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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 12:00 p.m., Oct. 10\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northern California night skywatchers could be in for a colorful show Thursday into Friday. \u003ca href=\"https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-severe-storm-watch-10-11-october\">A powerful solar eruption may trigger visible auroras\u003c/a>, according to researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who detected the outburst from the sun earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northern lights from the Bay Area may be hard to see with the naked eye, but cameras and phones pointed straight up could \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992745/see-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-bay-area\">capture the colorful hues of this rare aurora\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original story from May 21, continues:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend, a series of powerful solar storms brought the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992745/see-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-bay-area\">northern lights to the Bay Area\u003c/a> and much of the world, illuminating the night skies with a mesmerizing display of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as causing the aurora borealis, these solar storms also have the potential to bring widespread disruption to Earth’s electrical systems — something that originally happened all the way back in 1859 during one of the largest geomagnetic storms recorded in history. And it’s happened since, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for a look back at the times that our planet has experienced technological chaos caused by solar storms — and what the chances might be of this happening again in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#nextnorthernlights\">When could I see the northern lights again in California?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#solarstormscience\">The science behind solar storms\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"historysolarstorms\">\u003c/a>The most intense solar storm in history: The Carrington event\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest \u003ca href=\"#solarstormscience\">solar storms\u003c/a> in history happened in September 1859, just a few months before the solar maximum — the peak of the 11-year solar cycle — of 1860. The storm, also known as the Carrington Event, was after British astronomer Richard Carrington, who first observed a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215858/\">white light flare\u003c/a>” while looking for sunspots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The geomagnetic storm that ensued in the next 17 hours caused chaos to that era’s version of the World Wide Web and shocked telegraph operators around the globe, who found their networks disrupted and even saw fires in multiple telegraph stations throughout Europe and North America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to contemporary newspaper reports, for hours, telegraph operators were even able to use the overflowing current present in the air to continue working their \u003ca href=\"https://arstechnica.com/science/2012/05/1859s-great-auroral-stormthe-week-the-sun-touched-the-earth/\">unplugged telegraph machines\u003c/a>. One Portland operator reportedly said the machines worked “better than with our batteries on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992831\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992831\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/20240506110746_1024_aia_0131.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sun emitted three strong solar flares. The first flare peaked at 2:01 a.m. EDT on May 5, 2024, and the second peaked at 7:54 a.m. EDT on May 5, 2024. The third peaked at 2:35 a.m. EDT on May 6, 2024. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. The imagery shows 131 Angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light. The sequence culminates with an X4.5 flare. \u003ccite>(NASA SDO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the solar storm also created spectacular auroral displays in places beyond the usual polar latitudes, as far as south as Mexico and Hawaii. In the northeastern U.S., the northern lights were so bright that people reported using \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223344160_Eyewitness_Reports_of_the_Great_Auroral_Storm_of_1859\">the storm’s glow to read the newspaper at night\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sonoma-county-journal-aurora-091859/147418815/\">\u003cem>Sonoma County Journal\u003c/em> in September 1859\u003c/a> described the beautiful view of the auroras seen in California as “exhibiting every hue from blood red to the faintest golden yellow, and extending from the horizon to the zenith in all directions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists today believe that multiple \u003ca href=\"#solarstormscience\">coronal mass ejections (CMEs)\u003c/a> hit Earth during the Carrington Event, arriving in the Earth’s atmosphere in just 17 hours — a journey that usually takes several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How would Carrington 2.0 affect us today?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Luckily for us, solar storms like the Carrington Event only happen once every few centuries. So the likelihood of it happening during our lifetime is slim, according to Andrew Fraknoi, astronomer and professor at the University of San Francisco’s Fromm Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But, it could happen,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How would such an event today impact us, and are we prepared?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we are in a much more vulnerable place than they were in 1859,” Fraknoi said. And while not at the same scale as the Carrington Event, the solar storm of March 1989 could give a preview of that potential impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm caused a massive power outage of \u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/24983-auroras-1989-great-solar-storm.html\">Hydro-Québec’s electricity transmission system\u003c/a>, leaving 6 million Canadians in the dark for 9 hours and significantly interfering with the U.S. power grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992866\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2160px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992866\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text.jpg 2160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-800x400.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-1020x510.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-1920x960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the two solar flares on May 10 and May 11, 2024. The flares are classified as X5.8 and X1.5-class flares, respectively. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of SDO’s AIA 193, 171 and 131 channels. \u003ccite>(NASA SDO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12507/severe-space-weather-events-understanding-societal-and-economic-impacts-a\">2013 report by the National Academy of Sciences\u003c/a> estimates that such a storm now could cost one to two trillion dollars in the first year alone and take a decade to recover from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re dependent on GPS satellites, and the power grid is connected in very complicated ways among different parts of the U.S. and parts of North America,” Fraknoi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there were a huge amount of current coming from the sky, it could overwhelm or damage the power grid connections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2013 report lays out the potential disruption on satellites, power grids and infrastructure, as well as the socioeconomic impacts of another Carrington Event happening today. Depending on the scale of the solar storms, disruptions can last for weeks or even years, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside postID=science_1992745 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/9C3BB325-2D3B-4450-AF51-36481D9C2232-1-1020x682.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can imagine a space weather storm strong enough to knock out power from New York down to the Carolinas for weeks, that’s not ‘a bad day’ anymore. That’s a national security risk,” said Bryan Brasher, Project Manager at the Space Weather Prediction Center for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brasher works with the team that predicts space weather events like the recent solar storms we experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a massive geomagnetic storm like the Carrington Event were to happen today, he said, it could interfere with radio communications and GPS signals and disrupt operations on spacecraft and even pipelines and railroads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Brasher is optimistic that our understanding of space weather prediction has improved over the last century — and more research is being done to mitigate any catastrophic events that could result from a large solar storm event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think today we like to think that by doing our job to provide forecasts and information to these critical system operators, that they will take mitigating factors to help prevent failures,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992860\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992860\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_7-8_2024_SDO_131_Dual_Active_Regions_bigger.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of the solar flares — as seen in the bright flashes in the left image (May 8 flare) and the right image (May 7 flare). The image shows 131 angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and is colorized in orange. \u003ccite>(NASA SDO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"solarstormcali\">\u003c/a>Other large solar storms that brought aurora sightings to California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Here’s a list of other large geomagnetic storms that disrupted technology in parts of the U.S. These storms may not necessarily have caused disruptions in California, but sightings of the aurora were visible in the region during most of these storms:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>November 1882:\u003c/strong> A report in the \u003cem>SF Examiner\u003c/em> in 1882 mentions interruptions to telegraphic communications in places like New York, Chicago, and Boston, with sightings of the aurora visible from Mendocino. “\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-aurora-111882/147435675/\">The hues are deep crimson, shading to light green on the horizon. It lasted several hours,\u003c/a>” wrote the \u003cem>Examiner\u003c/em>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>May 1921:\u003c/strong> A powerful solar storm known as the New York Railroad Storm caused a fire near the Grand Central Terminal in New York. There were reports of damages to telegraph systems in Europe and the Southern Hemisphere. Reports of aurora sightings in San Francisco, Oakland, and Santa Clara were described as “brilliant hued skies,” according to the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-aurora-051921/147435792/\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>August 1972:\u003c/strong> Solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) caused solar storms that disrupted communication grids and satellite communications in North America, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-solar-storm-detonated-u-s-navy-mines-during-the-vietnam-war/\">reports\u003c/a> saying it caused the accidental detonation of a number of U.S. naval mines near North Vietnam.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>March 1989:\u003c/strong> Although no technological disruptions occurred here in California, a “night sky glow” that “varied in color from a whitish green to a brilliant red” was seen in Napa, Solano, Mendocino and San Luis Obispo, according to \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-aurora-031989/147435466/\">SF Examiner.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>October 2003:\u003c/strong> Also known as “the Halloween solar storms,” this event caused interruptions to satellite-based systems and communications and aircraft were advised to avoid high altitudes near the polar regions. Again, aurora was visible in California as reported by \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/92182338/?match=1&clipping_id=147513277\">Santa Cruz Sentinal\u003c/a>\u003c/em>: “A mysterious light that appeared to fall from the sky over the Santa Cruz Mountains had many residents calling emergency dispatchers Thursday night.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992755\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1080px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992755\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the northern lights in Sonoma County on May 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Shreenivasan Manievannan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"solarstormscience\">\u003c/a>The science behind solar storms: Understanding space weather\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To understand space weather, we have to look at the (literal) star of the show: the sun. While this big ball of hot gas is more than 90 million miles away, its influence on Earth and our environment is massive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solar winds, flares and ‘cannonballs’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sun’s dynamic and complex body continuously emits charged particles into space called solar wind, which astronomer Fraknoi describes as “kind of like a breeze of particles from the sun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It goes in all directions from the sun, and it always comes toward the Earth,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a complex magnetic field woven throughout the sun,” Fraknoi said, thanks to these charged particles and the rotation of the sun. And as the magnetic field rotates with the sun, it stretches, twists and snaps like a rubber band.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When that snap happens, particles and energy from the sun are released into space, causing a giant flash of light called a solar flare — which travels at the speed of light in all directions and takes about eight minutes to reach Earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when a larger amount of those same particles is released, that’s called a coronal mass ejection (CME) — which Fraknoi describes as “blobs of charged particles” hurled out in space. CMEs take one to three days to reach Earth — and unlike solar flares that appear as a flash of light, CMEs look more like explosions in space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992862\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1080px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1992862 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May8-2024_Flares_SDO131_Limb.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this imagery of solar flares from May 7–8, 2024. The imagery shows 131 Angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light. \u003ccite>(NASA SDO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Solar flares almost always precede a CME. And because it can take days for a CME to reach Earth, flares let the team at Space Weather Prediction Center at NOAA send out early warnings to the masses, Fraknoi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most times, these CMEs from the sun are pointed towards random directions in space. “But every once in a while, the coronal mass ejection is pointed toward Earth,” Fraknoi said. And when it is, that’s when we get a strong geomagnetic storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brasher said he likes to think of solar flares like the flash at the end of a cannon when it shoots off — and “you can think of the cannonball as being like a CME,” he said. “It’s massive, it has weight. It travels much slower than the speed of light — and most importantly, has a direction component to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Earth also has its own magnetic fields that function as a “protective bottle” known as a magnetosphere. The Earth’s magnetosphere is weaker in the north and south poles, noted Fraknoi — making places like Alaska and Antarctica great spots to see the aurora more regularly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What causes these aurora?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When charged particles flowing from the sun get caught up in the Earth’s magnetic field, it energizes the atmosphere’s molecules (like nitrogen and oxygen), excites them and creates a colorful display of light we know as the aurora, or the northern lights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The different colors we see from Earth — the hues of green, red, purple, and blue — depend on which molecule is being excited by the charged particles and on how much energy is being exchanged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992853\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 940px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992853\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/phenomena_header.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/phenomena_header.png 940w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/phenomena_header-800x478.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/phenomena_header-160x96.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/phenomena_header-768x459.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Earth’s magnetosphere deflects most solar energy and particles, but occasionally, some make it down into the auroral ovals at the North and South poles. \u003ccite>(NOAA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the northern lights are most common around the poles, how do we see them all the way here in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During strong geomagnetic storms like the one we experienced over a week ago — usually when a CME is involved — the aurora that is usually only visible in those polar regions is now supercharged and distributed even more geographically, making them visible in places you don’t normally see them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"nextnorthernlights\">\u003c/a>When could be my next chance to see the northern lights in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While many were lucky enough to clearly see the recent aurora caused by one of the largest solar storms in over 20 years, folks who weren’t so fortunate shared \u003ca href=\"https://www.boredpanda.com/northern-lights-jokes-memes/\">memes on social media\u003c/a> about their \u003ca href=\"https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FOMO\">FOMO\u003c/a>, with one user calling this elusive glow the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1cpc8pe/comment/l3koer0/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button\">aurora \u003cem>fog\u003c/em>ealis\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if that was you, there’s still hope. Experts say we might see more auroras in the next couple of years, thanks to the sun’s cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992769\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992769\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky of San Francisco North Bay as seen from China Camp Beach in San Rafael, California on May 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sun undergoes an eleven-year solar cycle, with solar activity rising and falling. We are currently approaching the peak of the solar cycle, also known as the solar maximum. During this period, space weather events like solar flares and CMEs can happen more often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During the solar cycle, the sun’s magnetic field goes from being really uniform and easy to getting really complicated, intertwined and complex,” Brasher said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists predict these solar storms will reach their peak in 2025. But sometimes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01432-7\">the biggest storms can hit years after the solar maximum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To stay up to date with the latest news on geomagnetic storms, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services\">subscribe to email updates from the Space Weather Prediction Center at NOAA\u003c/a>. Brasher recommends subscribing to notifications of G4 and G5 storm alerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The mysteries of the sun are still out there,” Brasher said. “We have a lot to understand about the dynamo, and the dynamics of it and how it impacts Earth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 12:00 p.m., Oct. 10\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northern California night skywatchers could be in for a colorful show Thursday into Friday. \u003ca href=\"https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-severe-storm-watch-10-11-october\">A powerful solar eruption may trigger visible auroras\u003c/a>, according to researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who detected the outburst from the sun earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northern lights from the Bay Area may be hard to see with the naked eye, but cameras and phones pointed straight up could \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992745/see-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-bay-area\">capture the colorful hues of this rare aurora\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original story from May 21, continues:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend, a series of powerful solar storms brought the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992745/see-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-bay-area\">northern lights to the Bay Area\u003c/a> and much of the world, illuminating the night skies with a mesmerizing display of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as causing the aurora borealis, these solar storms also have the potential to bring widespread disruption to Earth’s electrical systems — something that originally happened all the way back in 1859 during one of the largest geomagnetic storms recorded in history. And it’s happened since, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for a look back at the times that our planet has experienced technological chaos caused by solar storms — and what the chances might be of this happening again in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#nextnorthernlights\">When could I see the northern lights again in California?