01:07:45,694
and then as it goes out of

2677
01:07:45,694 --> 01:07:46,862
you will get kind

2678
01:07:46,862 --> 01:07:47,897
of less and less

2679
01:07:49,365 --> 01:07:51,200
time in totality.

2680
01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:51,467
And then

2681
01:07:51,467 --> 01:07:51,967
once you're out

2682
01:07:51,967 --> 01:07:53,369
of the track completely,

2683
01:07:53,369 --> 01:07:53,569
that's

2684
01:07:53,569 --> 01:07:54,737
when you get a partial eclipse,

2685
01:07:54,737 --> 01:07:57,706
like a 90% or 90% eclipse.

2686
01:08:00,309 --> 01:08:00,876
Excellent.

2687
01:08:00,876 --> 01:08:02,878
Well, Kelly,

2688
01:08:02,878 --> 01:08:04,780
that's all the time we have.

2689
01:08:04,780 --> 01:08:06,649
Thank you so much for joining

2690
01:08:06,649 --> 01:08:08,317
us today.

2691
01:08:08,317 --> 01:08:09,718
My pleasure.

2692
01:08:09,718 --> 01:08:10,352
Any time.

2693
01:08:10,352 --> 01:08:11,287
I'll watch the total eclipse

2694
01:08:11,287 --> 01:08:13,222
anytime with you, Denise.

2695
01:08:14,390 --> 01:08:16,125
It's a date.

2696
01:08:16,959 --> 01:08:17,493
All right.

2697
01:08:17,493 --> 01:08:18,527
You can keep watching

2698
01:08:18,527 --> 01:08:19,195
the remainder

2699
01:08:19,195 --> 01:08:20,229
of the solar eclipse

2700
01:08:20,229 --> 01:08:22,031
right here on national TV

2701
01:08:22,031 --> 01:08:22,698
or wherever you're

2702
01:08:22,698 --> 01:08:25,267
watching the stream from today.

2703
01:08:25,267 --> 01:08:26,035
If you want to learn

2704
01:08:26,035 --> 01:08:27,036
more about eclipses,

2705
01:08:27,036 --> 01:08:28,704
visit solar system,

2706
01:08:28,704 --> 01:08:30,739
nasa.gov, slash eclipses.

2707
01:08:31,107 --> 01:08:32,341
And you can also follow

2708
01:08:32,341 --> 01:08:34,110
NASA's sun on Facebook

2709
01:08:34,110 --> 01:08:34,810
and Twitter

2710
01:08:34,810 --> 01:08:36,278
to stay updated on

2711
01:08:36,278 --> 01:08:37,980
the upcoming eclipse events

2712
01:08:37,980 --> 01:08:40,149
and the latest from science.

2713
01:08:40,149 --> 01:08:40,883
Thank you all

2714
01:08:40,883 --> 01:08:43,252
so much for joining us.

2715
01:08:43,252 --> 01:08:44,086
See You next time.

2716
01:08:47,523 --> 01:08:49,225
The heliophysics big year

2717
01:08:49,225 --> 01:08:51,060
is a global celebration

2718
01:08:51,060 --> 01:08:52,294
of solar science

2719
01:08:52,294 --> 01:08:53,662
and the sun's influence

2720
01:08:53,662 --> 01:08:54,597
on earth

2721
01:08:54,597 --> 01:08:55,264
and throughout

2722
01:08:55,264 --> 01:08:56,432
the solar system.

2723
01:08:56,432 --> 01:08:57,433
And we want you

2724
01:08:57,433 --> 01:08:58,934
to be a part of it.

2725
01:08:58,934 --> 01:09:00,669
We challenge you to participate

2726
01:09:00,669 --> 01:09:02,071
in as many sun science

2727
01:09:02,071 --> 01:09:03,839
activities as possible,

2728
01:09:03,839 --> 01:09:04,273
beginning

2729
01:09:04,273 --> 01:09:06,709
with the annular eclipse 2023

2730
01:09:06,842 --> 01:09:08,110
and ending with Parker

2731
01:09:08,110 --> 01:09:09,478
Solar Probes closest

2732
01:09:09,478 --> 01:09:10,513
approach to the Sun

2733
01:09:10,513 --> 01:09:13,282
in December 2024.

2734
01:09:13,282 --> 01:09:15,184
Space is increasingly part

2735
01:09:15,184 --> 01:09:16,485
the human domain.

