The Great American Solar EclipseThe Great American Solar Eclipse
On Monday, August 21, Americans will celebrate the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to cross the U.S. from coast to coast. Don’t miss KQED’s live blog coverage, plus live radio reports at 6:22 AM and 8:22 AM from Oregon and Idaho, right here!
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The sky filled with stars and planets. An unusual sunset glowed from the horizon in every direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The total solar eclipse awed onlookers as it swept across America. People within a narrow 70-mile wide band witnessed totality, while the entire country was treated to a partial eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clear skies in Oregon set into motion a nationwide viewing event that had millions of Americans erupting into cheers or falling into stunned silence as the moon slipped in front of the sun. Social media sites erupted with photos, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/21/video-photos-totality-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">videos\u003c/a> and audio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traffic crept along as people parked along highways and overflowed campgrounds and festivals. The Oregon Department of Transportation estimated 1 million visitors descended on the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ww2.kqed_.orgwow_082117_final-800x800-5442b9928ce8b980eeef03387a1f41d4576c80ad.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1914926\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ww2.kqed_.orgwow_082117_final-800x800-5442b9928ce8b980eeef03387a1f41d4576c80ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If eclipse mania stoked any newfound fans they won’t have to wait too long for the next one. A total solar eclipse will travel from Texas to Maine on April 8, 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3 p.m. \u003c/strong>If you were stuck inside or blocked by clouds today don’t fret. You can watch NOVA’s \u003cem>Eclipse Over America\u003c/em>, tonight at 9 p.m. on KQED 9 and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/eclipse-over-america.html?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_term=20170811&utm_content=1024770444&linkId=40863874&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=KQEDScience\">streaming online.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOVA investigates the storied history of solar eclipse science and joins both seasoned and citizen-scientists alike as they don their eclipse glasses and tune their telescopes for the eclipse over America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1QPxE5BQbY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2:35 p.m. The first people to see this morning’s eclipse…\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>NASA astronaut Michael Barratt had his camera ready on board Alaska Airlines Flight 9671 this morning . The aircraft was destined out over the Pacific Ocean for the first glimpse of the total solar eclipse. Along with 100 other passengers, he pointed his camera out a round window as the moon slid in front of the sun. He had crafted a filter using a Chex cereal box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Lindsey Hoshaw was on the same flight with journalists, scientists, eclipse chasers and contest winners who cheered and even swore aloud when the sky darkened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Totality, Hoshaw said, was magical from mid-air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt like something out of a movie,” she said. “It was really inspiring to be around people who were so excited, who traveled all the way across the country to see something for two minutes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914962\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1914962\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska Airlines FLight 9671 flew out over the Pacific Ocean to intercept the path of the total solar eclipse. \" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alaska Airlines Flight 9671 flew out over the Pacific Ocean to intercept the path of the total solar eclipse. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cstrong>1:15 p.m. ‘The sky turned inside out’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who have chased eclipses around the world often speak of the transformative experience of totality. But KQED’s Danielle Venton says that researchers at the Lost River Field Station in Mackay, Idaho found today’s solar eclipse particularly special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe because the sun was high in the sky and the air was pretty clear up there,” Venton said. “The corona was strongly visible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were three “filaments” of solar wind visible to the scientists, who will be combing through the data they collected for months to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just with the naked eye we were able to see what looked like some coronal streamers, these long streaks of solar material coming away from the solar disk,” said Joseph Hutton, a researcher from Wales. “And maybe a few prominences, which showed up bright pink against the disk of the moon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even hours after what she called an astounding experience, Venton was exhilarated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“What was interesting was how the light changed,” she said. “It kind of felt more like moonlight. Shadows were especially vivid. There was this general feeling of euphoria, this wave of ‘Oh my god’s’ and gasps and cheering.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says that when totality blanketed the Lost River Field Station, the sky turned dark where it was once blue, while the horizon glowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt like the sky turned inside out,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12:42 p.m\u003c/strong>. KQED’s Lindsey Hoshaw captured the total solar eclipse from midair off the coast of Oregon on Alaska Airlines Flight 9671.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/lindseyhoshaw/status/899714181015814144\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there’s this crew on Mt. Tamalpais:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KQED/status/899714442811777025\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11:55 a.m.\u003c/strong> The Casper Star-Tribune has a collection of the best photos from today’s total solar eclipse \u003ca href=\"https://trib.com/news/local/casper/photos-the-eclipse/collection_a0c1844f-636e-5776-bc33-6ccb32cf3969.html\">here. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11:50 a.m.\u003c/strong> And just like that, totality has left American soil. Here’s a view of the total solar eclipse from Charleston, South Carolina.\u003cbr>\nhttps://twitter.com/channel1atlanta/status/899706355535290370\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11:20 a.m. This is what totality sounds like …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some gasp, some cheer, some sigh. And some sit silently in stunned awe. Listen to the exact moment eclipse viewers in Mackay, Idaho watched the sun disappear behind the moon and the sky go dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio mp3=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/eclipse-reax-lrfs.mp3\"][/audio]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1914926\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ww2.kqed_.orgwow_082117_final-800x800-5442b9928ce8b980eeef03387a1f41d4576c80ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\">\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:40 a.m.\u003c/strong> This is totality. The Exploratorium just shared this capture of their telescope stream from Madras, Oregon. Up next: Casper, Wyoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/exploratorium/status/899683596268589056\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:40 a.m. Schedule alert\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>11:46 a.m Peak in Charleston, South Carolina\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ls_embed_1503337000\" src=\"https://livestream.com/accounts/16944724/events/7659038/player?width=640&height=360&enableInfoAndActivity=true&defaultDrawer=&autoPlay=true&mute=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:20 a.m.\u003c/strong> The 75 percent partial eclipse shone through wispy fog as it peaked in the Bay Area at 10:15 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BYEGLGihFg5\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:45 a.m.\u003c/strong> KQED’s Danielle Venton reports cheering and applause as the moon edges in front of the sun at the Lost River Field Station in Idaho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/DanielleVenton/status/899671496523526144\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:40 a.m. \u003c/strong>Bay Area social media is currently cursing @KarlTheFog as the sun peeks in and out of view in San Francisco. The skies could clear for the end of the eclipse, but the East Bay will be the best bet for the 10:15 partial solar eclipse peak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KarlTheFog/status/899669507886546944\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:30 a.m.\u003c/strong> Oregon officials have warned that parking on the side of the road is illegal. This is the view of U.S. Highway 97 north of Redmond at 9:21 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914901\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 328px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1914901\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/US97-at-Ogden-Wayside-S_pid2647.jpg\" alt=\"Drivers pull over to the side of U.S. Highway 97 north of Redmond, Oregon on Monday morning.\" width=\"328\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/US97-at-Ogden-Wayside-S_pid2647.jpg 328w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/US97-at-Ogden-Wayside-S_pid2647-160x144.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/US97-at-Ogden-Wayside-S_pid2647-240x216.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drivers pull over to the side of U.S. Highway 97 north of Redmond, Oregon on Monday morning. \u003ccite>(Oregon Department of Transportation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9 a.m. Madras, Oregon live stream begins\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s Exploratorium scientists are standing by, ready to begin a live telescope stream of the solar eclipse in Madras, Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moon is about to start eclipsing the sun right now for West Coast viewers. Totality in Madras hits at 10:19 a.m. Watch it live here:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/exploratorium/status/899647241291390976\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep an eye on the NASA live stream, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8:45 a.m.\u003c/strong> We’ve got you covered for last minute eclipse plans. Weather forecasts give the East Bay the best shot at clear skies for the peak of the partial eclipse. Museums and libraries around the Bay Area are offering public viewing events, and many are giving away coveted free eclipse glasses. Check out a list of local eclipse viewing events \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/15/where-to-watch-the-eclipse-in-the-bay-area/\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8 a.m.\u003c/strong> How exactly do scientists practice for a solar eclipse? KQED’s Danielle Venton has this report from a remote solar science outpost in Mackay Idaho. Also in this morning’s newscast, KQED’s Kat Snow catches up with Californians chasing the eclipse in Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio mp3=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/2017-08-21-6-22AM-newscast.mp3\"][/audio]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Traffic update, 7:45 a.m.\u003c/strong> The Oregon Department of Transportation is reporting heavy traffic north of Redmond on U.S. Highway 97. Delays could reach two hours. In Wyoming, Interstate 25 came to a halt early this morning and officials advise travelers to use alternates routes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CSTribune/status/899626165308207106\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7:35 a.m\u003c/strong>. Eclipse chasers spent the weekend packing into fields, festivals and campgrounds, anxiously awaiting this morning’s totality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BX-7fsyj8Vu\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7:20 a.m. \u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Didn’t get glasses in time? Don’t be like this guy. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BYDuknGAh3W\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, DON’T look at the sun, except during totality, which the Bay Area will not experience. Check out this video on how to make a pinhole viewer from a cereal box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWMf5rYDgpc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7 a.m.: \u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome to our live coverage of the total solar eclipse. Stay tuned all morning for photos, reactions, news and updates from reporters in the path of totality.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914869\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1914869 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Solar eclipse chasers prepare for takeoff on an Alaska Airlines flight Monday morning. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solar eclipse chasers prepare for takeoff on an Alaska Airlines flight Monday morning. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morning weather update:\u003c/strong> Skies are forecast to remain clear in the path of totality in Oregon, while Idaho and Wyoming may have some patchy haze, according to the National Weather Service. Some cloud cover is gathering around the eclipse path in Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa. In the Bay Area, low cloud cover may obscure the beginning of the partial eclipse, but skies are expected to clear mid- morning around peak viewing time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”WWfhZwP9WJYv0YjB0bt0GpJf1pPdjnkz”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the United States from coast to coast. More than 200 million Americans live within driving distance of the path of the total eclipse, called the path of totality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Oregon to South Carolina, cities and towns that lie within this narrow band are preparing for traffic jams and huge crowds, as millions gather to witness the phenomenon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those outside the path of totality will see a partial eclipse. The Bay Area will experience a 75 percent partial solar eclipse, peaking at 10:15 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>HOW TO VIEW THE ECLIPSE SAFELY\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556.jpg\" alt=\"A total solar eclipse will sweep across the U.S. the morning of Aug. 21.