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#solarstormscience\">The science behind solar storms\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"historysolarstorms\">\u003c/a>The most intense solar storm in history: The Carrington event\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest \u003ca href=\"#solarstormscience\">solar storms\u003c/a> in history happened in September 1859, just a few months before the solar maximum — the peak of the 11-year solar cycle — of 1860. The storm, also known as the Carrington Event, was after British astronomer Richard Carrington, who first observed a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215858/\">white light flare\u003c/a>” while looking for sunspots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The geomagnetic storm that ensued in the next 17 hours caused chaos to that era’s version of the World Wide Web and shocked telegraph operators around the globe, who found their networks disrupted and even saw fires in multiple telegraph stations throughout Europe and North America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to contemporary newspaper reports, for hours, telegraph operators were even able to use the overflowing current present in the air to continue working their \u003ca href=\"https://arstechnica.com/science/2012/05/1859s-great-auroral-stormthe-week-the-sun-touched-the-earth/\">unplugged telegraph machines\u003c/a>. One Portland operator reportedly said the machines worked “better than with our batteries on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992831\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992831\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/20240506110746_1024_aia_0131.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sun emitted three strong solar flares. The first flare peaked at 2:01 a.m. EDT on May 5, 2024, and the second peaked at 7:54 a.m. EDT on May 5, 2024. The third peaked at 2:35 a.m. EDT on May 6, 2024. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. The imagery shows 131 Angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light. The sequence culminates with an X4.5 flare. \u003ccite>(NASA SDO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the solar storm also created spectacular auroral displays in places beyond the usual polar latitudes, as far as south as Mexico and Hawaii. In the northeastern U.S., the northern lights were so bright that people reported using \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223344160_Eyewitness_Reports_of_the_Great_Auroral_Storm_of_1859\">the storm’s glow to read the newspaper at night\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sonoma-county-journal-aurora-091859/147418815/\">\u003cem>Sonoma County Journal\u003c/em> in September 1859\u003c/a> described the beautiful view of the auroras seen in California as “exhibiting every hue from blood red to the faintest golden yellow, and extending from the horizon to the zenith in all directions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists today believe that multiple \u003ca href=\"#solarstormscience\">coronal mass ejections (CMEs)\u003c/a> hit Earth during the Carrington Event, arriving in the Earth’s atmosphere in just 17 hours — a journey that usually takes several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How would Carrington 2.0 affect us today?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Luckily for us, solar storms like the Carrington Event only happen once every few centuries. So the likelihood of it happening during our lifetime is slim, according to Andrew Fraknoi, astronomer and professor at the University of San Francisco’s Fromm Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But, it could happen,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How would such an event today impact us, and are we prepared?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we are in a much more vulnerable place than they were in 1859,” Fraknoi said. And while not at the same scale as the Carrington Event, the solar storm of March 1989 could give a preview of that potential impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm caused a massive power outage of \u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/24983-auroras-1989-great-solar-storm.html\">Hydro-Québec’s electricity transmission system\u003c/a>, leaving 6 million Canadians in the dark for 9 hours and significantly interfering with the U.S. power grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992866\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2160px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992866\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text.jpg 2160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-800x400.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-1020x510.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_11_side-by-side_no_text-1920x960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the two solar flares on May 10 and May 11, 2024. The flares are classified as X5.8 and X1.5-class flares, respectively. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of SDO’s AIA 193, 171 and 131 channels. \u003ccite>(NASA SDO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12507/severe-space-weather-events-understanding-societal-and-economic-impacts-a\">2013 report by the National Academy of Sciences\u003c/a> estimates that such a storm now could cost one to two trillion dollars in the first year alone and take a decade to recover from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re dependent on GPS satellites, and the power grid is connected in very complicated ways among different parts of the U.S. and parts of North America,” Fraknoi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there were a huge amount of current coming from the sky, it could overwhelm or damage the power grid connections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2013 report lays out the potential disruption on satellites, power grids and infrastructure, as well as the socioeconomic impacts of another Carrington Event happening today. Depending on the scale of the solar storms, disruptions can last for weeks or even years, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can imagine a space weather storm strong enough to knock out power from New York down to the Carolinas for weeks, that’s not ‘a bad day’ anymore. That’s a national security risk,” said Bryan Brasher, Project Manager at the Space Weather Prediction Center for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brasher works with the team that predicts space weather events like the recent solar storms we experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a massive geomagnetic storm like the Carrington Event were to happen today, he said, it could interfere with radio communications and GPS signals and disrupt operations on spacecraft and even pipelines and railroads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Brasher is optimistic that our understanding of space weather prediction has improved over the last century — and more research is being done to mitigate any catastrophic events that could result from a large solar storm event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think today we like to think that by doing our job to provide forecasts and information to these critical system operators, that they will take mitigating factors to help prevent failures,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992860\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992860\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May_7-8_2024_SDO_131_Dual_Active_Regions_bigger.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of the solar flares — as seen in the bright flashes in the left image (May 8 flare) and the right image (May 7 flare). The image shows 131 angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and is colorized in orange. \u003ccite>(NASA SDO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"solarstormcali\">\u003c/a>Other large solar storms that brought aurora sightings to California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Here’s a list of other large geomagnetic storms that disrupted technology in parts of the U.S. These storms may not necessarily have caused disruptions in California, but sightings of the aurora were visible in the region during most of these storms:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>November 1882:\u003c/strong> A report in the \u003cem>SF Examiner\u003c/em> in 1882 mentions interruptions to telegraphic communications in places like New York, Chicago, and Boston, with sightings of the aurora visible from Mendocino. “\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-aurora-111882/147435675/\">The hues are deep crimson, shading to light green on the horizon. It lasted several hours,\u003c/a>” wrote the \u003cem>Examiner\u003c/em>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>May 1921:\u003c/strong> A powerful solar storm known as the New York Railroad Storm caused a fire near the Grand Central Terminal in New York. There were reports of damages to telegraph systems in Europe and the Southern Hemisphere. Reports of aurora sightings in San Francisco, Oakland, and Santa Clara were described as “brilliant hued skies,” according to the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-aurora-051921/147435792/\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>August 1972:\u003c/strong> Solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) caused solar storms that disrupted communication grids and satellite communications in North America, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-solar-storm-detonated-u-s-navy-mines-during-the-vietnam-war/\">reports\u003c/a> saying it caused the accidental detonation of a number of U.S. naval mines near North Vietnam.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>March 1989:\u003c/strong> Although no technological disruptions occurred here in California, a “night sky glow” that “varied in color from a whitish green to a brilliant red” was seen in Napa, Solano, Mendocino and San Luis Obispo, according to \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-aurora-031989/147435466/\">SF Examiner.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>October 2003:\u003c/strong> Also known as “the Halloween solar storms,” this event caused interruptions to satellite-based systems and communications and aircraft were advised to avoid high altitudes near the polar regions. Again, aurora was visible in California as reported by \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/92182338/?match=1&clipping_id=147513277\">Santa Cruz Sentinal\u003c/a>\u003c/em>: “A mysterious light that appeared to fall from the sky over the Santa Cruz Mountains had many residents calling emergency dispatchers Thursday night.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992755\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1080px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992755\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/E461FAA3-2C83-46D6-B90E-BE77A67A3490-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the northern lights in Sonoma County on May 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Shreenivasan Manievannan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"solarstormscience\">\u003c/a>The science behind solar storms: Understanding space weather\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To understand space weather, we have to look at the (literal) star of the show: the sun. While this big ball of hot gas is more than 90 million miles away, its influence on Earth and our environment is massive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solar winds, flares and ‘cannonballs’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sun’s dynamic and complex body continuously emits charged particles into space called solar wind, which astronomer Fraknoi describes as “kind of like a breeze of particles from the sun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It goes in all directions from the sun, and it always comes toward the Earth,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a complex magnetic field woven throughout the sun,” Fraknoi said, thanks to these charged particles and the rotation of the sun. And as the magnetic field rotates with the sun, it stretches, twists and snaps like a rubber band.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When that snap happens, particles and energy from the sun are released into space, causing a giant flash of light called a solar flare — which travels at the speed of light in all directions and takes about eight minutes to reach Earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when a larger amount of those same particles is released, that’s called a coronal mass ejection (CME) — which Fraknoi describes as “blobs of charged particles” hurled out in space. CMEs take one to three days to reach Earth — and unlike solar flares that appear as a flash of light, CMEs look more like explosions in space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992862\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1080px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1992862 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/May8-2024_Flares_SDO131_Limb.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this imagery of solar flares from May 7–8, 2024. The imagery shows 131 Angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light. \u003ccite>(NASA SDO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Solar flares almost always precede a CME. And because it can take days for a CME to reach Earth, flares let the team at Space Weather Prediction Center at NOAA send out early warnings to the masses, Fraknoi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most times, these CMEs from the sun are pointed towards random directions in space. “But every once in a while, the coronal mass ejection is pointed toward Earth,” Fraknoi said. And when it is, that’s when we get a strong geomagnetic storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brasher said he likes to think of solar flares like the flash at the end of a cannon when it shoots off — and “you can think of the cannonball as being like a CME,” he said. “It’s massive, it has weight. It travels much slower than the speed of light — and most importantly, has a direction component to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Earth also has its own magnetic fields that function as a “protective bottle” known as a magnetosphere. The Earth’s magnetosphere is weaker in the north and south poles, noted Fraknoi — making places like Alaska and Antarctica great spots to see the aurora more regularly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What causes these aurora?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When charged particles flowing from the sun get caught up in the Earth’s magnetic field, it energizes the atmosphere’s molecules (like nitrogen and oxygen), excites them and creates a colorful display of light we know as the aurora, or the northern lights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The different colors we see from Earth — the hues of green, red, purple, and blue — depend on which molecule is being excited by the charged particles and on how much energy is being exchanged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992853\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 940px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992853\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/phenomena_header.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/phenomena_header.png 940w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/phenomena_header-800x478.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/phenomena_header-160x96.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/phenomena_header-768x459.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Earth’s magnetosphere deflects most solar energy and particles, but occasionally, some make it down into the auroral ovals at the North and South poles. \u003ccite>(NOAA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the northern lights are most common around the poles, how do we see them all the way here in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During strong geomagnetic storms like the one we experienced over a week ago — usually when a CME is involved — the aurora that is usually only visible in those polar regions is now supercharged and distributed even more geographically, making them visible in places you don’t normally see them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"nextnorthernlights\">\u003c/a>When could be my next chance to see the northern lights in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While many were lucky enough to clearly see the recent aurora caused by one of the largest solar storms in over 20 years, folks who weren’t so fortunate shared \u003ca href=\"https://www.boredpanda.com/northern-lights-jokes-memes/\">memes on social media\u003c/a> about their \u003ca href=\"https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FOMO\">FOMO\u003c/a>, with one user calling this elusive glow the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1cpc8pe/comment/l3koer0/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button\">aurora \u003cem>fog\u003c/em>ealis\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if that was you, there’s still hope. Experts say we might see more auroras in the next couple of years, thanks to the sun’s cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992769\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992769\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/GettyImages-2151894225-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky of San Francisco North Bay as seen from China Camp Beach in San Rafael, California on May 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sun undergoes an eleven-year solar cycle, with solar activity rising and falling. We are currently approaching the peak of the solar cycle, also known as the solar maximum. During this period, space weather events like solar flares and CMEs can happen more often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During the solar cycle, the sun’s magnetic field goes from being really uniform and easy to getting really complicated, intertwined and complex,” Brasher said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists predict these solar storms will reach their peak in 2025. But sometimes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01432-7\">the biggest storms can hit years after the solar maximum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To stay up to date with the latest news on geomagnetic storms, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services\">subscribe to email updates from the Space Weather Prediction Center at NOAA\u003c/a>. Brasher recommends subscribing to notifications of G4 and G5 storm alerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The mysteries of the sun are still out there,” Brasher said. “We have a lot to understand about the dynamo, and the dynamics of it and how it impacts Earth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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So the moon will not cover the sun completely from the Bay area,” Wilson said. “We will get to see the moon passing partially in front of the sun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Carolyn Whittle, who is 79 and lives in Oakland, she felt it was her last chance. “This is the last time it will cross the U.S. in totality before 2045,” Whittle said. “I won’t be here for the next eclipse, so I wanted to see this one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members of the Peninsula Astronomical Society passed out viewing glasses to people gathered at Foothill Observatory in Los Altos Hills. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Folks from all over the South Bay formed a line to view the celestial event through a telescope\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA astronaut Yvonne Cagle was on hand. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She said the event helps people look up and out of their own daily concerns, and to see the bigger picture of our universe.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you look back at Earth from space, there are no borders,” she said. “And so it’s so wonderful to have everyone looking up in unison in unity. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Just after 10:30 a.m. Monday, the sky began to darken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those lucky enough to be in the narrow path for the first total solar eclipse over the U.S. in seven years, the sky filled with stars and planets as shadows sharpened all around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But the Bay Area was still treated to a partial eclipse, and people came out in force, attending watch parties at \u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/\">Chabot Space and Science Center\u003c/a> in the East Bay and Foothill Observatory in Los Altos and many other places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today there’s not a cloud in the sky,” said astronomer Ben Burress, at the Chabot Space and Science Center. “This is a perfect day to watch an eclipse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burress said he looked around for the subtle effects, like the slight dimming of the sunlight and for little crescents in the shadows of trees and bushes. “Some people [held up] a cooking colander, which has lots of holes in it, and casts its shadow on the ground,” he said. “You see lots of little crescents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992271\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1992271 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/240408-SolarEclipse-006-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl in eclipse glasses looks up at the sky.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/240408-SolarEclipse-006-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/240408-SolarEclipse-006-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/240408-SolarEclipse-006-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/240408-SolarEclipse-006-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/240408-SolarEclipse-006-BL_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/240408-SolarEclipse-006-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kailan, 8, watches the solar eclipse at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland on April 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The total eclipse was partially visible in Oakland, California from around 10 a.m. to noon. With their eclipse glasses on, the observers could stare directly at the crescent-shaped sun as the moon glided across.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>“I have always wanted to see the solar eclipse,” said 15-year-old Loreila Simpson from Lincoln Middle School in Alameda, excitedly. “I’ve heard of it. And I’ve seen movies and read some stuff about the moon and the sun. I’m more of a lunar person. To see the moon just take over the day for a while is so funny to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chabot has two historic telescopes — both about 100 years old, explained Jared Wilson, a volunteer helping with the viewing party at Chabot. This includes one of the largest telescopes available to the public for general viewing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We will see part of the eclipse. We’re not in the path of totality. So the moon will not cover the sun completely from the Bay area,” Wilson said. “We will get to see the moon passing partially in front of the sun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Carolyn Whittle, who is 79 and lives in Oakland, she felt it was her last chance. “This is the last time it will cross the U.S. in totality before 2045,” Whittle said. “I won’t be here for the next eclipse, so I wanted to see this one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members of the Peninsula Astronomical Society passed out viewing glasses to people gathered at Foothill Observatory in Los Altos Hills. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Folks from all over the South Bay formed a line to view the celestial event through a telescope\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA astronaut Yvonne Cagle was on hand. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She said the event helps people look up and out of their own daily concerns, and to see the bigger picture of our universe.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you look back at Earth from space, there are no borders,” she said. “And so it’s so wonderful to have everyone looking up in unison in unity. There’s nothing like space on Earth, that’s why we’re here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said it was a special experience. “Not only is it special to me, but when I think that at this time in place, people from all over the world are all looking up at the same time. I think [it] says so much for our planet and our species.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Bay Area saw about 35% coverage, other locations across the country experienced a total eclipse. “The eclipse is happening in a place where a large percentage of the American population saw it. The path of totality covers much of the United States,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>These unforgettable astronomical events occur when the moon positions itself between Earth and the sun, blocking the sun’s disc for a few minutes and creating a shadow on Earth known as the “path of totality.” The last time we had a total solar eclipse over the U.S. was in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Monday, those lucky enough to be in the path of totality with cooperating weather witnessed a breathtaking spectacle as the sun’s outer atmosphere (its corona) emerged like a crown of fire around the moon’s dark disc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA said that the first place in continental North America to experience totality was Mexico’s Pacific coast. The eclipse traveled a narrow track of about 100 miles wide (but 10,000 miles long) that crossed three Mexican states, 15 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991232\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1991232\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-800x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-800x400.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-1020x510.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-160x80.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-768x384.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-1536x768.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This map illustrates the paths of the Moon’s shadow across the US during the 2024 total solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse crosses North and Central America creating a path of totality. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What’s unique about the 2024 eclipse is that it \u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/total-solar-eclipse-april-8-2024-finest-for-united-states\">was the longest and most visible for the U.S. in a century\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The last time we had a total solar eclipse over the U.S. was in 2017 — an event that awed millions of people around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991869/when-is-solar-eclipse-2024-bay-area-watch-parties\">In 2024, another total solar eclipse is almost here.\u003c/a> These unforgettable astronomical events occur when the moon positions itself between the Earth and the sun, blocking the sun’s disc for a few minutes and creating a shadow on Earth known as the “path of totality.” And on Monday, if you’re lucky enough to live in the path of totality — or decide to purposefully travel there — you’ll get to experience the breathtaking spectacle in person as the sun’s outer atmosphere (its corona) emerges like a crown of fire around the moon’s dark disc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s all you need to know about the 2024 total solar eclipse, where to go to experience it, and where you can still watch the partial eclipse in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#bayareaeclipse\">When and where can I see the partial eclipse in the Bay Area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>When is the 2024 solar eclipse?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The total solar eclipse will take place on Monday, April 8, 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA said that the first place in continental North America to experience totality is Mexico’s Pacific coast — around 11:07 a.m. PST.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where is the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For people who plan to travel outside of the Bay Area to experience the full spectacle, \u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/\">this map by NASA shows the path of totality\u003c/a>: A narrow track of about 100 miles wide ( but 10,000 miles long) that will cross three Mexican states, 15 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces. The U.S. state experiencing totality that’s closest to the Bay Area will be Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991232\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991232\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-800x400.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-1020x510.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-160x80.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-768x384.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/eclipse_map_2024_QR_1920-1536x768.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This map illustrates the paths of the Moon’s shadow across the US during the 2024 total solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North and Central America, creating a path of totality. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What’s unique about the 2024 eclipse is that it\u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/total-solar-eclipse-april-8-2024-finest-for-united-states\"> will be the longest and most visible for the U.S. in a century\u003c/a>. And as long as you’re within this path, you’ll experience a total eclipse of the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the closer you are to the center of this path, the longer the eclipse you’ll experience. The duration of the eclipse can range from two to four and a half minutes. “People who are real eclipse fans are going to be looking at maps like this, and they’re going to try to get into the most central position,” said Andrew Fraknoi, an astronomer and board member of the SETI Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s worth noting that the further north you are, the more likely it will be cloudy, Fraknoi warned. Check the weather forecast before traveling to see the eclipse, or refer to this map on \u003ca href=\"https://eclipsophile.com/2024tse/\">Eclipsophile\u003c/a>, a site that tracks the climate and weather for celestial events created by Canadian meteorologist, Jay Anderson. “In most places, particularly toward the northeast, the chances of cloud cover are greater than 50%,” Fraknoi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='science_1991869,science_1985496,science_1985049' label='More guides from kqed']If it’s going to be cloudy where you plan to be in the path of totality, be sure to consult the \u003ca href=\"https://eclipsewise.com/pubs/Atlas2024.html\">Road Atlas for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2024\u003c/a> — which will help you hastily prepare an alternative route if you’re on the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/total-solar-eclipse10-of-biggest-cities-in-path-of-totality-april-8-2024\">This year’s total solar eclipse will also be one of the most urban eclipses for decades\u003c/a>. The path of totality includes cities like Mazatlan, Torreon, Dallas, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester and Montreal — in addition to dozens of other cities right on the edge of the path, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With 32 million people living on the path of totality and 75 million living within 100 miles of that path, there will undoubtedly be an influx of people traveling into these cities to experience this rare event. So the earlier you plan your travels, the better — and be realistic that for certain destinations, virtually every hotel room, vacation rental or campsite may have been snapped up months ago. Flights to destinations in the eclipse path of totality may also increase in price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More detailed maps of the path of totality are available for every part of the country on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/\">Great American Eclipse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bayareaeclipse\">\u003c/a>When and where can I still see the partial eclipse in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For those outside of this path, like us in the Bay Area, fret not: You’ll still be able to experience a partial eclipse. Wherever you are in the Bay, look towards the sun starting at around 11 a.m. during the peak of the eclipse. The sun will be high in the south and will be hard to miss, unless a very tall building is in your line of sight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When you’ve spotted the sun, be sure not to look directly at it without eclipse glasses.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the eclipse will begin at 10:14 a.m. PST on Monday, April 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “maximum bite” will be taken out of the sun at 11:13 a.m. PST to about an hour later, and the event will officially end at around 12:16 p.m. PST, according to Fraknoi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Here in the Bay, we’ll experience about 45% of the sun’s diameter covered, and the best time to start observing the eclipse is at 11 a.m., Fraknoi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a few of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991869/when-is-solar-eclipse-2024-bay-area-watch-parties\">places where you can watch the partial eclipse\u003c/a> with others in the Bay Area are \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse\">Exploratorium\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.calacademy.org/eclipse\">California Academy of Sciences\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://lawrencehallofscience.org/events/solar-eclipse-viewing-party/\">Lawrence Hall of Science\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://rfo.org/index.php/calendar-of-events/\">Robert Ferguson Observatory\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/\">Chabot Space and Science Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also observe the eclipse on your own or host your very own watch party. \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses-tabs/safety/#:~:text=Observing%20our%20star%2C%20the%20Sun,viewing%20glasses%20(eclipse%20glasses).\">Just be sure to watch the eclipse safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we get to experience just a partial eclipse this year, \u003ca href=\"https://nationaleclipse.com/maps/map_08122045.html\">the next time a total solar eclipse will cross California is in 20 years on August 12, 2045.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982247\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1982247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person is looking through a telescope.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayleen Mojica, 21, laughs as she peers at Venus through the 8″ Alvan Clark refractor telescope at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Feb. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How to view a total solar eclipse with glasses and pinhole projectors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During a solar eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the sun without solar-filtered eyewear designed for solar viewing. Only when the moon completely covers the sun during totality will it be safe to look at it without eye protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for free eclipse glasses, check with your local public library in the Bay Area, which may well be offering them. You might also be able to snag eclipse glasses at places like the California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium, and Chabot Space and Science Center. If you’re planning to buy eclipse glasses online, Fraknoi recommends two U.S.-based companies: \u003ca href=\"https://www.rainbowsymphony.com/\">Rainbow Symphony\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.3dglassesonline.com/products/eclipsers/\">American Paper Optics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a running list of events around the solar eclipse in North California, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/site/aancsite/calendar/eclipses/2024-april-8-eclipse\">Astronomical Association of Northern California\u003c/a> website for the most recent updates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also explore indirect viewing methods by making \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/\">your own pinhole projector to view the eclipse safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The surreal experience of the total solar eclipse: What can you expect from the total solar eclipse?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shreenivasan Manievannan, a professional photographer and Bay Area resident, will be planning to travel to Niagara Falls with the company he works for, GoPro, to capture a timelapse and photographs of the total solar eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manievannan said that for him, the most exciting part of the 2017 total solar eclipse was seeing the day change from light to dark in just a few minutes. On top of that, he said, it was a surreal experience overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will start seeing the change in the flow of the river too [during a total solar eclipse] because the wind will suddenly stop during the eclipse,” Manievannan said. “It becomes very calm, and the birds will stop chirping. Everything looks very still.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And once the light comes back again, everything goes back to normal,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Great American Eclipse 2017\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/230729300?dnt=1&app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upcoming 2024 total solar eclipse also offers scientists many great opportunities. Researchers will use various instruments and methods to observe and study the eclipse, from telescopes and cameras on the ground and in the air to satellites and sensors in space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/science-in-the-shadows-nasa-selects-5-experiments-for-2024-total-solar-eclipse/\">NASA has funded five scientific projects for the 2024 Eclipse\u003c/a> to collect this data that’s only available during eclipses. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>If it’s going to be cloudy where you plan to be in the path of totality, be sure to consult the \u003ca href=\"https://eclipsewise.com/pubs/Atlas2024.html\">Road Atlas for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2024\u003c/a> — which will help you hastily prepare an alternative route if you’re on the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/total-solar-eclipse10-of-biggest-cities-in-path-of-totality-april-8-2024\">This year’s total solar eclipse will also be one of the most urban eclipses for decades\u003c/a>. The path of totality includes cities like Mazatlan, Torreon, Dallas, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester and Montreal — in addition to dozens of other cities right on the edge of the path, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With 32 million people living on the path of totality and 75 million living within 100 miles of that path, there will undoubtedly be an influx of people traveling into these cities to experience this rare event. So the earlier you plan your travels, the better — and be realistic that for certain destinations, virtually every hotel room, vacation rental or campsite may have been snapped up months ago. Flights to destinations in the eclipse path of totality may also increase in price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More detailed maps of the path of totality are available for every part of the country on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/\">Great American Eclipse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The sun will be high in the south and will be hard to miss, unless a very tall building is in your line of sight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When you’ve spotted the sun, be sure not to look directly at it without eclipse glasses.