Solar Eclipse: Path of Totality

Curt Bright Author

08/14/2017 Added

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A total solar eclipse creates a corridor of darkness in the middle of the day. University of Nebraska physics graduate students Karl Ahrendsen and Andrew Vikartofsky throw some shade on the topic in this video.

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[00:00:00.098](upbeat music)
[00:00:03.240]♫ Hello darkness my old friend
[00:00:06.999]During a total solar eclipse
[00:00:08.409]there is literally a place
[00:00:09.683]where the sun doesn't shine.
[00:00:11.413]The earth is about 3.7 times wider than the moon.
[00:00:15.322]This globe and this ball have roughly the same
[00:00:18.104]relative size scales
[00:00:19.653]so we're going to use them to demonstrate
[00:00:21.093]how an eclipse happens on earth.
[00:00:25.323]In a total solar eclipse
[00:00:26.688]the moon moves directly between the sun and the earth
[00:00:29.334]and blocks the light
[00:00:30.505]causing a large shadow on the earth.
[00:00:32.637]The center of this shadowed area is the darkest.
[00:00:34.848]It looks like night time on earth.
[00:00:36.429]This area of total darkness is called
[00:00:38.607]the path of totality.
[00:00:40.350]Totality has been known to confuse wildlife.
[00:00:44.019]Birds become silent during totality
[00:00:45.750]and then start singing again as the sun re-dawns.
[00:00:48.390](rooster crowing)
[00:00:50.881]Good morning Karl.
[00:00:51.729]Good morning Andrew.
[00:00:52.781](upbeat music)

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