\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>DON’T\u003c/strong> look directly at the partially eclipsed or uneclipsed sun without eclipse glasses. (Sunglasses are not enough!)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>DON’T\u003c/strong> look through camera, telescope or binocular lenses, even with eclipse glasses.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>DON’T\u003c/strong> remove your eclipse glasses during the eclipse – that’s only safe during full totality, which California WON’T experience.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWMf5rYDgpc\">\u003cstrong>DO\u003c/strong> make a pinhole viewer\u003c/a> if you don’t have eclipse glasses – or watch a high quality live stream online.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the most important things you need to know this morning:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The entirety of the eclipse on American soil will last about two-and-a-half hours, with totality stretching from Oregon at 10:16 a.m. to Charleston, South Carolina at 11:47 a.m. PDT. Totality lasts about two minutes at each location.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Solar eclipses occur when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, casting a shadow and blocking out the sun momentarily. Check out an animated view of an eclipse from outer space\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fg1jYgTkyA\"> here.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Looking at the partially eclipsed or uneclipsed sun even for a moment can permanently damage your eyes. Watch a video on how to safely watch the eclipse \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWI7iH4H26M\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Solar eclipses aren’t rare in general — they happen every 18 months somewhere in the world. But if you stayed in one place, you’d wait 300 years on average to see one.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Keep an eye on the NASA live stream at the bottom of this page to watch the eclipse.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Photos, news, updates and reactions from the total solar eclipse. \r\n\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704928421,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":true,"iframeSrcs":["https://livestream.com/accounts/16944724/events/7659038/player"],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":54,"wordCount":1977},"headData":{"title":"Everything That Happened Monday During the Solar Eclipse | KQED","description":"Photos, news, updates and reactions from the total solar eclipse. \r\n\r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Everything That Happened Monday During the Solar Eclipse","datePublished":"2017-08-21T16:00:15.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T23:13:41.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2017/08/00129374.mp3","sticky":false,"path":"/science/1914768/live-blog-the-great-american-solar-eclipse","audioDuration":424000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Just after 10 a.m. Monday morning off the coast of Oregon the temperature dropped, shadows sharpened and the morning eerily turned to night. The sky filled with stars and planets. An unusual sunset glowed from the horizon in every direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The total solar eclipse awed onlookers as it swept across America. People within a narrow 70-mile wide band witnessed totality, while the entire country was treated to a partial eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clear skies in Oregon set into motion a nationwide viewing event that had millions of Americans erupting into cheers or falling into stunned silence as the moon slipped in front of the sun. Social media sites erupted with photos, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/21/video-photos-totality-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">videos\u003c/a> and audio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traffic crept along as people parked along highways and overflowed campgrounds and festivals. The Oregon Department of Transportation estimated 1 million visitors descended on the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ww2.kqed_.orgwow_082117_final-800x800-5442b9928ce8b980eeef03387a1f41d4576c80ad.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1914926\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ww2.kqed_.orgwow_082117_final-800x800-5442b9928ce8b980eeef03387a1f41d4576c80ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If eclipse mania stoked any newfound fans they won’t have to wait too long for the next one. A total solar eclipse will travel from Texas to Maine on April 8, 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3 p.m. \u003c/strong>If you were stuck inside or blocked by clouds today don’t fret. You can watch NOVA’s \u003cem>Eclipse Over America\u003c/em>, tonight at 9 p.m. on KQED 9 and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/eclipse-over-america.html?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_term=20170811&utm_content=1024770444&linkId=40863874&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=KQEDScience\">streaming online.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOVA investigates the storied history of solar eclipse science and joins both seasoned and citizen-scientists alike as they don their eclipse glasses and tune their telescopes for the eclipse over America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/h1QPxE5BQbY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/h1QPxE5BQbY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2:35 p.m. The first people to see this morning’s eclipse…\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>NASA astronaut Michael Barratt had his camera ready on board Alaska Airlines Flight 9671 this morning . The aircraft was destined out over the Pacific Ocean for the first glimpse of the total solar eclipse. Along with 100 other passengers, he pointed his camera out a round window as the moon slid in front of the sun. He had crafted a filter using a Chex cereal box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Lindsey Hoshaw was on the same flight with journalists, scientists, eclipse chasers and contest winners who cheered and even swore aloud when the sky darkened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Totality, Hoshaw said, was magical from mid-air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt like something out of a movie,” she said. “It was really inspiring to be around people who were so excited, who traveled all the way across the country to see something for two minutes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914962\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1914962\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska Airlines FLight 9671 flew out over the Pacific Ocean to intercept the path of the total solar eclipse. \" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mc-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alaska Airlines Flight 9671 flew out over the Pacific Ocean to intercept the path of the total solar eclipse. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cstrong>1:15 p.m. ‘The sky turned inside out’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who have chased eclipses around the world often speak of the transformative experience of totality. But KQED’s Danielle Venton says that researchers at the Lost River Field Station in Mackay, Idaho found today’s solar eclipse particularly special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe because the sun was high in the sky and the air was pretty clear up there,” Venton said. “The corona was strongly visible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were three “filaments” of solar wind visible to the scientists, who will be combing through the data they collected for months to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just with the naked eye we were able to see what looked like some coronal streamers, these long streaks of solar material coming away from the solar disk,” said Joseph Hutton, a researcher from Wales. “And maybe a few prominences, which showed up bright pink against the disk of the moon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even hours after what she called an astounding experience, Venton was exhilarated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“What was interesting was how the light changed,” she said. “It kind of felt more like moonlight. Shadows were especially vivid. There was this general feeling of euphoria, this wave of ‘Oh my god’s’ and gasps and cheering.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says that when totality blanketed the Lost River Field Station, the sky turned dark where it was once blue, while the horizon glowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt like the sky turned inside out,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12:42 p.m\u003c/strong>. KQED’s Lindsey Hoshaw captured the total solar eclipse from midair off the coast of Oregon on Alaska Airlines Flight 9671.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"899714181015814144"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>And then there’s this crew on Mt. Tamalpais:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"899714442811777025"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11:55 a.m.\u003c/strong> The Casper Star-Tribune has a collection of the best photos from today’s total solar eclipse \u003ca href=\"https://trib.com/news/local/casper/photos-the-eclipse/collection_a0c1844f-636e-5776-bc33-6ccb32cf3969.html\">here. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11:50 a.m.\u003c/strong> And just like that, totality has left American soil. Here’s a view of the total solar eclipse from Charleston, South Carolina.\u003cbr>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"899706355535290370"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11:20 a.m. This is what totality sounds like …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some gasp, some cheer, some sigh. And some sit silently in stunned awe. Listen to the exact moment eclipse viewers in Mackay, Idaho watched the sun disappear behind the moon and the sky go dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"mp3":"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/eclipse-reax-lrfs.mp3","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1914926\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ww2.kqed_.orgwow_082117_final-800x800-5442b9928ce8b980eeef03387a1f41d4576c80ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\">\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:40 a.m.\u003c/strong> This is totality. The Exploratorium just shared this capture of their telescope stream from Madras, Oregon. Up next: Casper, Wyoming.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"899683596268589056"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:40 a.m. Schedule alert\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>11:46 a.m Peak in Charleston, South Carolina\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ls_embed_1503337000\" src=\"https://livestream.com/accounts/16944724/events/7659038/player?width=640&height=360&enableInfoAndActivity=true&defaultDrawer=&autoPlay=true&mute=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:20 a.m.\u003c/strong> The 75 percent partial eclipse shone through wispy fog as it peaked in the Bay Area at 10:15 a.m.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"BYEGLGihFg5"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:45 a.m.\u003c/strong> KQED’s Danielle Venton reports cheering and applause as the moon edges in front of the sun at the Lost River Field Station in Idaho.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"899671496523526144"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:40 a.m. \u003c/strong>Bay Area social media is currently cursing @KarlTheFog as the sun peeks in and out of view in San Francisco. The skies could clear for the end of the eclipse, but the East Bay will be the best bet for the 10:15 partial solar eclipse peak.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"899669507886546944"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:30 a.m.\u003c/strong> Oregon officials have warned that parking on the side of the road is illegal. This is the view of U.S. Highway 97 north of Redmond at 9:21 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914901\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 328px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1914901\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/US97-at-Ogden-Wayside-S_pid2647.jpg\" alt=\"Drivers pull over to the side of U.S. Highway 97 north of Redmond, Oregon on Monday morning.\" width=\"328\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/US97-at-Ogden-Wayside-S_pid2647.jpg 328w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/US97-at-Ogden-Wayside-S_pid2647-160x144.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/US97-at-Ogden-Wayside-S_pid2647-240x216.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drivers pull over to the side of U.S. Highway 97 north of Redmond, Oregon on Monday morning. \u003ccite>(Oregon Department of Transportation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9 a.m. Madras, Oregon live stream begins\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s Exploratorium scientists are standing by, ready to begin a live telescope stream of the solar eclipse in Madras, Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moon is about to start eclipsing the sun right now for West Coast viewers. Totality in Madras hits at 10:19 a.m. Watch it live here:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"899647241291390976"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Keep an eye on the NASA live stream, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8:45 a.m.