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the eclipse will begin at 10:14 a.m. PST on Monday, April 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “maximum bite” will be taken out of the sun at 11:13 a.m. PST to about an hour later, and the event will officially end at around 12:16 p.m. PST, according to Fraknoi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Here in the Bay, we’ll experience about 45% of the sun’s diameter covered, and the best time to start observing the eclipse is at 11 a.m., Fraknoi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a few of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991869/when-is-solar-eclipse-2024-bay-area-watch-parties\">places where you can watch the partial eclipse\u003c/a> with others in the Bay Area are \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse\">Exploratorium\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.calacademy.org/eclipse\">California Academy of Sciences\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://lawrencehallofscience.org/events/solar-eclipse-viewing-party/\">Lawrence Hall of Science\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://rfo.org/index.php/calendar-of-events/\">Robert Ferguson Observatory\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/\">Chabot Space and Science Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also observe the eclipse on your own or host your very own watch party. \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses-tabs/safety/#:~:text=Observing%20our%20star%2C%20the%20Sun,viewing%20glasses%20(eclipse%20glasses).\">Just be sure to watch the eclipse safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we get to experience just a partial eclipse this year, \u003ca href=\"https://nationaleclipse.com/maps/map_08122045.html\">the next time a total solar eclipse will cross California is in 20 years on August 12, 2045.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982247\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1982247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person is looking through a telescope.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/RS63098_02172023_chabotastronomy-040-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayleen Mojica, 21, laughs as she peers at Venus through the 8″ Alvan Clark refractor telescope at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Feb. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How to view a total solar eclipse with glasses and pinhole projectors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During a solar eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the sun without solar-filtered eyewear designed for solar viewing. Only when the moon completely covers the sun during totality will it be safe to look at it without eye protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for free eclipse glasses, check with your local public library in the Bay Area, which may well be offering them. You might also be able to snag eclipse glasses at places like the California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium, and Chabot Space and Science Center. If you’re planning to buy eclipse glasses online, Fraknoi recommends two U.S.-based companies: \u003ca href=\"https://www.rainbowsymphony.com/\">Rainbow Symphony\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.3dglassesonline.com/products/eclipsers/\">American Paper Optics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a running list of events around the solar eclipse in North California, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/site/aancsite/calendar/eclipses/2024-april-8-eclipse\">Astronomical Association of Northern California\u003c/a> website for the most recent updates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also explore indirect viewing methods by making \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/\">your own pinhole projector to view the eclipse safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The surreal experience of the total solar eclipse: What can you expect from the total solar eclipse?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shreenivasan Manievannan, a professional photographer and Bay Area resident, will be planning to travel to Niagara Falls with the company he works for, GoPro, to capture a timelapse and photographs of the total solar eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manievannan said that for him, the most exciting part of the 2017 total solar eclipse was seeing the day change from light to dark in just a few minutes. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991228/where-to-see-the-2024-total-solar-eclipse-in-april\">The 2024 total solar eclipse is coming on April 8.\u003c/a> And for the United States, it’ll be the\u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/total-solar-eclipse-april-8-2024-finest-for-united-states\"> longest and most visible eclipse of its kind in a century\u003c/a>.[aside postID='science_1991228,science_1991791,news_11979339' label='More guides from kqed']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over\u003ca href=\"https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/april-8-2024\"> 32 million people who live along the path of totality\u003c/a> — a narrow track of about 100 miles wide but 10,000 miles long that crosses three Mexican states, 15 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces — will experience this spectacular sight from the comfort of their own homes. But if you’re one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nsta.org/blog/final-push-be-ready-april-8-solar-eclipse-ways-be-resource-your-community#:~:text=The%20last%20total%20solar%20eclipse,of%20eclipse%20(weather%20permitting).\">estimated 500 million people in North America\u003c/a> who’ll be outside of that path, you’ll get to experience only a part of that eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, if you’re not already planning to travel to the path of totality, how can you still enjoy the partial solar eclipse in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When can I see the solar eclipse in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the eclipse will begin at 10:14 a.m. PST on Monday, April 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “maximum bite” will be taken out of the sun at 11:13 a.m. PST to about an hour later, and the event will officially end at around 12:16 p.m. PST, according to Andrew Fraknoi, an astronomer and board member of the SETI Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here in the Bay, we’ll experience about 45% of the sun’s diameter covered, and the best time to start observing the eclipse is at 11 a.m., Fraknoi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the whole event will last about two hours, partial totality will only last up to about four minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#eclipseparties\">Watch parties for the partial eclipse in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to view a total solar eclipse with glasses and pinhole projectors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During a solar eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the sun without solar-filtered eyewear designed for solar viewing. That’s because looking at any part of the exposed sun can permanently injure \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/18/1238944697/get-ready-april-8-eclipse-glasses-eye-safety-damage-protection-doctors\">the eye’s retina, which is incredibly sensitive to light.\u003c/a> Only when the moon completely covers the sun during totality will it be safe to look at it without eye protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for free eclipse glasses, check with your local public library in the Bay Area, which may well be offering them. You might also be able to snag eclipse glasses at places like the California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium, and Chabot Space and Science Center. If you plan to buy eclipse glasses online, Fraknoi recommends two U.S.-based companies: Rainbow Symphony and American Paper Optics. \u003ca href=\"https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/viewers-filters\">The American Astronomical Society also has a list of vetted suppliers.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also explore indirect viewing methods by \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/\">making your pinhole projector\u003c/a> to view the eclipse safely. Learn more about how pinhole cameras work in the video below from artist Bob Miller’s Walk at the Exploratorium, and\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses-tabs/safety/\"> read more tips from NASA on how to view the eclipse safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bob Miller - Light Walk (1982) | Exploratorium\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/dvmRO5IjW_I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5 watch parties in the Bay Area where you can see the solar eclipse\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you want to enjoy the eclipse at home from the comfort of your couch, free live streams of the total solar eclipse are also available on multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/watch-total-solar-eclipse-april-8-online-free-livestreams\">websites like NASA and Timeanddate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some public libraries might also host a viewing party — like at \u003ca href=\"https://www.millvalleylibrary.org/\">Mill Valley Public Library, Marin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ccclib.bibliocommons.com/events/65cd2317e3e1ee300030362e\">Danville Library, Contra Costa County\u003c/a> — so be sure to check with your local library branch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking to join others at a watch party in the Bay Area, here are five places hosting on April 8:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://lawrencehallofscience.org/events/solar-eclipse-viewing-party/\">Lawrence Hall of Science\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse\">Exploratorium\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.calacademy.org/eclipse\">California Academy of Sciences\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/events/events-listing/\">Chabot Space and Science Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://rfo.org/index.php/calendar-of-events/\">Robert Ferguson Observatory\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For a running list of events around the solar eclipse in North California, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/site/aancsite/calendar/eclipses/2024-april-8-eclipse\">Astronomical Association of Northern California\u003c/a> website for the most recent updates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated, March 15, 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It may not feel like it on these chillier days we’ve been experiencing recently … but spring \u003cem>is\u003c/em> in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spring equinox — the day when we get almost equal amounts of daylight and nighttime — is approaching. (The word itself is derived from two Latin words: Aequus, meaning equal, and nox, meaning night.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what exactly are equinoxes, when do they happen, why do they happen and how can you celebrate the start of spring in the Bay Area? Keep reading for all you need to know about the spring equinox — and the various ways you can celebrate in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The science of seasonal change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/media/ind/seasons.pdf\">The 2024 spring equinox (PDF)\u003c/a> — also called the vernal equinox — will occur on Tuesday, March 19, at 9:06 p.m. PST. This is the time when we Californians can officially welcome \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/cle/Seasons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the beginning of a new astronomical season\u003c/a>: spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These seasonal changes happen through phenomena known as equinoxes and solstices. And they’re made possible thanks to the slight tilt of Earth’s axis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the spring equinox, the sun is shining directly over Earth’s equator. The Northern Hemisphere prepares for warmer days (spring), while the Southern Hemisphere prepares for cooler days (fall).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our hemispheres experience opposite seasons, with roughly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of nighttime during equinoxes. This means that while we experience spring here in California, countries in the Southern Hemisphere, like New Zealand and Australia, are experiencing fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s worth noting that some countries define the beginning of their seasons differently. For example, both New Zealand and Australia use the \u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/aboutseasons.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>meteorological\u003c/em> definition of seasonal change\u003c/a> instead of the astronomical definition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorological definitions have the seasons beginning on the first day of the month, which includes the equinoxes and the solstices — not on the days of the equinoxes and solstices themselves (per the astronomical definition). So for Australia and New Zealand, fall began on March 1, instead of when their fall equinox occurs — which is on March 20, 2024, local time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During solstices, we experience longer days or nights. These, like equinoxes, also happen twice a year, in June (summer) and December (winter).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the summer solstice in June, Earth’s tilt receives the most sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere. The Arctic Circle receives light for a full 24 hours during this time — while at the Antarctic Circle, in the Southern Hemisphere, the sun will only appear briefly around noon. But during the winter solstice in December, it’s the opposite: During this period, the sun will briefly appear in the Arctic Circle, and it’s the Antarctic Circle that will have light 24 hours a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We can bask in the sun on warm summer days, have ski adventures in the winter, enjoy the fall foliage and admire wildflowers in the spring — all due to Earth’s tilt on its rotational axis and movement around the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering why the date of the vernal equinox changes some years — last year, the vernal equinox in our hemisphere was March 20 — you can thank the fact that the Earth’s orbit around the sun isn’t exactly 365 days long. Instead, it takes an extra six hours or so to complete its journey, which is why \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991493/why-do-we-have-a-leap-year-anyway-the-science-behind-it-explained\">an extra day gets added to the calendar every four years, making a leap year like 2024.\u003c/a> That’s also why the time of the March equinox slides a little later every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Celebrations around the equinox\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Persian New Year (Nowruz)\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\nThe spring equinox also marks the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, which means “new day” in the Persian language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nowruz is a very special occasion rooted in Zoroastrian traditions and dating back more than 3,000 years. It is celebrated by Iranians, Afghans and people from many other cultures around the world. It involves spending time with loved ones and eating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/94115/the-seven-edible-s-foods-of-the-persian-new-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delicious foods \u003c/a>while welcoming spring. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11865628/celebrating-persian-new-year-amid-a-pandemic\">this explainer\u003c/a> from 2021, KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11865628/celebrating-persian-new-year-amid-a-pandemic\">Kyana Moghadam shares reflections from Northern California’s Iranian American community\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1978809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1978809\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Shekerbura, pakhlava, qoqal, semeni decorated table\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image shows Nowruz table decoration with shekerbura, paklava, qoqal and semeni. \u003ccite>(iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You’ll find \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ca--san-francisco/persian-new-year/\">several events celebrating Nowruz\u003c/a> around the Bay Area this month, including \u003ca href=\"https://sjpl.bibliocommons.com/events/65b94f0c1b80e24800aff340\">a Persian New Year Celebration with the Bay Area Persian Music Ensemble\u003c/a> at the West Valley Branch Library in San José at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Easter\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Easter is celebrated on the Sunday after the first full moon, which \u003c/a>occurs after the spring equinox. For those celebrating this year, Easter will be observed on Sunday, March 31, since \u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/16830-full-moon-calendar.html\">the first full moon occurs on Monday, March 25.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a free egg hunt for the whole family, there are several happening at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.millvalleyrecreation.org/830/Spring-Faire\">Mill Valley Spring Faire\u003c/a> on Saturday, March 23, with different events for different ages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ostara\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/the-origins-and-practices-of-holidays-ostara-holi-and-purim/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ostara is a Wiccan holiday\u003c/a> that celebrates fertility, rebirth and renewal. Rituals during Ostara can include learning about the goddess Ostara, meditation, going outdoors to celebrate the awakening of nature and more. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated, March 15, 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It may not feel like it on these chillier days we’ve been experiencing recently … but spring \u003cem>is\u003c/em> in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spring equinox — the day when we get almost equal amounts of daylight and nighttime — is approaching. (The word itself is derived from two Latin words: Aequus, meaning equal, and nox, meaning night.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what exactly are equinoxes, when do they happen, why do they happen and how can you celebrate the start of spring in the Bay Area? Keep reading for all you need to know about the spring equinox — and the various ways you can celebrate in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The science of seasonal change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/media/ind/seasons.pdf\">The 2024 spring equinox (PDF)\u003c/a> — also called the vernal equinox — will occur on Tuesday, March 19, at 9:06 p.m. PST. This is the time when we Californians can officially welcome \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/cle/Seasons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the beginning of a new astronomical season\u003c/a>: spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These seasonal changes happen through phenomena known as equinoxes and solstices. And they’re made possible thanks to the slight tilt of Earth’s axis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the spring equinox, the sun is shining directly over Earth’s equator. The Northern Hemisphere prepares for warmer days (spring), while the Southern Hemisphere prepares for cooler days (fall).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our hemispheres experience opposite seasons, with roughly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of nighttime during equinoxes. This means that while we experience spring here in California, countries in the Southern Hemisphere, like New Zealand and Australia, are experiencing fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s worth noting that some countries define the beginning of their seasons differently. For example, both New Zealand and Australia use the \u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/aboutseasons.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>meteorological\u003c/em> definition of seasonal change\u003c/a> instead of the astronomical definition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorological definitions have the seasons beginning on the first day of the month, which includes the equinoxes and the solstices — not on the days of the equinoxes and solstices themselves (per the astronomical definition). So for Australia and New Zealand, fall began on March 1, instead of when their fall equinox occurs — which is on March 20, 2024, local time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During solstices, we experience longer days or nights. These, like equinoxes, also happen twice a year, in June (summer) and December (winter).