I'VE MET PEOPLE, JUST IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THIS ECLIPSE, WHO COME FROM DENMARK, OR LONDON, WHO PLAN THREE-WEEK VACATIONS TO GO ACROSS CANADA, OR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND THEN END UP IN THE PATH OF THIS ECLIPSE THAT JUST OCCURRED.ĪND THAT WAS LIKE THE CAPSTONE OF THIS VACATION. SO MANY PEOPLE FLYING IN, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SEE THAT. NOT 14 STATES, YOU KNOW, 12 MILLION PEOPLE. THERE WAS AN ARENA FIRE WHERE THE MOON DOESN'T COMPLETELY COVER THE SUN IN 2012.īUT AGAIN, OVER A CERTAIN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. WE DID HAVE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN 1979. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED AS YOU SAID COAST TO COAST. YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME A SOLAR ECLIPSE PASSED ACROSS THE ENTIRE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES COAST TO COAST WAS 1918. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHERE YOU ARE TO SEE IT.īUT WE'VE BEEN SAYING AS A LEADUP TO THIS, PEOPLE SAYING IT HASN'T HAPPENED IN 99 YEARS.Ī TOTAL ECLIPSE WHICH HAPPENED EVERY 18 MONTHS, IT'S MOSTLY OVER THE OCEAN OR ANTARCTICA OR SOMEONE EXTREMELY DEDICATE ECLIPSE CHASERS HAVE EITHER THE FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY, OR SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY, OR SCIENTISTS WHOSE JOB AND MISSION IS TO STUDY THIS. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE SURPRISING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU MENTION THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN INFREQUENTLY. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT IS A PHENOMENAL EVENT.ĪND THEN THERE'S THE, JUST THE SHEAR EXPERIENCE, THE EMOTIONAL AND KIND OF GRAVITY THAT YOU CAN FEEL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT WILL GET COOLER DURING A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC WILL SEE THE SKY GET DARK. THEN THERE'S THE WHOLE PHYSICAL SIDE OF IT. THEY USED IT TO LEARN ABOUT RELATIVITY AND MERCURY'S ORBIT. THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW THE SUN'S SPACE WEATHER WORKS, CAN TEACH THEM HOW STARS BEHAVE. THAT NUMBER MAKES THIS ALIGNMENT POSSIBLE.ĪND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE SUN IS COMPLETELY BLOCKED.įOR A FEW BRIEF MINUTES YOU CAN SEE THE OUTER EDGES OF THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE, THIS CORONA THAT MOST OF THE SCIENTISTS CAN'T SEE. THE SUN IS 400 TIMES BIGGER THAN THE MOON BUT IT'S ALSO 400 TIMES FARTHER AWAY. THE MOON LINES UP EXACTLY BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SUN, AND COVERS IT BY A COSMIC COINCIDENCE TOTALLY. GIVE ME A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE SCIENCE OF ALL OF THIS.Ī TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OCCURS ABOUT EVERY 18 MONTHS OR SO, BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT'S OVER A REALLY REMOTE PLACE. LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCIENCE IF WE CAN, AND THEN I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE IMPACT. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN THE 16 YEARS I'VE BEEN COVERING SPACE. THE EXPOSURE AND AWARENESS THAT THIS ECLIPSE HAD TO DRAW THE INTEREST THAT IT HAD. YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE YOUTUBE, AND TWITTER, THE INTERNET, YOU KNOW, MODERN MEDIA, WHERE ANYONE WITH A COMPUTER CONNECTION TO ACCESS IT. THIS IS POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST CELESTIAL EVENT TO BE WITNESSED BY MANKIND IN EVER.įOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, YOU HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, 12 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF AN ECLIPSE.ĪND 200 MILLION MORE WHO CAN DRIVE WITHIN A DAY'S DRIVE OF ITS PATH. WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF THE INTEREST THIS TIME AND WHY? YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF REPORTING ON ALL SORTS OF LET'S CALL THEM CELESTIAL EVENTS, DOZENS OF SHUTTLE LAUNCHES. IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. WHEN AND WHERE CAN WE SEE IT AGAIN, AND TO EXPLAIN ALL THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT IS THE MANAGING EDITOR OF SPACE.COM. THAT'S THE NEXT TIME THE NEXT SOLAR ECLIPSE IS SET TO CROSS THE UNITED STATES. YOU'LL GET ANOTHER SHOT AT IT IN SEVEN YEARS. MASSIVE CROWDS GATHERED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO TAKE IN THE SKY WATCHING EVENT OF THE YEAR.īUT IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU'RE NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF LUCK. > THE GREAT AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 2017 HAS NOW COME AND GONE. > THE MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC OF TWO BROADWAY SPECTACULARS STOPS BY TO TAKE US BEHIND THE SCENES.ĪLL THAT, AND MORE, AS 'METROFOCUS' STARTS RIGHT NOW.Īnnouncer: THIS IS 'METROFOCUS,' WITH RAFAEL PI ROMAN, JACK FORD, AND JENNA FLANNIGAN.įUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS PROVIDED BY - CORPORATE FUNDING FOR 'METROFOCUS' WAS PROVIDED BY MUTUAL OF AMERICA, YOUR RETIREMENT COMPANY. IN A MOMENT, A VOICE FROM THE NEW GENERATION OF THE GOP WEIGHS IN ON THE GROWING DISCONTENT WITH THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF AS HE MULLS AN ESCALATION IN AFGHANISTAN. > PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSES THE NATION IN PRIMETIME AS HIS SUPPORT IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CONTINUES TO FRACTURE. TODAY'S ECLIPSE WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CELESTIAL EVENT. TONIGHT ON 'METROFOCUS,' DID YOU LOOK UP?
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