\u003c/strong> We’ve got you covered for last minute eclipse plans. Weather forecasts give the East Bay the best shot at clear skies for the peak of the partial eclipse. Museums and libraries around the Bay Area are offering public viewing events, and many are giving away coveted free eclipse glasses. Check out a list of local eclipse viewing events \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/15/where-to-watch-the-eclipse-in-the-bay-area/\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8 a.m.\u003c/strong> How exactly do scientists practice for a solar eclipse? KQED’s Danielle Venton has this report from a remote solar science outpost in Mackay Idaho. Also in this morning’s newscast, KQED’s Kat Snow catches up with Californians chasing the eclipse in Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"mp3":"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/2017-08-21-6-22AM-newscast.mp3","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Traffic update, 7:45 a.m.\u003c/strong> The Oregon Department of Transportation is reporting heavy traffic north of Redmond on U.S. Highway 97. Delays could reach two hours. In Wyoming, Interstate 25 came to a halt early this morning and officials advise travelers to use alternates routes.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"899626165308207106"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7:35 a.m\u003c/strong>. Eclipse chasers spent the weekend packing into fields, festivals and campgrounds, anxiously awaiting this morning’s totality.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"BX-7fsyj8Vu"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7:20 a.m. \u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Didn’t get glasses in time? Don’t be like this guy. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"BYDuknGAh3W"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Remember, DON’T look at the sun, except during totality, which the Bay Area will not experience. Check out this video on how to make a pinhole viewer from a cereal box.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/vWMf5rYDgpc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/vWMf5rYDgpc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7 a.m.: \u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome to our live coverage of the total solar eclipse. Stay tuned all morning for photos, reactions, news and updates from reporters in the path of totality.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914869\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1914869 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Solar eclipse chasers prepare for takeoff on an Alaska Airlines flight Monday morning. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solar eclipse chasers prepare for takeoff on an Alaska Airlines flight Monday morning. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morning weather update:\u003c/strong> Skies are forecast to remain clear in the path of totality in Oregon, while Idaho and Wyoming may have some patchy haze, according to the National Weather Service. Some cloud cover is gathering around the eclipse path in Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa. In the Bay Area, low cloud cover may obscure the beginning of the partial eclipse, but skies are expected to clear mid- morning around peak viewing time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the United States from coast to coast. More than 200 million Americans live within driving distance of the path of the total eclipse, called the path of totality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Oregon to South Carolina, cities and towns that lie within this narrow band are preparing for traffic jams and huge crowds, as millions gather to witness the phenomenon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those outside the path of totality will see a partial eclipse. The Bay Area will experience a 75 percent partial solar eclipse, peaking at 10:15 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>HOW TO VIEW THE ECLIPSE SAFELY\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556.jpg\" alt=\"A total solar eclipse will sweep across the U.S. the morning of Aug. 21.\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>DON’T\u003c/strong> look directly at the partially eclipsed or uneclipsed sun without eclipse glasses. (Sunglasses are not enough!)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>DON’T\u003c/strong> look through camera, telescope or binocular lenses, even with eclipse glasses.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>DON’T\u003c/strong> remove your eclipse glasses during the eclipse – that’s only safe during full totality, which California WON’T experience.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWMf5rYDgpc\">\u003cstrong>DO\u003c/strong> make a pinhole viewer\u003c/a> if you don’t have eclipse glasses – or watch a high quality live stream online.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the most important things you need to know this morning:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The entirety of the eclipse on American soil will last about two-and-a-half hours, with totality stretching from Oregon at 10:16 a.m. to Charleston, South Carolina at 11:47 a.m. PDT. Totality lasts about two minutes at each location.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Solar eclipses occur when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, casting a shadow and blocking out the sun momentarily. Check out an animated view of an eclipse from outer space\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fg1jYgTkyA\"> here.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Looking at the partially eclipsed or uneclipsed sun even for a moment can permanently damage your eyes. Watch a video on how to safely watch the eclipse \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWI7iH4H26M\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Solar eclipses aren’t rare in general — they happen every 18 months somewhere in the world. But if you stayed in one place, you’d wait 300 years on average to see one.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Keep an eye on the NASA live stream at the bottom of this page to watch the eclipse.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1914768/live-blog-the-great-american-solar-eclipse","authors":["6387"],"series":["science_3390"],"categories":["science_28","science_37","science_40","science_3423"],"tags":["science_1073","science_1928","science_3370","science_2933"],"featImg":"science_1914963","label":"science_3390"},"science_1914732":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1914732","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1914732","score":null,"sort":[1503039682000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"an-eclipse-made-this-atheist-photographer-find-god","title":"An Eclipse Made This Atheist Filmmaker Find God","publishDate":1503039682,"format":"aside","headTitle":"An Eclipse Made This Atheist Filmmaker Find God | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":3390,"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>[audio src=http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2017/08/McClurgEclipseChasers.mp3 program=\"KQED Science\" title=\"An Eclipse Made This Atheist Photographer Find God\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Mark-Bender-1-e1502830282688.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With this summer’s total solar eclipse only days away, thousands of Californians are probably already on the road north to Oregon to get ready for Monday’s celestial spectacle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But don’t fret if you can’t make the trip, because UC Berkeley and Google are producing a 90-minute film of the rare event. Citizen scientists and professional photographers will be staged all along the eclipse’s \u003ca href=\"https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/2017-path-totality\">path of totality\u003c/a> to capture footage, which will be stitched together into the \u003ca href=\"https://eclipsemega.movie/\">Eclipse Megamovie\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Oh! I now suddenly believe in God, completely believe in God.’\u003ccite>Mark Bender, eclipse chaser\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The project is a dream come true for chief field photographer Mark Bender. He divides his life into two chapters: the one he lived before his first total eclipse, and the one he’s lived since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ve never experienced awesome until you see a total solar eclipse!” he exclaimed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bender’s passion was initially sparked in 1999. He was living in Scotland at the time as a filmmaker. That summer, a total solar eclipse was due in southern England — but not surprisingly, the forecast called for dreary conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was probably only a 5 percent chance of seeing it because of bad weather,” said Bender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he and a friend decided to hit the road anyway. The night before the eclipse they were optimistic they’d made the right decision. They camped under a clear, starry sky near the beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it didn’t last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we woke up at 6 a.m., it was completely pea soup,” said Bender. “You could not see your hand in front of your face because of the fog.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”IOoTgUCUBJGlvK3ippKADjgEfrTgIioK”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All morning they drove up and down the coast searching for a clearing. Eventually they slumped in their seats as they pulled into a socked-in parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1914747\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-375x563.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Total solar eclipse seen on Easter Island, July 11, 2010. \u003ccite>(Mark Bender)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then the temperature suddenly dropped. Shadows sharpened. The winds picked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The clouds literally started to part as if like the Red Sea!” said Bender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sky opened just like the bible story where Moses parts the Red Sea for the Israelites. Bender’s jaw dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was almost like graphic art,” he said. “There was this perfect kind of jet black pearl surrounded by this \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=Dictionary#dobs=corona\">corona\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then he was struck with an epiphany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh!” said Bender. “I now suddenly believe in God, completely believe in God.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The atheist suddenly turned Christian was an instant umbraphile, or shadow lover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m what’s known in the vernacular as an eclipse chaser,” said Bender. He now schedules his life around eclipses. For nearly 20 years he’s crisscrossed the globe to countries like Indonesia, Argentina, Norway and Bermuda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/218898410\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://space.rice.edu/reiff/\">Patricia Reiff\u003c/a> is also a self-confessed umbraphile. She’s an astronomy professor at Rice University in Texas. She says there’s really only one word that describes the experience: orgasm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it is a lot like that!” laughed Reiff. “It’s just — it’s just that kind of a whole body reaction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”uNG3szL4kmydKkIiF7ii68GNbymsPk2n”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reiff has seen many eclipses, and she says she loses her breath every time. Just like Bender, she says a viewing is spiritual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the distance it kind of looks like a tornado,” said Reiff. “But then zoom! It washes over you and as it washes over you — you look up and there is the eclipsed sun in the sky. Like the eye of God staring down at you, it is one of the most dramatic things you’ll ever experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bender has tried to capture that sentiment for the last 18 years chasing eclipses. He’s tried over and over to make a documentary about the transcendental nature of an eclipse. But the quest has been excruciating because images and words don’t do it justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so beautiful,” said Bender. “It’s so overwhelming. It’s so transformative. It’s such an important moment. It’s it’s like blah blah blah. I’ve heard it a thousand times. People cannot describe the experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He hopes his team will have better luck this summer during the creation of the Eclipse Megamovie. Bender will have his camera rolling in Alliance, Nebraska.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1914748\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska. \u003ccite>(Chris M. Morris/ Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The lure is a clear forecast and a very unique tourist site called Carhenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only place that really struck me as complete Americana was Carhenge,” said Bender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s modeled after Stonehenge. In the middle of dry cornfields, rusty automobiles spray-painted grey are stacked on top of each other just like the ancient rocks in England. Bender joked that there’s no better way to watch an American eclipse than through the silhouette of an automobile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a more serious note, Bender said, “I’ve realized that the story I’ve been trying to capture all these years is actually about the spiritual journey I’ve been on since the sky parted in Cornwall nearly 20 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bender now hopes to show audiences this summer that when the moon slides in front the sun, it awakens something inside. Something that just might change their lives.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Self-described 'shadow lovers' -- like photographer Mark Bender -- chase eclipses all over the globe, in part because they say the awe-inspiring experience is spiritual.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704928427,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":35,"wordCount":986},"headData":{"title":"An Eclipse Made This Atheist Filmmaker Find God | KQED","description":"Self-described 'shadow lovers' -- like photographer Mark Bender -- chase eclipses all over the globe, in part because they say the awe-inspiring experience is spiritual.