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the summer solstice in June, Earth’s tilt receives the most sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere. The Arctic Circle receives light for a full 24 hours during this time — while at the Antarctic Circle, in the Southern Hemisphere, the sun will only appear briefly around noon. But during the winter solstice in December, it’s the opposite: During this period, the sun will briefly appear in the Arctic Circle, and it’s the Antarctic Circle that will have light 24 hours a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We can bask in the sun on warm summer days, have ski adventures in the winter, enjoy the fall foliage and admire wildflowers in the spring — all due to Earth’s tilt on its rotational axis and movement around the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering why the date of the vernal equinox changes some years — last year, the vernal equinox in our hemisphere was March 20 — you can thank the fact that the Earth’s orbit around the sun isn’t exactly 365 days long. Instead, it takes an extra six hours or so to complete its journey, which is why \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991493/why-do-we-have-a-leap-year-anyway-the-science-behind-it-explained\">an extra day gets added to the calendar every four years, making a leap year like 2024.\u003c/a> That’s also why the time of the March equinox slides a little later every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Celebrations around the equinox\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Persian New Year (Nowruz)\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\nThe spring equinox also marks the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, which means “new day” in the Persian language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nowruz is a very special occasion rooted in Zoroastrian traditions and dating back more than 3,000 years. It is celebrated by Iranians, Afghans and people from many other cultures around the world. It involves spending time with loved ones and eating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/94115/the-seven-edible-s-foods-of-the-persian-new-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delicious foods \u003c/a>while welcoming spring. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11865628/celebrating-persian-new-year-amid-a-pandemic\">this explainer\u003c/a> from 2021, KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11865628/celebrating-persian-new-year-amid-a-pandemic\">Kyana Moghadam shares reflections from Northern California’s Iranian American community\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1978809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1978809\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Shekerbura, pakhlava, qoqal, semeni decorated table\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/RS54466_iStock-1307957978-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image shows Nowruz table decoration with shekerbura, paklava, qoqal and semeni. \u003ccite>(iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You’ll find \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ca--san-francisco/persian-new-year/\">several events celebrating Nowruz\u003c/a> around the Bay Area this month, including \u003ca href=\"https://sjpl.bibliocommons.com/events/65b94f0c1b80e24800aff340\">a Persian New Year Celebration with the Bay Area Persian Music Ensemble\u003c/a> at the West Valley Branch Library in San José at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Easter\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Easter is celebrated on the Sunday after the first full moon, which \u003c/a>occurs after the spring equinox. For those celebrating this year, Easter will be observed on Sunday, March 31, since \u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/16830-full-moon-calendar.html\">the first full moon occurs on Monday, March 25.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a free egg hunt for the whole family, there are several happening at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.millvalleyrecreation.org/830/Spring-Faire\">Mill Valley Spring Faire\u003c/a> on Saturday, March 23, with different events for different ages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ostara\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/the-origins-and-practices-of-holidays-ostara-holi-and-purim/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ostara is a Wiccan holiday\u003c/a> that celebrates fertility, rebirth and renewal. Rituals during Ostara can include learning about the goddess Ostara, meditation, going outdoors to celebrate the awakening of nature and more. Because spring is the start of the growing season, a common way to celebrate Ostara is to plant seeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other cultural or religious holidays, such as \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival\">the Moon Festival\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holi\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christmas\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Higan\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaratri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Navaratri\u003c/a>, are also celebrated around the equinoxes in March and September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Other free spring equinox events around the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Alameda: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/3888596448037979/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2252%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22invite_link_id%5C%22%3A876228170851197%7D%7D%5D%22%7D\">Spring Equinox Celebration and Volunteer Day at Bay Area Makerfarm\u003c/a>, March 17.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Belvedere Tiburon: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/equinox-at-turtle-rock-tickets-825750460857?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Guided Equinox hike at Turtle Rock\u003c/a>, March 19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>San Francisco: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-equinox-inner-sunset-art-walk-tickets-846543774217#:~:text=Spring%20Equinox%20Inner%20Sunset%20Art,at%205%3A00%20PM%20%7C%20Eventbrite\">Spring Equinox Inner Sunset Art Walk\u003c/a>, March 22.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story was published on March 17, 2022.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem> KQED’s Carly Severn contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>How many of you were born on Feb. 29? Well, happy upcoming birthday, 2024! You get to celebrate in your actual birth month, not your surrogate party day, March 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An extra day to play\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Leap year is upon us, giving us a chance once again to get some extra stuff done and ponder one of nature’s cycles — in this case, the ongoing role of Earth spinning through the days and revolving around the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every four years, \u003ca href=\"https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/science-leap-year\">we add an extra day\u003c/a> to the calendar, tacked onto the end of February. Why bother? Why not just celebrate the textbook 365 days every year?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Earth’s clock ticks to its own rhythm\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The answer is that Earth doesn’t keep perfect time like your smartphone does (neither does your smartphone, really, but it periodically syncs to a highly accurate \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/missions/tech-demonstration/deep-space-atomic-clock/what-is-an-atomic-clock/\">atomic clock\u003c/a> time to give you that impression). And, like your smartphone aligning itself to atomic time, Earth and the solar calendar must be occasionally synched to make up the difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991495\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991495\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/leap-common-tropical_years-DMID1-5xo7g6oek-640x359-nasa-tonyrice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/leap-common-tropical_years-DMID1-5xo7g6oek-640x359-nasa-tonyrice.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/leap-common-tropical_years-DMID1-5xo7g6oek-640x359-nasa-tonyrice-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The common (calendar) year is 365 days, compared to the tropical year, which is 365.24 days. Every four years, an extra day is added to the calendar on Leap Year to make up the difference.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://sciencing.com/difference-between-lunar-calendar-solar-calendar-22648.html\">solar calendar\u003c/a> is based on the seasonal cycle of the sun and Earth, where natural events like the winter and summer \u003ca href=\"https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/solstice/\">solstices\u003c/a>, or the vernal and autumn \u003ca href=\"https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/equinox/\">equinoxes\u003c/a>, happen on the same calendar days every year. And the calendar would remain in step with those events if Earth actually took exactly 365 days to go around the sun. Noon on the winter solstice would take place every 365 days without fail, and that would be that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In reality, Earth takes an extra quarter day (5.8 hours to be exact) to complete one orbit around the sun, so the exact time of winter solstice, or midnight on Jan. 1, or the moment of your birth gradually slides on the calendar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celebrating New Year, your birthday or whatever 5.8 hours later than last year would be no big deal, and you wouldn’t notice the difference from one year to the next anyway. But over time, the deficit builds up and eventually becomes noticeable without slowing down the calendar with that extra leap year day. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In reality, Earth takes an extra quarter day (5.8 hours to be exact) to complete one orbit around the sun, so the exact time of winter solstice, or midnight on Jan. 1, or the moment of your birth gradually slides on the calendar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celebrating New Year, your birthday or whatever 5.8 hours later than last year would be no big deal, and you wouldn’t notice the difference from one year to the next anyway. But over time, the deficit builds up and eventually becomes noticeable without slowing down the calendar with that extra leap year day. Left unadjusted, events like the solstice or equinox would migrate several weeks on the calendar over your lifetime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991496\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1320px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1991496 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/1_dsac-satellite.width-1320-NASA.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of a blocky satellite and large square clock. \" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/1_dsac-satellite.width-1320-NASA.jpg 1320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/1_dsac-satellite.width-1320-NASA-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/1_dsac-satellite.width-1320-NASA-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/1_dsac-satellite.width-1320-NASA-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/1_dsac-satellite.width-1320-NASA-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 2019, NASA launched the Deep Space Atomic Clock experiment on the General Atomics’ Orbital Test Bed spacecraft. DSAC is a technology concept for equipping future deep space missions with onboard atomic clocks for navigation instead of relying on Earth-based clocks to supply accurate time.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Nature’s beat\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Our calendars and clocks are designed to track time in a rigid, metronome-like cadence, but the actual natural cycles they are based on are more fluid, like a symphony of string and wind instruments. The drum-beat tempo of the clock must follow the lead of nature’s flowing composition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even the speed at which \u003ca href=\"https://phys.org/news/2014-11-earth-orbit-sun.html\">Earth moves around the sun\u003c/a> does not remain steady but grows and ebbs cyclically as our planet falls along its elliptical orbit, speeding up and slowing down like a rollercoaster car on a looping track and making the Northern Hemisphere’s summer season about five days longer than winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, enjoy the ride! This year, you have an extra day to do it.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The dazzling finale of a season of meteor showers is at hand!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late Wednesday night on Dec. 13 and into Thursday morning on Dec. 14, the Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak activity. Considered one of the year’s most spectacular and reliable showers, the Geminids produce as many as 120 meteors every hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The December Geminids are a bit like the fireworks finale, except for a season of meteor showers that started with the August Perseids and moved along through the Orionids in October and the Lyrids in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How and when to see Geminids\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To see the Geminids, plan a late-night trip to a viewing location as far from city lights as you can get, and dress warmly. Bring something to sit or lay down on — a chair or a picnic blanket — and get comfortable. 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The constellation Cancer is to the left, and the V-shape of stars forming the head of Taurus the Bull is on the right. The bright yellow dots around the twins’ heads mark the appearance of 388 individual Geminids meteors, revealing the shower’s “radiant” point. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By midnight, the region of the sky the meteors will appear to fly from — the \u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/constellations/gemini-heres-your-constellation/\">constellation Gemini\u003c/a>, this shower’s “radiant” — will be high in the eastern sky, almost directly overhead. The twin stars Castor and Pollux mark the spot to \u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/geminids.html\">center your gaze on\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Relax, taking the entire sky into your gaze. Meteors can appear anywhere in the sky at any moment. Each fiery streak of light you see can be a thrill, and with a shower like the Geminids, there will be plenty to see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geminids meteors are bright and move fast, and tend to be yellow in color. And this year, the moon will be absent from the night sky, only slightly past its new phase, so there will be no moonlight to interfere with viewing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What causes the Geminids shower?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/geminids/\">Geminids\u003c/a>, like all meteor showers, are the result of Earth passing through a cloud of dust in space. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Relax, taking the entire sky into your gaze. Meteors can appear anywhere in the sky at any moment. Each fiery streak of light you see can be a thrill, and with a shower like the Geminids, there will be plenty to see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geminids meteors are bright and move fast, and tend to be yellow in color. And this year, the moon will be absent from the night sky, only slightly past its new phase, so there will be no moonlight to interfere with viewing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What causes the Geminids shower?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/geminids/\">Geminids\u003c/a>, like all meteor showers, are the result of Earth passing through a cloud of dust in space. The bits of dust, most no larger than a pebble, are incinerated by friction when they hit our atmosphere at speeds of tens of miles per second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985658\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985658 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/12/3200phaethon-illustration-NASAJPL-CaltechIPAC.jpg\" alt=\"A puffy-donut looking planet emits yellow gas. \" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/12/3200phaethon-illustration-NASAJPL-CaltechIPAC.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/12/3200phaethon-illustration-NASAJPL-CaltechIPAC-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/12/3200phaethon-illustration-NASAJPL-CaltechIPAC-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/12/3200phaethon-illustration-NASAJPL-CaltechIPAC-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/12/3200phaethon-illustration-NASAJPL-CaltechIPAC-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration of the asteroid, or so-called ‘rock comet,’ 3200 Phaethon, source of the dust that forms the Geminids meteor shower. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The source of dust for most meteor showers is comets, so-called “dirty snowballs” that pass close to the sun and spew out gas when some of their frozen materials evaporate, leaving a trail of debris in their wake. If the comet’s path happens to cross Earth’s orbit, we can see a meteor shower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We see meteor showers in the morning hours, when we’re located on the side of the Earth leading into the dust cloud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Geminids shower is special. Its dust particles were not left behind by a comet but by a sun-grazing asteroid named 3200 Phaethon. Phaethon’s behavior of shedding dust like a comet has astronomers thinking it could be the rocky remnant core of a dead comet, one whose volatile ice has mostly been lost over time. More recent observations have highlighted the possibility that 3200 Phaethon \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids-comet-like-tail-is-not-made-of-dust-solar-observatories-reveal/\">may not shed dust at all\u003c/a>, as a typical comet does, but may have ejected the Geminids material long ago in a cataclysmic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985660 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/12/PIA22185.gif\" alt=\"A gray fuzzy gif of an asteroid. \" width=\"240\" height=\"240\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Animation of a sequence of radio telescope images of the asteroid 3200 Phaethon, created by the Arecibo Observatory. \u003ccite>(NASA/Arecibo Observatory/NSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>3200 Phaethon orbits the sun every 1.4 years and is little more than three miles in diameter. Like most comets Phaethon’s orbit is highly elliptical, and carries it within 13 million miles of the sun — three times closer than the planet Mercury!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Meteor showers through the year\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meteor showers\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> occur throughout the year, and there are no fewer than 40 \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.go-astronomy.com/solar-system/meteors.php\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">recognized annual showers\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, each supplied by a different sun-grazing comet — not all of which have even been discovered. Most of these showers produce few meteors, some as low as two or three meteors per hour. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Geminids, however, top the charts with the highest rates and brighter-than-average meteors, so if you can only manage to get up for one or two meteor showers each year, this one should be first on your list.