2736
01:09:16,485 --> 01:09:17,153
By studying

2737
01:09:17,153 --> 01:09:18,854
the sun's influence in space

2738
01:09:18,854 --> 01:09:19,855
and its interactions

2739
01:09:19,855 --> 01:09:20,723
with planets,

2740
01:09:20,723 --> 01:09:22,324
we learn how to better protect

2741
01:09:22,324 --> 01:09:23,792
astronauts and robotic

2742
01:09:23,792 --> 01:09:25,494
missions from space weather

2743
01:09:25,494 --> 01:09:26,962
and to develop technology

2744
01:09:26,962 --> 01:09:27,496
that protects

2745
01:09:27,496 --> 01:09:28,764
the very infrastructure

2746
01:09:28,764 --> 01:09:30,533
we rely on here on earth,

2747
01:09:30,533 --> 01:09:31,734
such as power grids

2748
01:09:31,734 --> 01:09:34,170
and GPS signals.

2749
01:09:34,170 --> 01:09:36,005
NASA's Heliophysics division

2750
01:09:36,005 --> 01:09:37,606
studies the Sun's influence

2751
01:09:37,606 --> 01:09:38,474
on everything

2752
01:09:38,474 --> 01:09:39,675
in our solar system

2753
01:09:39,675 --> 01:09:41,644
from the very core of the sun

2754
01:09:41,644 --> 01:09:43,012
to the very edge

2755
01:09:43,012 --> 01:09:44,613
where the sun's atmosphere

2756
01:09:44,613 --> 01:09:45,814
interstellar space.

2757
01:09:46,815 --> 01:09:47,583
We have 20

2758
01:09:47,583 --> 01:09:48,717
heliophysics missions

2759
01:09:48,717 --> 01:09:49,618
that are operational

2760
01:09:49,618 --> 01:09:51,720
and 14 more under development.

2761
01:09:52,454 --> 01:09:53,222
The heliophysics

2762
01:09:53,222 --> 01:09:54,723
big year will highlight work

2763
01:09:54,723 --> 01:09:55,324
that we're doing

2764
01:09:55,324 --> 01:09:56,959
to understand our star

2765
01:09:56,959 --> 01:09:57,960
and to mitigate

2766
01:09:57,960 --> 01:09:59,695
the effects of space weather.

2767
01:09:59,695 --> 01:10:01,197
The big year is a concept

2768
01:10:01,197 --> 01:10:02,131
that originated

2769
01:10:02,131 --> 01:10:03,432
with citizen scientists

2770
01:10:03,432 --> 01:10:05,367
in the bird watching community

2771
01:10:05,367 --> 01:10:06,902
during their big year,

2772
01:10:06,902 --> 01:10:08,437
but is attempt to observe

2773
01:10:08,437 --> 01:10:09,038
and study

2774
01:10:09,038 --> 01:10:10,773
as many species as possible

2775
01:10:10,773 --> 01:10:12,174
during a calendar year.

2776
01:10:12,174 --> 01:10:13,542
And we are challenging you

2777
01:10:13,542 --> 01:10:15,878
to do the same with our sun

2778
01:10:15,878 --> 01:10:16,979
during the Heliophysics

2779
01:10:16,979 --> 01:10:17,513
big year

2780
01:10:17,513 --> 01:10:18,647
you will have the opportunity

2781
01:10:18,647 --> 01:10:19,448
to participate

2782
01:10:19,448 --> 01:10:21,617
in many solar science events

2783
01:10:21,884 --> 01:10:22,651
like watching

2784
01:10:22,651 --> 01:10:23,919
solar eclipses,

2785
01:10:23,919 --> 01:10:24,820
experiencing

2786
01:10:24,820 --> 01:10:26,689
an aurora, participating

2787
01:10:26,689 --> 01:10:27,723
in citizen science

2788
01:10:27,723 --> 01:10:28,457
projects

2789
01:10:28,457 --> 01:10:29,925
and lots of other fun

2790
01:10:29,925 --> 01:10:31,860
sun related activities.

2791
01:10:31,860 --> 01:10:32,528
So please

2792
01:10:32,528 --> 01:10:33,596
be sure to look out

2793
01:10:33,596 --> 01:10:34,563
for opportunities

2794
01:10:34,563 --> 01:10:35,831
to be part of our

2795
01:10:35,831 --> 01:10:37,533
Heliophysics Big year.