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"An Eclipse Made This Atheist Filmmaker Find God","datePublished":"2017-08-18T07:01:22.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T23:13:47.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"Lesley McClurg","path":"/science/1914732/an-eclipse-made-this-atheist-photographer-find-god","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"src":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2017/08/McClurgEclipseChasers.mp3","program":"KQED Science","title":"An Eclipse Made This Atheist Photographer Find God","image":"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Mark-Bender-1-e1502830282688.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With this summer’s total solar eclipse only days away, thousands of Californians are probably already on the road north to Oregon to get ready for Monday’s celestial spectacle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But don’t fret if you can’t make the trip, because UC Berkeley and Google are producing a 90-minute film of the rare event. Citizen scientists and professional photographers will be staged all along the eclipse’s \u003ca href=\"https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/2017-path-totality\">path of totality\u003c/a> to capture footage, which will be stitched together into the \u003ca href=\"https://eclipsemega.movie/\">Eclipse Megamovie\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Oh! I now suddenly believe in God, completely believe in God.’\u003ccite>Mark Bender, eclipse chaser\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The project is a dream come true for chief field photographer Mark Bender. He divides his life into two chapters: the one he lived before his first total eclipse, and the one he’s lived since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ve never experienced awesome until you see a total solar eclipse!” he exclaimed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bender’s passion was initially sparked in 1999. He was living in Scotland at the time as a filmmaker. That summer, a total solar eclipse was due in southern England — but not surprisingly, the forecast called for dreary conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was probably only a 5 percent chance of seeing it because of bad weather,” said Bender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he and a friend decided to hit the road anyway. The night before the eclipse they were optimistic they’d made the right decision. They camped under a clear, starry sky near the beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it didn’t last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we woke up at 6 a.m., it was completely pea soup,” said Bender. “You could not see your hand in front of your face because of the fog.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All morning they drove up and down the coast searching for a clearing. Eventually they slumped in their seats as they pulled into a socked-in parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1914747\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-375x563.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/IMG_8264-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Total solar eclipse seen on Easter Island, July 11, 2010. \u003ccite>(Mark Bender)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then the temperature suddenly dropped. Shadows sharpened. The winds picked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The clouds literally started to part as if like the Red Sea!” said Bender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sky opened just like the bible story where Moses parts the Red Sea for the Israelites. Bender’s jaw dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was almost like graphic art,” he said. “There was this perfect kind of jet black pearl surrounded by this \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=Dictionary#dobs=corona\">corona\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then he was struck with an epiphany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh!” said Bender. “I now suddenly believe in God, completely believe in God.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The atheist suddenly turned Christian was an instant umbraphile, or shadow lover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m what’s known in the vernacular as an eclipse chaser,” said Bender. He now schedules his life around eclipses. For nearly 20 years he’s crisscrossed the globe to countries like Indonesia, Argentina, Norway and Bermuda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/218898410\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://space.rice.edu/reiff/\">Patricia Reiff\u003c/a> is also a self-confessed umbraphile. She’s an astronomy professor at Rice University in Texas. She says there’s really only one word that describes the experience: orgasm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it is a lot like that!” laughed Reiff. “It’s just — it’s just that kind of a whole body reaction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reiff has seen many eclipses, and she says she loses her breath every time. Just like Bender, she says a viewing is spiritual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the distance it kind of looks like a tornado,” said Reiff. “But then zoom! It washes over you and as it washes over you — you look up and there is the eclipsed sun in the sky. Like the eye of God staring down at you, it is one of the most dramatic things you’ll ever experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bender has tried to capture that sentiment for the last 18 years chasing eclipses. He’s tried over and over to make a documentary about the transcendental nature of an eclipse. But the quest has been excruciating because images and words don’t do it justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so beautiful,” said Bender. “It’s so overwhelming. It’s so transformative. It’s such an important moment. It’s it’s like blah blah blah. I’ve heard it a thousand times. People cannot describe the experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He hopes his team will have better luck this summer during the creation of the Eclipse Megamovie. Bender will have his camera rolling in Alliance, Nebraska.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1914748\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/4057526268_46239d3485_o-800x600-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska. \u003ccite>(Chris M. Morris/ Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The lure is a clear forecast and a very unique tourist site called Carhenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only place that really struck me as complete Americana was Carhenge,” said Bender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s modeled after Stonehenge. In the middle of dry cornfields, rusty automobiles spray-painted grey are stacked on top of each other just like the ancient rocks in England. Bender joked that there’s no better way to watch an American eclipse than through the silhouette of an automobile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a more serious note, Bender said, “I’ve realized that the story I’ve been trying to capture all these years is actually about the spiritual journey I’ve been on since the sky parted in Cornwall nearly 20 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bender now hopes to show audiences this summer that when the moon slides in front the sun, it awakens something inside. Something that just might change their lives.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1914732/an-eclipse-made-this-atheist-photographer-find-god","authors":["byline_science_1914732"],"series":["science_3390"],"categories":["science_28","science_35","science_40"],"tags":["science_192","science_3370","science_813","science_309","science_1975"],"featImg":"science_1914736","label":"science_3390"},"science_1914752":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1914752","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1914752","score":null,"sort":[1503004463000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"preview-novas-eclipse-over-america","title":"Preview: NOVA's Eclipse Over America","publishDate":1503004463,"format":"image","headTitle":"Preview: NOVA’s Eclipse Over America | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":3390,"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>On August 21, 2017, millions of Americans will witness the first total solar eclipse to cross the continental United States in 99 years. As in all total solar eclipses, the moon will block the sun, revealing its ethereal outer atmosphere—its corona—in a wondrous celestial spectacle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While hordes of citizens prepare to flock to the eclipse’s path of totality, scientists, too, are staking out spots for a very different reason: to investigate the secrets of the sun’s elusive atmosphere. During the eclipse’s precious seconds of darkness, they will shed light on how our sun works, how it can produce deadly solar storms, and why its atmosphere is so hot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1HWoP6SO98\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOVA investigates the storied history of solar eclipse science and joins both seasoned and citizen-scientists alike as they don their eclipse glasses and tune their telescopes for the eclipse over America. Watch NOVA’s \u003cem>Eclipse Over America\u003c/em>, Monday, August 21 at 9PM on KQED 9 and streaming online. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"NOVA investigates the storied history of solar eclipse science and joins both seasoned and citizen-scientists alike as they don their eclipse glasses and tune their telescopes for the eclipse over America.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704928428,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":5,"wordCount":177},"headData":{"title":"Preview: NOVA's Eclipse Over America | KQED","description":"NOVA investigates the storied history of solar eclipse science and joins both seasoned and citizen-scientists alike as they don their eclipse glasses and tune their telescopes for the eclipse over America.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Preview: NOVA's Eclipse Over America","datePublished":"2017-08-17T21:14:23.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T23:13:48.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/science/1914752/preview-novas-eclipse-over-america","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On August 21, 2017, millions of Americans will witness the first total solar eclipse to cross the continental United States in 99 years. As in all total solar eclipses, the moon will block the sun, revealing its ethereal outer atmosphere—its corona—in a wondrous celestial spectacle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While hordes of citizens prepare to flock to the eclipse’s path of totality, scientists, too, are staking out spots for a very different reason: to investigate the secrets of the sun’s elusive atmosphere. During the eclipse’s precious seconds of darkness, they will shed light on how our sun works, how it can produce deadly solar storms, and why its atmosphere is so hot.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/q1HWoP6SO98'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/q1HWoP6SO98'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>NOVA investigates the storied history of solar eclipse science and joins both seasoned and citizen-scientists alike as they don their eclipse glasses and tune their telescopes for the eclipse over America. Watch NOVA’s \u003cem>Eclipse Over America\u003c/em>, Monday, August 21 at 9PM on KQED 9 and streaming online. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1914752/preview-novas-eclipse-over-america","authors":["8677"],"series":["science_3390"],"categories":["science_28","science_44"],"tags":["science_1928","science_325","science_1975","science_577","science_2933"],"featImg":"science_1914754","label":"science_3390"},"science_1914538":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1914538","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1914538","score":null,"sort":[1502895689000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"watch-see-a-total-solar-eclipse-in-this-stunning-animation","title":"WATCH: See a Total Solar Eclipse in This Animated View From Space","publishDate":1502895689,"format":"aside","headTitle":"WATCH: See a Total Solar Eclipse in This Animated View From Space | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":3390,"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fg1jYgTkyA&feature=youtu.be\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The total solar eclipse on August 21 will be the first time many Americans will directly see the moon entirely blocking out the disc of the sun. But with our animation you can catch an early preview of the “Great American Eclipse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zooming out from the earth’s surface, we pan over to the moon in orbit. As the moon slides in front of the sun, it appears as if our lunar satellite is taking larger and larger cookie bites out of the fiery solar surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”2pzQU75WM4O1FOtnhPH1q2wJjqELCCzi”]At the moment of “totality,” when the moon entirely obscures our home star, irregularities in the lunar terrain such as mountains, valleys and canyons become visible as “\u003ca class=\"js-about-module-title module__title__link\" title=\"More at Wikipedia \" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baily's_beads\">Baily’s beads\u003c/a>,” and the sun’s corona — its \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/14/eclipse-scientists-probe-the-mysteries-of-the-suns-atmosphere/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mysterious, always present but rarely visible\u003c/a> atmosphere — shines bright like a spectacular crown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altering our perspective, the view swings around to reveal how the moon casts its shadow on earth: both the ‘penumbra’ (the zone of partial shadow) and the ‘umbra’ (the zone of complete shadow). The eclipse shadow makes first contact in the Pacific Ocean. Zooming in on North America, the eclipse shadow races eastward, to make landfall in the Pacific Northwest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the solar eclipse passes over the country, cities across the nation will see the sun obscured to a degree and from an angle unique to their location. As the eclipse shadow heads off into the Atlantic Ocean, full light returns to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Catch more eclipse coverage from KQED Science:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/14/eclipse-scientists-probe-the-mysteries-of-the-suns-atmosphere/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eclipse Scientists Probe the Mysteries of the Sun’s Atmosphere\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/15/where-to-watch-the-eclipse-in-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where to Watch the Eclipse in the Bay Area\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/14/californias-grid-prepares-for-solar-power-to-be-eclipsed/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s Grid Prepares for Solar Power to Be Eclipsed\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/06/20/you-know-about-this-summers-spectacular-solar-eclipse-right/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You Know About This Summer’s Spectacular Solar Eclipse, Right?