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The annual \u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/leonids/\">Leonids meteor shower\u003c/a> will reach peak activity on the morning of Nov. 18 this year, when it is expected to produce 10-15 meteors per hour under good weather conditions and dark skies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to see them, target your viewing hours anytime from midnight to dawn on Saturday morning — though meteor activity may increase as the morning hours grow later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985364 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2.jpg\" alt=\"Blue and yellow streaks across the star-filled night sky. \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Timed exposure capturing several luminous trails of the Leonids meteor shower \u003ccite>(Eastbay Astronomical Society/Carter Roberts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>How to watch, what to look for\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The key to a good meteor viewing experience is timing and location. Timing-wise, the best hours are after midnight, in the early morning, between 2–4 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for location, your two watchwords should be safe and dark, as far from sources of urban light pollution as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A clear view of the eastern sky, without obstructions like trees, hills or buildings, is also important. The sky is the canvas on which the meteor shower paints its luminous streaks, so like any art gallery experience, there should be nothing blocking your line of sight to this work of art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Leonids’ “radiant” point — the spot in the sky the meteors appear to streak from — is in the\u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/constellations/leo-heres-your-constellation/\"> constellation Leo\u003c/a>, the Lion, recognizable by the backward question mark formed by some of its stars. The bright star Regulus punctuates the dot of the question mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1101px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985363 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18.jpg\" alt=\"Constelations of ranging shapes and sizes. \" width=\"1101\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18.jpg 1101w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18-800x583.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18-768x559.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1101px) 100vw, 1101px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An eastward view of the sky at 3 a.m. on Nov. 18, centered on the constellation Leo, the radiant point of the Leonids meteor shower. \u003ccite>(Ben Burress/Made using Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leo rises on the eastern horizon around midnight and spends the rest of the morning climbing higher into the sky. By dawn, it is high above the southeastern horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get comfortable. Bring a chair or a blanket to roll out on the ground. Meteor hunting takes patience, and you’ll have the best experience if you spend at least an hour, preferably more, under the stars. Gaze eastward, taking in as much of the sky as you can. Though meteors will appear to streak from Leo, they can appear anywhere in the sky anytime.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>Dark skies\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Though we live in a sprawling metropolitan area and the skies are inundated by urban light pollution, there are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\">plenty of spots\u003c/a> fringing the Bay Area where the sky is partially shielded and relatively darker — or, at least, less bright — conditions can be found. In the South Bay, Henry Coe State Park is a good location. There are some roadside opportunities on the peninsula east of Skyline Blvd. In the East Bay, the Sunol area, Mount Diablo, the East Bay hills and Tilden Park are places to consider. And northward toward Sonoma and Napa counties provide plenty of rural back roads that offer dark promise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just check the weather to gauge how clouds or fog might impact viewing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that the waxing crescent moon sets early, leaving meteor-watching hours unimpacted by moonlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What is a meteor shower?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/meteor.html\">meteor\u003c/a>, or “shooting star,” is a tiny speck of rock or metal that hits Earth’s atmosphere at high speed and burns up in a fiery flash. If you’ve watched a video of a spacecraft reentering Earth’s atmosphere on its way home and falling in a bright streaking shroud, then you’ve seen the phenomenon that produces a meteor. In the case of the spacecraft, its speed is a mere few thousand miles per hour, while a typical meteor hits the atmosphere, moving tens of miles per second, making it fall fast and furious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 483px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985358 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/1036624main_leonid-1999-nasa.jpg\" alt=\"Streaking white lines across a dark night sky. \" width=\"483\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/1036624main_leonid-1999-nasa.jpg 483w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/1036624main_leonid-1999-nasa-160x94.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leonids meteor “storm” during increased activity in 1999 \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/meteor-shower-calendar/\">meteor shower\u003c/a> happens when the Earth moves through a trail of dust left behind by a comet sometime in the past. A comet is like a big, dirty snowball, and when it gets close to the sun, some of its ice is heated and evaporates, carrying into space dust that scatters in the comet’s trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Earth itself moves around the sun at a speed of 18 miles per second, and when combined with the orbital velocity of the dust stream, meteor entry speeds can reach 20 or 30 miles per second. The result here on the ground is a meteor shower, with individual meteors appearing to fall from the direction the Earth is moving through space — the shower’s radiant point. This is why we typically only see a meteor shower in the morning hours when our location is on the side of the Earth moving forward into the dust stream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteors you see burn up high in the atmosphere, at altitudes of 40 to 50 miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Cometary Origin\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comet that left behind the stream of dust that is the source of Leonids meteors is called 55\u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/55p-tempel-tuttle/\">/Temple-Tuttle\u003c/a>. Temple-Tuttle orbits the sun once every 33 years and was last seen in our part of the solar system back in 1998. The comet will return in 2031, adding more dust to its orbital trail and potentially boosting future Leonids activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 683px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1985359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_.jpg 683w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_-160x113.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anatomy of a comet. The dust trail left behind by a comet as it passes near the sun is the source of meteor showers. When the Earth moves through the dust tail, bits of dust are incinerated by friction in the atmosphere.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the Leonids have been known to produce meteor storms following the close passage of Temple-Tuttle. In 1966, Leonids fell at a breathtaking rate of thousands of meteors per minute for some observers. Following its 1998 passage, Leonids’ activity increased impressively over the next two or three years — though nothing like the storm of 1966.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The annual \u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/leonids/\">Leonids meteor shower\u003c/a> will reach peak activity on the morning of Nov. 18 this year, when it is expected to produce 10-15 meteors per hour under good weather conditions and dark skies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to see them, target your viewing hours anytime from midnight to dawn on Saturday morning — though meteor activity may increase as the morning hours grow later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985364 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2.jpg\" alt=\"Blue and yellow streaks across the star-filled night sky. \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Timed exposure capturing several luminous trails of the Leonids meteor shower \u003ccite>(Eastbay Astronomical Society/Carter Roberts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>How to watch, what to look for\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The key to a good meteor viewing experience is timing and location. Timing-wise, the best hours are after midnight, in the early morning, between 2–4 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for location, your two watchwords should be safe and dark, as far from sources of urban light pollution as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A clear view of the eastern sky, without obstructions like trees, hills or buildings, is also important. The sky is the canvas on which the meteor shower paints its luminous streaks, so like any art gallery experience, there should be nothing blocking your line of sight to this work of art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Leonids’ “radiant” point — the spot in the sky the meteors appear to streak from — is in the\u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/constellations/leo-heres-your-constellation/\"> constellation Leo\u003c/a>, the Lion, recognizable by the backward question mark formed by some of its stars. The bright star Regulus punctuates the dot of the question mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1101px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985363 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18.jpg\" alt=\"Constelations of ranging shapes and sizes. \" width=\"1101\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18.jpg 1101w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18-800x583.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/stellarium-leo-nov18-768x559.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1101px) 100vw, 1101px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An eastward view of the sky at 3 a.m. on Nov. 18, centered on the constellation Leo, the radiant point of the Leonids meteor shower. \u003ccite>(Ben Burress/Made using Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leo rises on the eastern horizon around midnight and spends the rest of the morning climbing higher into the sky. By dawn, it is high above the southeastern horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get comfortable. Bring a chair or a blanket to roll out on the ground. Meteor hunting takes patience, and you’ll have the best experience if you spend at least an hour, preferably more, under the stars. Gaze eastward, taking in as much of the sky as you can. Though meteors will appear to streak from Leo, they can appear anywhere in the sky anytime.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>Dark skies\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Though we live in a sprawling metropolitan area and the skies are inundated by urban light pollution, there are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\">plenty of spots\u003c/a> fringing the Bay Area where the sky is partially shielded and relatively darker — or, at least, less bright — conditions can be found. In the South Bay, Henry Coe State Park is a good location. There are some roadside opportunities on the peninsula east of Skyline Blvd. In the East Bay, the Sunol area, Mount Diablo, the East Bay hills and Tilden Park are places to consider. And northward toward Sonoma and Napa counties provide plenty of rural back roads that offer dark promise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just check the weather to gauge how clouds or fog might impact viewing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that the waxing crescent moon sets early, leaving meteor-watching hours unimpacted by moonlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What is a meteor shower?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/meteor.html\">meteor\u003c/a>, or “shooting star,” is a tiny speck of rock or metal that hits Earth’s atmosphere at high speed and burns up in a fiery flash. If you’ve watched a video of a spacecraft reentering Earth’s atmosphere on its way home and falling in a bright streaking shroud, then you’ve seen the phenomenon that produces a meteor. In the case of the spacecraft, its speed is a mere few thousand miles per hour, while a typical meteor hits the atmosphere, moving tens of miles per second, making it fall fast and furious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 483px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1985358 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/1036624main_leonid-1999-nasa.jpg\" alt=\"Streaking white lines across a dark night sky. \" width=\"483\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/1036624main_leonid-1999-nasa.jpg 483w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/1036624main_leonid-1999-nasa-160x94.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leonids meteor “storm” during increased activity in 1999 \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/meteor-shower-calendar/\">meteor shower\u003c/a> happens when the Earth moves through a trail of dust left behind by a comet sometime in the past. A comet is like a big, dirty snowball, and when it gets close to the sun, some of its ice is heated and evaporates, carrying into space dust that scatters in the comet’s trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Earth itself moves around the sun at a speed of 18 miles per second, and when combined with the orbital velocity of the dust stream, meteor entry speeds can reach 20 or 30 miles per second. The result here on the ground is a meteor shower, with individual meteors appearing to fall from the direction the Earth is moving through space — the shower’s radiant point. This is why we typically only see a meteor shower in the morning hours when our location is on the side of the Earth moving forward into the dust stream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteors you see burn up high in the atmosphere, at altitudes of 40 to 50 miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Cometary Origin\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comet that left behind the stream of dust that is the source of Leonids meteors is called 55\u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/55p-tempel-tuttle/\">/Temple-Tuttle\u003c/a>. Temple-Tuttle orbits the sun once every 33 years and was last seen in our part of the solar system back in 1998. The comet will return in 2031, adding more dust to its orbital trail and potentially boosting future Leonids activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1985359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 683px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1985359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_.jpg 683w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_-160x113.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anatomy of a comet. The dust trail left behind by a comet as it passes near the sun is the source of meteor showers. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s been a while since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1914768/live-blog-the-great-american-solar-eclipse\">the last solar eclipse, which swept the U.S. from Oregon eastward \u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2017\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, briefly darkening the day for the thousands of people who planned ahead and put themselves in the path of the moon’s shadow. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#ringoffireeclipsetime\">What time can I see this weekend’s annular solar eclipse in the Bay Area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all that’s happened in the interim, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1914933/video-photos-totality-eclipse\">that solar eclipse six years ago\u003c/a> may feel like ancient history now. But we’re about to enter a remarkable season of solar eclipses that will be visible from most of the country. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, mark your calendar for April 8, 2024, when a major total solar eclipse will cut from Texas to Maine. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But thankfully, we don’t have to wait that long to see a partial solar eclipse — because one’s right around the corner on Saturday, October 14, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/13/1205286727/heres-how-you-can-see-saturdays-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse\">a striking “ring of fire” effect will be visible to certain eclipse watchers\u003c/a>. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>When is Saturday’s annular solar eclipse happening?\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 728px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984363\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/Clipboard01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/Clipboard01.jpg 728w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/Clipboard01-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map showing the path of the Oct. 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse. The path of greatest eclipse is shown in red, and the surrounding grid shows the amount of partial blockage by location (example, 0.80 = 80%) \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the morning of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2023/oct-14-annular/where-when/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, October 14\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an eclipse will darken the sky, coming ashore at the central Oregon coast, clipping across northern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and New Mexico, and finally through south central Texas, departing into the Gulf of Mexico through San Antonio and Corpus Christi.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, the moon’s shadow will sweep over the Yucatán peninsula and Central America, then cut across Colombia and Brazil before diminishing into the Atlantic Ocean.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will be an \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/about-eclipses/types/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">annular eclipse\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> — an “almost” total solar eclipse — that takes place when the moon is farther from Earth than average, and its disk isn’t large enough to completely cover the sun.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 938px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-13.jpg 938w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-13-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-13-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Partial phase of an annular solar eclipse in 2012, as seen from Chabot Space & Science Center. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space & Science Center / Conrad Jung)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you live along the central path of the eclipse, you will see the moon block off most of the sun, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/how-to-watch-annular-solar-eclipse-ring-of-fire-october-14\">a thin outline of sunlight will peek out around the perimeter in a bright ring\u003c/a>, or annulus. \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2023-annular-eclipse-guide\">See where you’d be able to see this famous “ring of fire” effect.\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ringoffireeclipsetime\">\u003c/a>Can I see the annular solar eclipse in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter where you are in the U.S. you will see at least a partial solar eclipse, with the moon obscuring some percentage of the sun from view and forming a bright crescent. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The closer an observer’s location to the central path, the more of the sun will be blocked and the darker the day will get.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 938px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-7.jpg 938w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-7-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solar eclipse viewing event at Chabot Space & Science Center in 2012. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space & Science Center / Conrad Jung)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here in the Bay Area the partial eclipse begins a few minutes after 8 a.m. But unless you’re viewing it through special sun-safe telescope equipment, you won’t notice anything at first.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By 8:30 a.m. you will easily notice it, as if a bite were taken from the edge of the sun. And f\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or the Bay Area, maximum eclipse happens at 9:19 a.m., when 78% of the sun will be blocked — and the day will noticeably darken. (Remember: \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2023-annular-eclipse-guide\">we won’t see that “ring of fire” here in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to safely observe the annular eclipse\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you’re planning to witness the eclipse with your own eyes, be careful not to look directly at the sun, even when it is being blocked by the moon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? There’s still enough brightness and ultraviolet radiation in even a small glint of sunlight to damage your eyes if you stare at it directly.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to observe a solar eclipse is either through special darkened filters (ordinary sunglasses will not protect your eyes), or by projecting an image of the sun with a small telescope.