What a Total Solar Eclipse is Really Like

Описание: What was totality like during the 2017 eclipse and what can we look for during the April 8th, 2024 eclipse?
The Sky begins to Change (0:45)
Crickets start chirping (1:35)
Moment of Totality Aug 21, 2017 (Columbia, MO) (2:10)
Bailey’s Beads and the Corona (2:47)
A Star in the Afternoon (3:55)
Exiting Totality (4:04)
Chasing the Umbral Shadow (4:50)
Temperature and Brightness Dropping with actual data (5:05)
Shadows Sharpen (5:39)
Putting Eclipse Glasses in a Cardboard Face Shield (6:11)
Making a Pin Hole Camera from a Soda Box (6:22)
Making dozens of pin holes with Peg Board (6:52)
What if it is cloudy? (7:05)
The simple why we have Eclipses. Wide Lamp and Ball model. (7:55)
When is the moon “Close Enough” (Light Moon Ball, Globe Physical Model) (8:14)
The 3D Moon Shadow as an ice cream Cone (9:00)
Why isn’t an eclipse every month? (9:29)
Zooming out to see the earth, moon, and sun to scale (10:30)
The Penumbra vs the Umbra and partial eclipses (10:45)
Final Thoughts (12:30)
Understanding Why we have eclipses.
Total vs Annular Eclipses.
Eclipse Path and Animation from: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/m...
Desmos Simulation of Solar Eclipse Geometry (Created by Me): https://www.desmos.com/calculator/eg8...
(This simulation takes some shortcuts and is for illustrative purpose only)
Desmos 3D graph of Shadow Cone (also for illustrative purposes only)
https://www.desmos.com/3d/5b8a0ae24f
Ideas for using Pegboard from Dean Baird
https://phyzblog.blogspot.com/2024/03...

Full single take video of our original 2017 totality experience:    • Eclipse Totality Experience - Columbia, MO  

Updated Cloud Forecast along the path of Totality:
http://arctic.som.ou.edu/tburg/produc...