\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/07/24/dont-be-in-the-dark-answers-to-your-burning-questions-about-the-august-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don’t Be in the Dark: Answers To Your Burning Questions About the August Eclipse\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help Make History: Eclipse Projects for Citizen Scientists\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/07/26/americans-prepare-for-first-total-solar-eclipse-in-century/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans Prepare for First Coast-to-Coast Total Solar Eclipse in Century\u003c/a> \u003cem>(Forum)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Here's how you might see the \"Great American Eclipse\" as an astronaut, orbiting in the vast space between Earth and our moon.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704928433,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":8,"wordCount":368},"headData":{"title":"WATCH: See a Total Solar Eclipse in This Animated View From Space | KQED","description":"Here's how you might see the "Great American Eclipse" as an astronaut, orbiting in the vast space between Earth and our moon.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"WATCH: See a Total Solar Eclipse in This Animated View From Space","datePublished":"2017-08-16T15:01:29.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T23:13:53.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003cstrong>Teodros Hailye and Danielle Venton, KQED Science\u003c/strong>","path":"/science/1914538/watch-see-a-total-solar-eclipse-in-this-stunning-animation","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3fg1jYgTkyA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3fg1jYgTkyA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The total solar eclipse on August 21 will be the first time many Americans will directly see the moon entirely blocking out the disc of the sun. But with our animation you can catch an early preview of the “Great American Eclipse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zooming out from the earth’s surface, we pan over to the moon in orbit. As the moon slides in front of the sun, it appears as if our lunar satellite is taking larger and larger cookie bites out of the fiery solar surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>At the moment of “totality,” when the moon entirely obscures our home star, irregularities in the lunar terrain such as mountains, valleys and canyons become visible as “\u003ca class=\"js-about-module-title module__title__link\" title=\"More at Wikipedia \" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baily's_beads\">Baily’s beads\u003c/a>,” and the sun’s corona — its \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/14/eclipse-scientists-probe-the-mysteries-of-the-suns-atmosphere/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mysterious, always present but rarely visible\u003c/a> atmosphere — shines bright like a spectacular crown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altering our perspective, the view swings around to reveal how the moon casts its shadow on earth: both the ‘penumbra’ (the zone of partial shadow) and the ‘umbra’ (the zone of complete shadow). 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As the eclipse shadow heads off into the Atlantic Ocean, full light returns to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Catch more eclipse coverage from KQED Science:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/14/eclipse-scientists-probe-the-mysteries-of-the-suns-atmosphere/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eclipse Scientists Probe the Mysteries of the Sun’s Atmosphere\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/15/where-to-watch-the-eclipse-in-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where to Watch the Eclipse in the Bay Area\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/14/californias-grid-prepares-for-solar-power-to-be-eclipsed/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s Grid Prepares for Solar Power to Be Eclipsed\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/06/20/you-know-about-this-summers-spectacular-solar-eclipse-right/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You Know About This Summer’s Spectacular Solar Eclipse, Right?\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/07/24/dont-be-in-the-dark-answers-to-your-burning-questions-about-the-august-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don’t Be in the Dark: Answers To Your Burning Questions About the August Eclipse\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help Make History: Eclipse Projects for Citizen Scientists\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/07/26/americans-prepare-for-first-total-solar-eclipse-in-century/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans Prepare for First Coast-to-Coast Total Solar Eclipse in Century\u003c/a> \u003cem>(Forum)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1914538/watch-see-a-total-solar-eclipse-in-this-stunning-animation","authors":["byline_science_1914538"],"series":["science_3390"],"categories":["science_28","science_40"],"tags":["science_5197","science_3370","science_1975","science_2933"],"featImg":"science_1914621","label":"science_3390"},"science_1914488":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1914488","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1914488","score":null,"sort":[1502829955000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"where-to-watch-the-eclipse-in-the-bay-area","title":"Where to Watch the Eclipse in the Bay Area","publishDate":1502829955,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Where to Watch the Eclipse in the Bay Area | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":3390,"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>Millions of people will be converging this weekend on the narrow band of darkness where the sun will be in total eclipse next Monday. But if you’re in the Bay Area, you don’t have to miss out. You can walk out the door and see the 75 percent eclipse here (Just don’t look directly at it without safety glasses!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also plenty of events for all ages and interests, from the big wingding at San Francisco’s Exploratorium, to a toddler story time at your local library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even if you’re stuck in the office, you can watch the eclipse stream live on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exploratorium\u003c/a> app, \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/total-solar-eclipse/id1230195450?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Total Solar Eclipse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the way, call ahead if you’re hoping to pick up eclipse glasses from your local library. Supplies may be limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a roundup of events:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Exploratorium\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Pier 15, The Embarcadero & Green St., San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9 a.m. to noon\u003cbr>\nCost: Included in museum admission, $19.95 to $29.95\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The museum will open early for an all-out eclipse extravaganza. There will be telescopes and solar safety glasses on the Plaza for viewing, and astronomers and experts on hand to explain the science behind the eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exploratorium scientists in Madras, Oregon and Casper, Wyoming will offer live commentary via satellite on an indoor projection screen. The Oregon eclipse hits totality at 10:19 a.m. – around the same time the Bay Area reaches peak partial eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re thinking people can be outside here experiencing the maximum occultation, then they can have their apps open, and they can look at actual totality in Oregon while we’re experiencing peak here,” says spokesman Martin Rock. Then, he says, everyone can head inside to watch Casper’s totality, at 10:43, on the big screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The museum will begin streaming a live sonification of the Casper eclipse at 9:15 in the Kanbar Forum. The Kronos Quartet will join the sonification live for 30 minutes starting at 10:29. The performance is sold out, but the broadcast and performance is available to stream live on the \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/total-solar-eclipse/id1230195450?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Total Solar Eclipse\u003c/a> app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calendar/total-solar-eclipse-live-usa-08-21-17\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Safe Viewing Techniques | How to View an Eclipse | Exploratorium\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/FWI7iH4H26M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chabot Space and Science Center \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>10000 Skyline Blvd, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n8 a.m. to 1 p.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expert astronomers and educators will bring the astronomical phenomenon to life. Watch the live feed from NASA and learn all about solar eclipses with hands-on demonstrations, and activities such as making pinhole viewers. Outside on the observatory deck, watch the partial eclipse safely with a variety of viewing instruments, from Sunspotters to eclipse glasses to an historic 8-inch telescope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The opportunity with the 8-inch is we can magnify,” says Chabot chief astronomer Ben Burress, “so you can potentially see mountains on the moon silhouetted by the sun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may have to wait in line to look through it, but the eclipse is a pretty leisurely experience, he says, taking place over a couple of hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"http://www.chabotspace.org/events.htm\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ortega Branch Librar\u003c/strong>y\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>3223 Ortega Street, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n10 to 11:30 a.m\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ortega Branch Library will host a Toddler Tales storytime inside, with a break to head outside and see how the eclipse is progressing. The theme of the storytime will be sun, moon and space. Free eclipse glasses will be available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1029153001\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_23007\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 441px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23007 \" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/10/eclipseshannonrosa.jpeg\" alt=\"The moon obscured about 40 percent of the sun in Thursday's eclipse. (Courtesy of Shannon Rosa)\" width=\"441\" height=\"441\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay Area will see a 75 percent partial eclipse on Monday, peaking at 10:15 a.m. Pictured here is a 40 percent partial eclipse. (Courtesy of Shannon Rosa)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda Free Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>2263 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eclipse glasses are available now for pickup at the library for Alameda residents. Join in for a viewing party at the library on the big day. If it’s foggy or cloudy, a live feed from NASA will be projected on a large screen in the Stafford Community Rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"https://alamedaca.gov/news/2017/06/19/event-alert-alameda-free-library\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nSolar Eclipse Watch Party\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nState Capitol Building\u003cbr>\n315 10th St, Sacramento\u003cbr>\n9 to 11 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Civic Center Plaza\u003cbr>\nAcross from City Hall\u003cbr>\n10 to 11 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unplug and head outside to watch the solar eclipse at community viewing events in Sacramento and San Francisco sponsored by state energy officials. There will be NASA representatives and scientists on hand and, from Energy Upgrade California, free eclipse viewing glasses that double as coffee sleeves. In Sacramento, there will be arts and crafts with the Powerhouse Science Center. Assemblymember Chris Holden in Sacramento and Mayor Edwin M. Lee in San Francisco will offer people tips on saving energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"http://www.caleclipse.org\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Powerhouse Science Center\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>3615 Auburn Blvd, Sacramento\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree Solar Eclipse Celebration\u003cbr>\nPlanetarium shows $7 for children and seniors, $8 for adults\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Powerhouse Science Center and the Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society (SVAS) host a free public Solar Eclipse Celebration and viewing party on Powerhouse grounds. Bring your own eclipse glasses, because the center has sold out. Eclipse-themed planetarium shows with paid admission start at 11 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"https://powerhousesc.org/eclipse/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland Main Library\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>125 14th Street, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9:30 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Witnessing a rare astronomical event is fun, but to see it with others makes it even more exciting,” says librarian Kate Conn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conn says there will be pinhole viewers for everyone who shows up for a community viewing event on the day of the eclipse. Or you can pick up your free eclipse glasses ahead of time at any Oakland library location and watch from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"http://oaklandlibrary.org/events/main-library/partial-eclipse-viewing-party\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Castro Valley Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>3600 Northbridge Ave., Castro Valley\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9 to 11:30 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The library won’t be open, but there will be a viewing party in the parking lot and free eclipse glasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=ACL&curKey1=Castro%20Valley%20Branch&curMonth=08&curYear=2017&setRef=new\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Not traveling to the path of totality? You don't have to miss out on California's partial eclipse. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704928435,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":40,"wordCount":1000},"headData":{"title":"Where to Watch the Eclipse in the Bay Area | KQED","description":"Not traveling to the path of totality? You don't have to miss out on California's partial eclipse. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Where to Watch the Eclipse in the Bay Area","datePublished":"2017-08-15T20:45:55.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T23:13:55.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/science/1914488/where-to-watch-the-eclipse-in-the-bay-area","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Millions of people will be converging this weekend on the narrow band of darkness where the sun will be in total eclipse next Monday. But if you’re in the Bay Area, you don’t have to miss out. You can walk out the door and see the 75 percent eclipse here (Just don’t look directly at it without safety glasses!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also plenty of events for all ages and interests, from the big wingding at San Francisco’s Exploratorium, to a toddler story time at your local library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even if you’re stuck in the office, you can watch the eclipse stream live on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exploratorium\u003c/a> app, \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/total-solar-eclipse/id1230195450?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Total Solar Eclipse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the way, call ahead if you’re hoping to pick up eclipse glasses from your local library. Supplies may be limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a roundup of events:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Exploratorium\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Pier 15, The Embarcadero & Green St., San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9 a.m. to noon\u003cbr>\nCost: Included in museum admission, $19.95 to $29.95\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The museum will open early for an all-out eclipse extravaganza. There will be telescopes and solar safety glasses on the Plaza for viewing, and astronomers and experts on hand to explain the science behind the eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exploratorium scientists in Madras, Oregon and Casper, Wyoming will offer live commentary via satellite on an indoor projection screen. The Oregon eclipse hits totality at 10:19 a.m. – around the same time the Bay Area reaches peak partial eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re thinking people can be outside here experiencing the maximum occultation, then they can have their apps open, and they can look at actual totality in Oregon while we’re experiencing peak here,” says spokesman Martin Rock. Then, he says, everyone can head inside to watch Casper’s totality, at 10:43, on the big screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The museum will begin streaming a live sonification of the Casper eclipse at 9:15 in the Kanbar Forum. The Kronos Quartet will join the sonification live for 30 minutes starting at 10:29. The performance is sold out, but the broadcast and performance is available to stream live on the \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/total-solar-eclipse/id1230195450?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Total Solar Eclipse\u003c/a> app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calendar/total-solar-eclipse-live-usa-08-21-17\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Safe Viewing Techniques | How to View an Eclipse | Exploratorium\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/FWI7iH4H26M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chabot Space and Science Center \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>10000 Skyline Blvd, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n8 a.m. to 1 p.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expert astronomers and educators will bring the astronomical phenomenon to life. Watch the live feed from NASA and learn all about solar eclipses with hands-on demonstrations, and activities such as making pinhole viewers. Outside on the observatory deck, watch the partial eclipse safely with a variety of viewing instruments, from Sunspotters to eclipse glasses to an historic 8-inch telescope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The opportunity with the 8-inch is we can magnify,” says Chabot chief astronomer Ben Burress, “so you can potentially see mountains on the moon silhouetted by the sun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may have to wait in line to look through it, but the eclipse is a pretty leisurely experience, he says, taking place over a couple of hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"http://www.chabotspace.org/events.htm\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ortega Branch Librar\u003c/strong>y\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>3223 Ortega Street, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n10 to 11:30 a.m\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ortega Branch Library will host a Toddler Tales storytime inside, with a break to head outside and see how the eclipse is progressing. The theme of the storytime will be sun, moon and space. Free eclipse glasses will be available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1029153001\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_23007\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 441px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23007 \" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/10/eclipseshannonrosa.jpeg\" alt=\"The moon obscured about 40 percent of the sun in Thursday's eclipse. (Courtesy of Shannon Rosa)\" width=\"441\" height=\"441\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay Area will see a 75 percent partial eclipse on Monday, peaking at 10:15 a.m. Pictured here is a 40 percent partial eclipse. (Courtesy of Shannon Rosa)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda Free Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>2263 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eclipse glasses are available now for pickup at the library for Alameda residents. Join in for a viewing party at the library on the big day. If it’s foggy or cloudy, a live feed from NASA will be projected on a large screen in the Stafford Community Rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"https://alamedaca.gov/news/2017/06/19/event-alert-alameda-free-library\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nSolar Eclipse Watch Party\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nState Capitol Building\u003cbr>\n315 10th St, Sacramento\u003cbr>\n9 to 11 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Civic Center Plaza\u003cbr>\nAcross from City Hall\u003cbr>\n10 to 11 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unplug and head outside to watch the solar eclipse at community viewing events in Sacramento and San Francisco sponsored by state energy officials. There will be NASA representatives and scientists on hand and, from Energy Upgrade California, free eclipse viewing glasses that double as coffee sleeves. In Sacramento, there will be arts and crafts with the Powerhouse Science Center. Assemblymember Chris Holden in Sacramento and Mayor Edwin M. Lee in San Francisco will offer people tips on saving energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"http://www.caleclipse.org\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Powerhouse Science Center\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>3615 Auburn Blvd, Sacramento\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree Solar Eclipse Celebration\u003cbr>\nPlanetarium shows $7 for children and seniors, $8 for adults\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Powerhouse Science Center and the Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society (SVAS) host a free public Solar Eclipse Celebration and viewing party on Powerhouse grounds. Bring your own eclipse glasses, because the center has sold out. Eclipse-themed planetarium shows with paid admission start at 11 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"https://powerhousesc.org/eclipse/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland Main Library\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>125 14th Street, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9:30 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Witnessing a rare astronomical event is fun, but to see it with others makes it even more exciting,” says librarian Kate Conn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conn says there will be pinhole viewers for everyone who shows up for a community viewing event on the day of the eclipse. Or you can pick up your free eclipse glasses ahead of time at any Oakland library location and watch from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"http://oaklandlibrary.org/events/main-library/partial-eclipse-viewing-party\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Castro Valley Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>3600 Northbridge Ave., Castro Valley\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n9 to 11:30 a.m.\u003cbr>\nFree\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The library won’t be open, but there will be a viewing party in the parking lot and free eclipse glasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out more \u003ca href=\"http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=ACL&curKey1=Castro%20Valley%20Branch&curMonth=08&curYear=2017&setRef=new\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1914488/where-to-watch-the-eclipse-in-the-bay-area","authors":["11376"],"series":["science_3390"],"categories":["science_28","science_40"],"tags":["science_5197","science_856","science_1928","science_3370"],"featImg":"science_22999","label":"science_3390"},"science_1914425":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1914425","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1914425","score":null,"sort":[1502694094000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"eclipse-scientists-probe-the-mysteries-of-the-suns-atmosphere","title":"Eclipse Scientists Probe the Mysteries of the Sun's Atmosphere","publishDate":1502694094,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Eclipse Scientists Probe the Mysteries of the Sun’s Atmosphere | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":3390,"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>[audio src=https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2017/08/ScienceEclipseScienceandSolarPowerVentonandSommer170814.mp3 program=\"KQED Science\" title=\"Eclipse Scientists Probe the Mysteries of the Sun's Atmosphere\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/corona_druckmuller.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wait between total solar eclipses, if you’re planning to stay in one particular location, is a very long time. On average, \u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/25644-total-solar-eclipses-frequency-explained.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">around 400 years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">But, if you’re willing to go anywhere on the planet, the wait is around 18 months. And if you’re a scientist studying the sun, chances are you’re happy to travel just about anywhere. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Asking what we’re doing seeing another eclipse is like asking a cardiologist who looked at somebody’s heart for two minutes, a year and a half ago, does he want to look at another patient,” says Jay Pasachoff, chair of the International Astronomical Union’s working group on solar eclipses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">During a total eclipse, the moon gets between us and the sun, like an umbrella. Blue sky turns dark, revealing a sight that is normally hidden. \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">In that darkened sky is the sun’s atmosphere, the corona\u003ci>—\u003c/i>a silvery, waving halo of hot, constantly changing gas.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">“Every time we look [at the corona] there’s something different,” says Pasachoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big storms in the corona—which are like burps of fiery plasma from the sun—can damage satellites, harm astronauts and disrupt power grids. The more scientists know about the corona, the better they can predict these big storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the only time researchers can see all of the corona really well is during a total eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s amazing that the moon at this moment in our history is exactly the same size of the sun, apparently,” says \u003cspan class=\"s1\">Alan Gould, former planetarium director (and current volunteer) at the Lawrence Berkeley Hall of Science. “\u003c/span>And so it exactly blocks the disc of the sun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914431\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1914431 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Total solar eclipse as seen over Svalbard, Norway in March 2015. The international Solar Wind Sherpas team, led by Shadia Habbal of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Institute for Astronomy, braved the arctic weather in order to study the sun’s atmosphere. \u003ccite>(Miloslav Druckmüller)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Leaving the brilliant corona visible around the black circle of the moon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The sun is 400 times larger than the moon, but it’s 400 times farther away from us, so it looks the same size in the sky. Millions of years ago, the moon was closer and covered up more of the sun. In the distant future it’ll be farther away, and appear too small to see total eclipses. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“We are living in such a fortunate time in that regard” says Gould, “so we get to see the entire corona in its glory.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">That’s why astronomers are traveling from all over the world to see the eclipse on August 21st. \u003c/span>And some of them will be studying one of the biggest mysteries about the sun; it has to do with temperature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So the sun is about 10 million degrees (Celsius) at the center,” Gould says. “Really, that’s where all the action is. All the nuclear fusion is happening there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p2\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The surface is a lot cooler: about 5,538 degrees Celsius. It would make sense for the corona streaming off the surface to be cooler still. But it’s not.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>It’s a lot hotter.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”VsaP0D5KdOmzSVVxWKmtz5qSkaUq9Sof”]”In fact, it gets up to a million degrees” says Gould. “There are theories about why that is, but it’s really not known.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not for lack of trying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like to joke that the problem has been solved,” Pasachoff says. “It’s been solved by twelve different people in twelve different ways. In other words, we don’t have a solution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">One of the people working toward a solution on the day of the eclipse will be University of Hawaii astronomer \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://people.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/bio/shadia-habbal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shadia Habbal\u003c/a>. She leads an international team of scientists known as the “Solar Wind Sherpas” who travel the world in pursuit of solar science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a very special eclipse for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Usually most eclipse paths cover a lot of ocean, or they go over islands, ” she says. “This one is like 3,000 miles of solid land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the day of the eclipse Habbal will be overseeing five different observation sites within the “\u003ca href=\"https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">path of totality\u003c/a>“—the band running across the U.S. where the sun will be entirely blocked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By spreading out the equipment, Habbal’s team will get the chance to see the corona’s behavior over several hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p2\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">And if you want to be part of scientific history too, you can. \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The Eclipse Megamovie Project is a collaboration between Google and UC Berkeley to compile photographs from the public into a film. Scientists will be able to use the images for years to study dynamics of the corona. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5xOcjC5-oo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other researchers will be use the eclipse to learn more about the Earth itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having this dark shadow of the eclipse is really kind of a shocker to the atmosphere,” says Angela Des Jardin, director of the Montana Space Grant Consortium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s overseeing a project to \u003ca href=\"http://eclipse.montana.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launch high-altitude balloons\u003c/a> that will live-stream the eclipse as well as collect weather data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1914426\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-1920x1278.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During a test flight, Montana State University students Carter McIver, left, Katherine Lee, Darci Collins, and Keaton Harmon inflate high-altitude balloons. These balloons, launched from sites across the nation, will live-stream the eclipse on August 21. \u003ccite>(Kelly Gorham/Montana State University)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So this is unprecedented opportunity for us to actually be able to collect all this data about how the atmosphere changes,” Des Jardin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, August 21st could possibly become the single greatest scientific-data-collecting day in American history. You can be part of it by joining one of the many \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">citizen science projects\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read more KQED eclipse coverage:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/07/24/dont-be-in-the-dark-answers-to-your-burning-questions-about-the-august-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/06/20/you-know-about-this-summers-spectacular-solar-eclipse-right/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You Know About This Summer’s Spectacular Solar Eclipse, Right?\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/07/24/dont-be-in-the-dark-answers-to-your-burning-questions-about-the-august-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don’t Be in the Dark: Answers To Your Burning Questions About the August Eclipse\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help Make History: Eclipse Projects for Citizen Scientists\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/07/26/americans-prepare-for-first-total-solar-eclipse-in-century/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans Prepare for First Coast-to-Coast Total Solar Eclipse in Century\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> (\u003c/span>\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.5\">KQED Forum\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"This summer's solar eclipse will illuminate mysteries about how the sun's atmosphere works. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704928437,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":21,"wordCount":1125},"headData":{"title":"Eclipse Scientists Probe the Mysteries of the Sun's Atmosphere | KQED","description":"This summer's solar eclipse will illuminate mysteries about how the sun's atmosphere works. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Eclipse Scientists Probe the Mysteries of the Sun's Atmosphere","datePublished":"2017-08-14T07:01:34.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T23:13:57.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/science/1914425/eclipse-scientists-probe-the-mysteries-of-the-suns-atmosphere","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2017/08/ScienceEclipseScienceandSolarPowerVentonandSommer170814.mp3","audioDuration":429000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"src":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2017/08/ScienceEclipseScienceandSolarPowerVentonandSommer170814.mp3","program":"KQED Science","title":"Eclipse Scientists Probe the Mysteries of the Sun's Atmosphere","image":"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/corona_druckmuller.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wait between total solar eclipses, if you’re planning to stay in one particular location, is a very long time. On average, \u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/25644-total-solar-eclipses-frequency-explained.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">around 400 years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">But, if you’re willing to go anywhere on the planet, the wait is around 18 months. And if you’re a scientist studying the sun, chances are you’re happy to travel just about anywhere. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Asking what we’re doing seeing another eclipse is like asking a cardiologist who looked at somebody’s heart for two minutes, a year and a half ago, does he want to look at another patient,” says Jay Pasachoff, chair of the International Astronomical Union’s working group on solar eclipses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">During a total eclipse, the moon gets between us and the sun, like an umbrella. Blue sky turns dark, revealing a sight that is normally hidden. \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">In that darkened sky is the sun’s atmosphere, the corona\u003ci>—\u003c/i>a silvery, waving halo of hot, constantly changing gas.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">“Every time we look [at the corona] there’s something different,” says Pasachoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big storms in the corona—which are like burps of fiery plasma from the sun—can damage satellites, harm astronauts and disrupt power grids. The more scientists know about the corona, the better they can predict these big storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the only time researchers can see all of the corona really well is during a total eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s amazing that the moon at this moment in our history is exactly the same size of the sun, apparently,” says \u003cspan class=\"s1\">Alan Gould, former planetarium director (and current volunteer) at the Lawrence Berkeley Hall of Science. “\u003c/span>And so it exactly blocks the disc of the sun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914431\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1914431 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/milov_Tse2015-50mm9614-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Total solar eclipse as seen over Svalbard, Norway in March 2015. The international Solar Wind Sherpas team, led by Shadia Habbal of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Institute for Astronomy, braved the arctic weather in order to study the sun’s atmosphere. \u003ccite>(Miloslav Druckmüller)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Leaving the brilliant corona visible around the black circle of the moon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The sun is 400 times larger than the moon, but it’s 400 times farther away from us, so it looks the same size in the sky. Millions of years ago, the moon was closer and covered up more of the sun. In the distant future it’ll be farther away, and appear too small to see total eclipses. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“We are living in such a fortunate time in that regard” says Gould, “so we get to see the entire corona in its glory.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">That’s why astronomers are traveling from all over the world to see the eclipse on August 21st. \u003c/span>And some of them will be studying one of the biggest mysteries about the sun; it has to do with temperature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So the sun is about 10 million degrees (Celsius) at the center,” Gould says. “Really, that’s where all the action is. All the nuclear fusion is happening there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p2\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The surface is a lot cooler: about 5,538 degrees Celsius. It would make sense for the corona streaming off the surface to be cooler still. But it’s not.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>It’s a lot hotter.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>”In fact, it gets up to a million degrees” says Gould. “There are theories about why that is, but it’s really not known.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not for lack of trying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like to joke that the problem has been solved,” Pasachoff says. “It’s been solved by twelve different people in twelve different ways. In other words, we don’t have a solution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">One of the people working toward a solution on the day of the eclipse will be University of Hawaii astronomer \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://people.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/bio/shadia-habbal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shadia Habbal\u003c/a>. She leads an international team of scientists known as the “Solar Wind Sherpas” who travel the world in pursuit of solar science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a very special eclipse for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Usually most eclipse paths cover a lot of ocean, or they go over islands, ” she says. “This one is like 3,000 miles of solid land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the day of the eclipse Habbal will be overseeing five different observation sites within the “\u003ca href=\"https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">path of totality\u003c/a>“—the band running across the U.S. where the sun will be entirely blocked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By spreading out the equipment, Habbal’s team will get the chance to see the corona’s behavior over several hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p2\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">And if you want to be part of scientific history too, you can. \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The Eclipse Megamovie Project is a collaboration between Google and UC Berkeley to compile photographs from the public into a film. Scientists will be able to use the images for years to study dynamics of the corona. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Z5xOcjC5-oo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Z5xOcjC5-oo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Other researchers will be use the eclipse to learn more about the Earth itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having this dark shadow of the eclipse is really kind of a shocker to the atmosphere,” says Angela Des Jardin, director of the Montana Space Grant Consortium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s overseeing a project to \u003ca href=\"http://eclipse.montana.