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 938px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-2.jpg 938w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteer at Chabot Space & Science Center projecting an image of a solar eclipse in 2012. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space & Science Center / Conrad Jung)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A word of caution: Never point a telescope at the sun — even to project its image — unless you know how to do it safely. And never look directly at the sun through an ordinary telescope.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safe \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eclipseglasses.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sun-viewing glasses\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be purchased online for a few dollars. Make sure to place your order early enough to get them before the eclipse.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also find instructions on the internet for building a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pinhole camera projector\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> — which can be as simple as casting a shadow on a piece of white paper with something that has small holes in it, like a cooking colander or a cheese grater. (Or even a clenched fist.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984355\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520183226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520183226.jpg 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520183226-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casting a tiny spot of sunlight through a ‘pinhole’ forms an image of the sun — or in this picture, the crescent of a partial solar eclipse. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space & Science Center / Jon Braidman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another thing to watch for during the eclipse is the fun dance of the shadows. Look in the shadows of things like bushes and trees during the eclipse and you may find a spray of tiny crescents scattered where rays of sunlight slip through.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984354\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520182515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520182515.jpg 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520182515-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of ‘pinhole images’ of a partial solar eclipse seen in spots of light projected between the leaves of a tree. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space & Science Center / Jon Braidman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each crescent you see is a tiny image of the sun and moon engaged in their eclipsing dance!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Planning ahead: What do I need to know about the solar eclipse in April 2024?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October’s annular eclipse will give us a taste of the experience of a total solar eclipse: One of the most breathtaking celestial events seen from the surface of the Earth.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2024/apr-8-total/where-when/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next April\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a total solar eclipse will take place along a narrow strip of North America, starting in Mexico and heading northeast through Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Vermont and Maine.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to stand in the total shadow of the moon, book your hotel rooms now — if you can find any vacancies.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story was originally published on October 6.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, the moon’s shadow will sweep over the Yucatán peninsula and Central America, then cut across Colombia and Brazil before diminishing into the Atlantic Ocean.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will be an \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/about-eclipses/types/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">annular eclipse\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> — an “almost” total solar eclipse — that takes place when the moon is farther from Earth than average, and its disk isn’t large enough to completely cover the sun.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 938px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-13.jpg 938w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-13-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-13-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Partial phase of an annular solar eclipse in 2012, as seen from Chabot Space & Science Center. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space & Science Center / Conrad Jung)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you live along the central path of the eclipse, you will see the moon block off most of the sun, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/how-to-watch-annular-solar-eclipse-ring-of-fire-october-14\">a thin outline of sunlight will peek out around the perimeter in a bright ring\u003c/a>, or annulus. \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2023-annular-eclipse-guide\">See where you’d be able to see this famous “ring of fire” effect.\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ringoffireeclipsetime\">\u003c/a>Can I see the annular solar eclipse in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter where you are in the U.S. you will see at least a partial solar eclipse, with the moon obscuring some percentage of the sun from view and forming a bright crescent. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The closer an observer’s location to the central path, the more of the sun will be blocked and the darker the day will get.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 938px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-7.jpg 938w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-7-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solar eclipse viewing event at Chabot Space & Science Center in 2012. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space & Science Center / Conrad Jung)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here in the Bay Area the partial eclipse begins a few minutes after 8 a.m. But unless you’re viewing it through special sun-safe telescope equipment, you won’t notice anything at first.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By 8:30 a.m. you will easily notice it, as if a bite were taken from the edge of the sun. And f\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or the Bay Area, maximum eclipse happens at 9:19 a.m., when 78% of the sun will be blocked — and the day will noticeably darken. (Remember: \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2023-annular-eclipse-guide\">we won’t see that “ring of fire” here in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to safely observe the annular eclipse\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you’re planning to witness the eclipse with your own eyes, be careful not to look directly at the sun, even when it is being blocked by the moon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? There’s still enough brightness and ultraviolet radiation in even a small glint of sunlight to damage your eyes if you stare at it directly.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to observe a solar eclipse is either through special darkened filters (ordinary sunglasses will not protect your eyes), or by projecting an image of the sun with a small telescope.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 938px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"938\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-2.jpg 938w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/cjungMay20eclipse-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteer at Chabot Space & Science Center projecting an image of a solar eclipse in 2012. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space & Science Center / Conrad Jung)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A word of caution: Never point a telescope at the sun — even to project its image — unless you know how to do it safely. And never look directly at the sun through an ordinary telescope.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safe \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eclipseglasses.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sun-viewing glasses\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be purchased online for a few dollars. Make sure to place your order early enough to get them before the eclipse.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also find instructions on the internet for building a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pinhole camera projector\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> — which can be as simple as casting a shadow on a piece of white paper with something that has small holes in it, like a cooking colander or a cheese grater. (Or even a clenched fist.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984355\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520183226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520183226.jpg 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520183226-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casting a tiny spot of sunlight through a ‘pinhole’ forms an image of the sun — or in this picture, the crescent of a partial solar eclipse. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space & Science Center / Jon Braidman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another thing to watch for during the eclipse is the fun dance of the shadows. Look in the shadows of things like bushes and trees during the eclipse and you may find a spray of tiny crescents scattered where rays of sunlight slip through.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984354\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520182515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520182515.jpg 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/20120520182515-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of ‘pinhole images’ of a partial solar eclipse seen in spots of light projected between the leaves of a tree. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space & Science Center / Jon Braidman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each crescent you see is a tiny image of the sun and moon engaged in their eclipsing dance!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Planning ahead: What do I need to know about the solar eclipse in April 2024?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October’s annular eclipse will give us a taste of the experience of a total solar eclipse: One of the most breathtaking celestial events seen from the surface of the Earth.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2024/apr-8-total/where-when/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next April\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a total solar eclipse will take place along a narrow strip of North America, starting in Mexico and heading northeast through Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Vermont and Maine.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to stand in the total shadow of the moon, book your hotel rooms now — if you can find any vacancies.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If you’re looking for a breath of fresh air, we have just the thing: the newly-crowned winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The London Museum of History, which runs the prestigious contest, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/october/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2023-winning-images.html?utm_source=tw-link-post-20231010-jh&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wpy59\">revealed the winning images\u003c/a> at a ceremony on Tuesday. It said an international panel of expert judges chose the 19 category winners out of 49,957 entries from 95 countries, based on their originality, narrative, technical excellence, and ethical practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The images take us underwater, deep into the woods and high above cities. They come from different parts of the world and tell the stories of various species. But they all showcase the diversity — and precarity — of life on Earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whilst inspiring absolute awe and wonder, this year’s winning images present compelling evidence of our impact on nature — both positive and negative,” said Doug Gurr, the director of the Natural History Museum. “Global promises must shift to action to turn the tide on nature’s decline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s especially true of the two grand title winners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984623\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 958px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984623\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/amit-eshel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-a754f9d8493a8da8f20781266e4704cb3135bf5e.jpg\" alt=\"An image of two mountain goats on a mountain, clashing with each other.\" width=\"958\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/amit-eshel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-a754f9d8493a8da8f20781266e4704cb3135bf5e.jpg 958w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/amit-eshel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-a754f9d8493a8da8f20781266e4704cb3135bf5e-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/amit-eshel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-a754f9d8493a8da8f20781266e4704cb3135bf5e-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/amit-eshel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-a754f9d8493a8da8f20781266e4704cb3135bf5e-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Animals in their Environment Winner: Life on the edge. Zin Desert, Israel. Two Nubian ibex clashed on a cliffside for about 15 minutes before one surrendered and they parted ways without serious injury. \u003ccite>(Amit Eshel/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>French marine biologist and underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta was awarded Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his “otherworldly” image of a tri-spine horseshoe crab accompanied by three golden trevallies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is actually his second win, which contest organizers say is unprecedented. He took home the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/10/13/1045692906/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2021-winners\">grand title in 2021\u003c/a> for his images of mating camouflage groupers in French Polynesia. Both portfolios focused on endangered species in protected waters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tri-spine horseshoe crabs have survived for more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/animals-we-protect/horseshoe-crab/#:~:text=Meet%20the%20Horseshoe%20Crab&text=Not%20true%20crabs%2C%20but%20more,before%20the%20dinosaurs%20even%20arrived.\">100 million years\u003c/a>. Fossil evidence from Lebanon shows they were scuttling through warm waters at the same time dinosaurs roamed the land and skies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they are now under threat from habitat destruction and overfishing, with hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs harvested annually to be used both as bait for other species and for scientific research. Their blue blood is used in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/06/10/1180761446/coastal-biomedical-labs-are-bleeding-more-horseshoe-crabs-with-little-accountabi\">development of vaccines\u003c/a> — though that could \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/09/23/1200620535/vaccines-are-still-tested-with-horseshoe-crab-blood-the-industry-is-finally-chan\">soon start to change\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ballesta documented the species as they feed, mate and thrive in the protected waters of Pangatalan Island in the Philippines. The Natural History museum said the images took the judges by surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To see a horseshoe crab so vibrantly alive in its natural habitat, in such a hauntingly beautiful way, was astonishing,” said jury chair Kathy Moran. “We are looking at an ancient species, highly endangered, and also critical to human health. This photo is luminescent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984624\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1133px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984624\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e.jpg\" alt=\"Two owls are seen perched in a window of an abandoned building. Graffiti is seen on the building. Red, yellow, and orange lights are seen in front of the building.\" width=\"1133\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e.jpg 1133w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1133px) 100vw, 1133px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">15–17 Years Winner: Owls’ road house. Hof HaSharon, Israel. The photographer snapped this shot of several barn owls in the window of an abandoned building, using long exposure times to capture the light of passing traffic. \u003ccite>(Carmel Bechler/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award went to 17-year-old Carmel Bechler of Israel for his dynamic shot of barn owls in an abandoned roadside building. He used natural light and long exposure times to capture the light from passing traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bechler said his work aims to show that “the beauty of the natural world is all around us, even in places where we least expect it to be, we just need to open our eyes and our minds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the judges, the contrast between the neon lights and nesting owls highlights a growing tension between humans and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It simultaneously screams ‘habitat destruction’ and ‘adaptation,’ begging the question: If wildlife can adapt to our environment, why can’t we respect theirs?” Moran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other winning shots raise similar questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984625\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1275px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984625\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910.jpg\" alt=\"Two large white birds with long bills are seen facing each other wile looking up. \" width=\"1275\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910.jpg 1275w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1275px) 100vw, 1275px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natural Artistry Winner: The art of courtship. Noss National Nature Reserve, Shetland, Scotland, UK. Each summer the Isle of Noss hosts more than 22,000 northern gannets, which return to breed on the ledges carved by the elements. This species was hardest hit by the 2022 avian flu outbreak. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bigsby/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Karine Aigner of the U.S. won the photojournalist story award for her portfolio focused on hunting competitions in Texas, for example. Overhead views of a polluted river in Indonesia and bulldozed land in Mexico serve as stark reminders of the impact humans are having on their own environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the images will be on display as part of an exhibit at London Natural History Museum that opens Friday. It will tour across the U.K. and to other countries including Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and Singapore before it closes in late June 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then it will be nearly time to award a whole new batch of winners. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/Wildlife-Photographer-of-the-Year/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-announces-new-jury-and-competi.html\">historic 60th edition\u003c/a> of the competition will be accepting submissions starting Monday and until early December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, check out a sampling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery\">this year’s winners\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984626\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1277px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984626\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1277\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd.jpg 1277w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invertebrates Behavior Winner: Lights fantastic. Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. The photographer combined 50 19-second exposures to show the firefly flashes produced over 16 minutes in the forests near his hometown. \u003ccite>(Sriram Murali/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984627\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1275px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984627\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1275\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5.jpg 1275w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1275px) 100vw, 1275px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plants and Fungi Winner: Last breath of autumn. Mount Olympus, Pieria, Greece. Parasol mushrooms release spores from the gills under their cap. Some will land where there is moisture and food, enabling them to grow networks under the forest floor. \u003ccite>(Agorastos Papatsanis/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984628\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1277px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984628\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1277\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7.jpg 1277w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7-800x492.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7-1020x627.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7-768x472.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mammals Behavior Winner: Whales making waves. Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. A pod of B1 Antarctic killer whales prepare to ‘wave wash’ a weddell seal off a piece of sea ice and into the water so they can eat it. The bubbles are thought to be part of the way they communicate with each other to form these waves. \u003ccite>(Bertie Gregory/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984629\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984629\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birds Behavior Winner: Silence for the snake show. Guiana Space Center, between Kourou and Sinnamary, French Guiana. Trumpeters — named for their loud calls — spend most of their time foraging on the forest floor, eating ripe fruits, insects and the occasional small snake. The boa constrictor could have made a meal out of them. \u003ccite>(Hadrien Lalagüe/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984630\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984630\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rising Star Portfolio Award: Alpine exposure. Vercors Regional Natural Park, Rhône-Alpes, France. Melcarne skied 6 hours across a national park and spent a night in a temporary shelter to get early access to ibex territory. He thawed his camera with his breath to take this portrait. \u003ccite>(Luca Melcarne/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984631\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Underwater Winner: Hippo nursery. Kosi Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. A hippopotamus and her 2 offspring resting in the shallow clear-water lake. Hippos produce 1 calf every 2 to 3 years. \u003ccite>(Mike Korostelev/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984632\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984632\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vihaan-talya-vikas-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e11d7998f12fb54af0c9a0ddbe9b510bf1bad34c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vihaan-talya-vikas-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e11d7998f12fb54af0c9a0ddbe9b510bf1bad34c.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vihaan-talya-vikas-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e11d7998f12fb54af0c9a0ddbe9b510bf1bad34c-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vihaan-talya-vikas-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e11d7998f12fb54af0c9a0ddbe9b510bf1bad34c-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vihaan-talya-vikas-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e11d7998f12fb54af0c9a0ddbe9b510bf1bad34c-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vihaan-talya-vikas-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e11d7998f12fb54af0c9a0ddbe9b510bf1bad34c-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">10 Years and Younger Winner: The wall of wonder. Nallur Heritage Tamarind Grove, Karnataka, India. An ornamental tree trunk spider prevents its prey from escaping. To the photographer, it seemed the spider had positioned its web after being entranced by the sound of Krishna’s flute. \u003ccite>(Vihaan Talya Vikas/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984633\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1277px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vishnu-gopal-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-83d47990506029652857b92152c1e473782e7bdb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1277\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vishnu-gopal-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-83d47990506029652857b92152c1e473782e7bdb.jpg 1277w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vishnu-gopal-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-83d47990506029652857b92152c1e473782e7bdb-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vishnu-gopal-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-83d47990506029652857b92152c1e473782e7bdb-1020x728.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vishnu-gopal-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-83d47990506029652857b92152c1e473782e7bdb-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/vishnu-gopal-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-83d47990506029652857b92152c1e473782e7bdb-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Animal Portraits Winner: Face of the forest. Tapiraí, São Paulo, Brazil. A lowland tapir steps cautiously out of the swampy Brazilian rainforest. They rely on the forest for their diet of vegetation and in turn they act as seed dispersers — an important relationship threatened by habitat loss, illegal hunting and traffic collision. \u003ccite>(Vishnu Gopal/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984634\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1277px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/joan-de-la-malla-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-d76b0ad4a307d720645c32cc922642c9c19404ee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1277\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/joan-de-la-malla-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-d76b0ad4a307d720645c32cc922642c9c19404ee.jpg 1277w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/joan-de-la-malla-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-d76b0ad4a307d720645c32cc922642c9c19404ee-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/joan-de-la-malla-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-d76b0ad4a307d720645c32cc922642c9c19404ee-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/joan-de-la-malla-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-d76b0ad4a307d720645c32cc922642c9c19404ee-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/joan-de-la-malla-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-d76b0ad4a307d720645c32cc922642c9c19404ee-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wetlands Winner: The dead river. Ciliwung river, Jakarta, Indonesia. Plastic and human waste and agricultural fertilizers are suffocating the Ciliwung river. As a result, Jakarta’s residents must use groundwater for drinking water, which has resulted in widespread subsidence. The city is now sinking. \u003ccite>(Joan de la Malla/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Wildlife+Photographer+of+the+Year+winners+show+the+beauty+%E2%80%94+and+precarity+%E2%80%94+of+nature&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you’re looking for a breath of fresh air, we have just the thing: the newly-crowned winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The London Museum of History, which runs the prestigious contest, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/october/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2023-winning-images.html?utm_source=tw-link-post-20231010-jh&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wpy59\">revealed the winning images\u003c/a> at a ceremony on Tuesday. It said an international panel of expert judges chose the 19 category winners out of 49,957 entries from 95 countries, based on their originality, narrative, technical excellence, and ethical practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The images take us underwater, deep into the woods and high above cities. They come from different parts of the world and tell the stories of various species. But they all showcase the diversity — and precarity — of life on Earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whilst inspiring absolute awe and wonder, this year’s winning images present compelling evidence of our impact on nature — both positive and negative,” said Doug Gurr, the director of the Natural History Museum. “Global promises must shift to action to turn the tide on nature’s decline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s especially true of the two grand title winners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984623\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 958px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984623\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/amit-eshel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-a754f9d8493a8da8f20781266e4704cb3135bf5e.jpg\" alt=\"An image of two mountain goats on a mountain, clashing with each other.\" width=\"958\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/amit-eshel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-a754f9d8493a8da8f20781266e4704cb3135bf5e.jpg 958w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/amit-eshel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-a754f9d8493a8da8f20781266e4704cb3135bf5e-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/amit-eshel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-a754f9d8493a8da8f20781266e4704cb3135bf5e-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/amit-eshel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-a754f9d8493a8da8f20781266e4704cb3135bf5e-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Animals in their Environment Winner: Life on the edge. Zin Desert, Israel. Two Nubian ibex clashed on a cliffside for about 15 minutes before one surrendered and they parted ways without serious injury. \u003ccite>(Amit Eshel/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>French marine biologist and underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta was awarded Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his “otherworldly” image of a tri-spine horseshoe crab accompanied by three golden trevallies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is actually his second win, which contest organizers say is unprecedented. He took home the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/10/13/1045692906/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2021-winners\">grand title in 2021\u003c/a> for his images of mating camouflage groupers in French Polynesia. Both portfolios focused on endangered species in protected waters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tri-spine horseshoe crabs have survived for more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/animals-we-protect/horseshoe-crab/#:~:text=Meet%20the%20Horseshoe%20Crab&text=Not%20true%20crabs%2C%20but%20more,before%20the%20dinosaurs%20even%20arrived.\">100 million years\u003c/a>. Fossil evidence from Lebanon shows they were scuttling through warm waters at the same time dinosaurs roamed the land and skies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they are now under threat from habitat destruction and overfishing, with hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs harvested annually to be used both as bait for other species and for scientific research. Their blue blood is used in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/06/10/1180761446/coastal-biomedical-labs-are-bleeding-more-horseshoe-crabs-with-little-accountabi\">development of vaccines\u003c/a> — though that could \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/09/23/1200620535/vaccines-are-still-tested-with-horseshoe-crab-blood-the-industry-is-finally-chan\">soon start to change\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ballesta documented the species as they feed, mate and thrive in the protected waters of Pangatalan Island in the Philippines. The Natural History museum said the images took the judges by surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To see a horseshoe crab so vibrantly alive in its natural habitat, in such a hauntingly beautiful way, was astonishing,” said jury chair Kathy Moran. “We are looking at an ancient species, highly endangered, and also critical to human health. This photo is luminescent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984624\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1133px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984624\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e.jpg\" alt=\"Two owls are seen perched in a window of an abandoned building. Graffiti is seen on the building. Red, yellow, and orange lights are seen in front of the building.\" width=\"1133\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e.jpg 1133w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/carmel-bechler-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-8729ef5ee232adf6ee857257c2ca19b101585f4e-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1133px) 100vw, 1133px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">15–17 Years Winner: Owls’ road house. Hof HaSharon, Israel. The photographer snapped this shot of several barn owls in the window of an abandoned building, using long exposure times to capture the light of passing traffic. \u003ccite>(Carmel Bechler/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award went to 17-year-old Carmel Bechler of Israel for his dynamic shot of barn owls in an abandoned roadside building. He used natural light and long exposure times to capture the light from passing traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bechler said his work aims to show that “the beauty of the natural world is all around us, even in places where we least expect it to be, we just need to open our eyes and our minds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the judges, the contrast between the neon lights and nesting owls highlights a growing tension between humans and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It simultaneously screams ‘habitat destruction’ and ‘adaptation,’ begging the question: If wildlife can adapt to our environment, why can’t we respect theirs?” Moran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other winning shots raise similar questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984625\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1275px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984625\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910.jpg\" alt=\"Two large white birds with long bills are seen facing each other wile looking up. \" width=\"1275\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910.jpg 1275w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/rachel-bigsby-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-74f6f97b464b5ac71e3107a4dfbe47753d46f910-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1275px) 100vw, 1275px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natural Artistry Winner: The art of courtship. Noss National Nature Reserve, Shetland, Scotland, UK. Each summer the Isle of Noss hosts more than 22,000 northern gannets, which return to breed on the ledges carved by the elements. This species was hardest hit by the 2022 avian flu outbreak. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bigsby/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Karine Aigner of the U.S. won the photojournalist story award for her portfolio focused on hunting competitions in Texas, for example. Overhead views of a polluted river in Indonesia and bulldozed land in Mexico serve as stark reminders of the impact humans are having on their own environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the images will be on display as part of an exhibit at London Natural History Museum that opens Friday. It will tour across the U.K. and to other countries including Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and Singapore before it closes in late June 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then it will be nearly time to award a whole new batch of winners. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/Wildlife-Photographer-of-the-Year/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-announces-new-jury-and-competi.html\">historic 60th edition\u003c/a> of the competition will be accepting submissions starting Monday and until early December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, check out a sampling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery\">this year’s winners\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984626\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1277px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984626\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1277\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd.jpg 1277w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/sriram-murali-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-ba8229ce243613149b9c0a34dee53070d4c3b3fd-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invertebrates Behavior Winner: Lights fantastic. Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. The photographer combined 50 19-second exposures to show the firefly flashes produced over 16 minutes in the forests near his hometown. \u003ccite>(Sriram Murali/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984627\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1275px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984627\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1275\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5.jpg 1275w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/agorastos-papatsanis-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-de4c531da7c8309cc9674fc068a9a4644afcbca5-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1275px) 100vw, 1275px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plants and Fungi Winner: Last breath of autumn. Mount Olympus, Pieria, Greece. Parasol mushrooms release spores from the gills under their cap. Some will land where there is moisture and food, enabling them to grow networks under the forest floor. \u003ccite>(Agorastos Papatsanis/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984628\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1277px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984628\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1277\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7.jpg 1277w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7-800x492.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7-1020x627.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/bertie-gregory-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-c3c3509e57b55921444c3389282c8b914137beb7-768x472.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mammals Behavior Winner: Whales making waves. Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. A pod of B1 Antarctic killer whales prepare to ‘wave wash’ a weddell seal off a piece of sea ice and into the water so they can eat it. The bubbles are thought to be part of the way they communicate with each other to form these waves. \u003ccite>(Bertie Gregory/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984629\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984629\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/hadrien-lalag-e-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-e4661ca3904b5ff5092d1c30c329efe12bf02e21-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birds Behavior Winner: Silence for the snake show. Guiana Space Center, between Kourou and Sinnamary, French Guiana. Trumpeters — named for their loud calls — spend most of their time foraging on the forest floor, eating ripe fruits, insects and the occasional small snake. The boa constrictor could have made a meal out of them. \u003ccite>(Hadrien Lalagüe/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984630\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984630\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/luca-melcarne-1-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-51e8bf222b5e04f0847988b39a3ad3cc9b7f04d1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rising Star Portfolio Award: Alpine exposure. Vercors Regional Natural Park, Rhône-Alpes, France. Melcarne skied 6 hours across a national park and spent a night in a temporary shelter to get early access to ibex territory. He thawed his camera with his breath to take this portrait. \u003ccite>(Luca Melcarne/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984631\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/mike-korostelev-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year_custom-050380ba6255d8f74a8078caf620beea0c1178ae-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Underwater Winner: Hippo nursery. Kosi Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. A hippopotamus and her 2 offspring resting in the shallow clear-water lake. 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