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launch high-altitude balloons\u003c/a> that will live-stream the eclipse as well as collect weather data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1914426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1914426\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-1920x1278.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/kg20170621151-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During a test flight, Montana State University students Carter McIver, left, Katherine Lee, Darci Collins, and Keaton Harmon inflate high-altitude balloons. These balloons, launched from sites across the nation, will live-stream the eclipse on August 21. \u003ccite>(Kelly Gorham/Montana State University)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So this is unprecedented opportunity for us to actually be able to collect all this data about how the atmosphere changes,” Des Jardin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, August 21st could possibly become the single greatest scientific-data-collecting day in American history. You can be part of it by joining one of the many \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">citizen science projects\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read more KQED eclipse coverage:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/07/24/dont-be-in-the-dark-answers-to-your-burning-questions-about-the-august-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/06/20/you-know-about-this-summers-spectacular-solar-eclipse-right/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You Know About This Summer’s Spectacular Solar Eclipse, Right?\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/07/24/dont-be-in-the-dark-answers-to-your-burning-questions-about-the-august-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don’t Be in the Dark: Answers To Your Burning Questions About the August Eclipse\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help Make History: Eclipse Projects for Citizen Scientists\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/08/11/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/07/26/americans-prepare-for-first-total-solar-eclipse-in-century/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans Prepare for First Coast-to-Coast Total Solar Eclipse in Century\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> (\u003c/span>\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.5\">KQED Forum\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1914425/eclipse-scientists-probe-the-mysteries-of-the-suns-atmosphere","authors":["11088"],"series":["science_3390"],"categories":["science_28","science_46","science_43","science_3423"],"tags":["science_1073","science_123","science_1975","science_2933"],"featImg":"science_1914427","label":"science_3390"},"science_1914437":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1914437","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1914437","score":null,"sort":[1502694089000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"californias-grid-prepares-for-solar-power-to-be-eclipsed","title":"California's Grid Prepares for Solar Power To Be Eclipsed","publishDate":1502694089,"format":"aside","headTitle":"California’s Grid Prepares for Solar Power To Be Eclipsed | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":3390,"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>[audio src=http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2017/08/ScienceEclipseScienceandSolarPowerVentonandSommer170814.mp3 program=\"KQED Science\" title=\"California's Grid Prepares for Solar Power To Be Eclipsed\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/NellisAirForceBase2.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spectators around the country are gearing up, eclipse glasses at the ready, for the big event on August 21. But another group — perhaps more anxious than eager — is preparing as well: the people who run California’s electric grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is home to almost half of all the solar power in the country. So even a partial loss of the sun will mean a major dip in the energy supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re doing a lot of coordination, a lot of preparation,” says Deane Lyon, a manager at the California Independent System Operator (ISO), which manages about 80 percent of the state’s electric grid. “It’s probably the most work this company has done to prepare for a three-hour event in our history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It’ll be a major thing for the people running the grid at that time to manage.’\u003ccite>Deane Lyon, California ISO\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Solar power already comes with up and downs, in the form of clouds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So this was a particularly cloudy day,” says Jan Klube of Enphase, pulling up a graph showing the solar output from one California home. The Petaluma-based company monitors rooftop solar systems around the country day in and day out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To show how a single cloud can make a difference, he points to the afternoon hours, when the output dips by about a third. “You see the big drop, so there’s a cloud coming and going,” he explains. “That’s why you see the zigzag.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your solar panels are in the path of totality during the eclipse, “it will go all the way to zero,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California isn’t squarely in the path, but the moon’s partial shadow will obscure 90 percent of the sun in the north, down to nearly 60 percent in the south. That’s more than enough to cause some anxiety for the people who have to keep California’s lights on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1914444\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06.jpg 790w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06-768x541.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06-375x264.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06-520x366.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1914445\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Mobile_V06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Mobile_V06.jpg 440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Mobile_V06-160x295.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Mobile_V06-240x442.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Mobile_V06-375x690.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>It’s unprecedented because solar power has been booming in California. Some days, it makes up as much as 40 percent of the state’s power supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The eclipse will cut solar output roughly in half over the course of several hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, hundreds of thousands of buildings — both residential and commercial — that normally count on rooftop solar will need to switch to grid power instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Add that to the loss from big utility-scale solar farms and California will need to fill a power gap equal to what six million homes use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Luckily, we had a really good water year this year,” Lyon says. “So we’ll have some pretty good flexibility on the hydro.” That wasn’t the case during the past few summers, when reservoirs were low due to the drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What hydropower dams can’t make up, natural gas power plants will. That includes large power plants that can respond quickly, as well as smaller “peaker” plants. The California ISO is scheduling extra power ahead of time to try to ensure the needs are met and that power prices don’t spike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tricky part is that the sun will disappear and reappear 2-to-3 times faster than normal, which means the grid will have to be balanced carefully. Supply always has to meet demand, otherwise, you get blackouts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grid operators say they’re prepared because, with renewable energy on the rise, they’ve learned to deal with power dips every day. In recent years, the California ISO has beefed up its modeling and forecasting to handle the swings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1914443\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"829\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge.jpg 829w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-800x508.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-768x487.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-240x152.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-375x238.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-520x330.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other leading solar states will see an effect, too. Duke Energy in North Carolina expects to lose about 90 percent of its solar supply, though it has about a quarter of what California uses. It plans to use natural gas power plants to fill in the gap. NV Energy in Nevada expects to see an even smaller dip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next total eclipse, in 2024, could be an even bigger challenge for California and other states, when even more solar is in the mix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’ll be a major thing for the people running the grid at that time to manage,” Lyon says. “It won’t be me. I’ll be retired for hopefully several years by then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Energy officials are asking Californians to turn off lights and conserve energy for several hours on the morning of August 21, just to give the grid a little extra help.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Even the partial eclipse in California will mean a major drop in the solar power supply.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704928438,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":828},"headData":{"title":"California's Grid Prepares for Solar Power To Be Eclipsed | KQED","description":"Even the partial eclipse in California will mean a major drop in the solar power supply.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"California's Grid Prepares for Solar Power To Be Eclipsed","datePublished":"2017-08-14T07:01:29.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T23:13:58.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/science/1914437/californias-grid-prepares-for-solar-power-to-be-eclipsed","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"src":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2017/08/ScienceEclipseScienceandSolarPowerVentonandSommer170814.mp3","program":"KQED Science","title":"California's Grid Prepares for Solar Power To Be Eclipsed","image":"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/NellisAirForceBase2.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spectators around the country are gearing up, eclipse glasses at the ready, for the big event on August 21. But another group — perhaps more anxious than eager — is preparing as well: the people who run California’s electric grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is home to almost half of all the solar power in the country. So even a partial loss of the sun will mean a major dip in the energy supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re doing a lot of coordination, a lot of preparation,” says Deane Lyon, a manager at the California Independent System Operator (ISO), which manages about 80 percent of the state’s electric grid. “It’s probably the most work this company has done to prepare for a three-hour event in our history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It’ll be a major thing for the people running the grid at that time to manage.’\u003ccite>Deane Lyon, California ISO\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Solar power already comes with up and downs, in the form of clouds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So this was a particularly cloudy day,” says Jan Klube of Enphase, pulling up a graph showing the solar output from one California home. The Petaluma-based company monitors rooftop solar systems around the country day in and day out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To show how a single cloud can make a difference, he points to the afternoon hours, when the output dips by about a third. “You see the big drop, so there’s a cloud coming and going,” he explains. “That’s why you see the zigzag.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your solar panels are in the path of totality during the eclipse, “it will go all the way to zero,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California isn’t squarely in the path, but the moon’s partial shadow will obscure 90 percent of the sun in the north, down to nearly 60 percent in the south. That’s more than enough to cause some anxiety for the people who have to keep California’s lights on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1914444\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06.jpg 790w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06-768x541.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06-375x264.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Desktop_V06-520x366.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1914445\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Mobile_V06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Mobile_V06.jpg 440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Mobile_V06-160x295.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Mobile_V06-240x442.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Solar_Mobile_V06-375x690.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>It’s unprecedented because solar power has been booming in California. Some days, it makes up as much as 40 percent of the state’s power supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The eclipse will cut solar output roughly in half over the course of several hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, hundreds of thousands of buildings — both residential and commercial — that normally count on rooftop solar will need to switch to grid power instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Add that to the loss from big utility-scale solar farms and California will need to fill a power gap equal to what six million homes use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Luckily, we had a really good water year this year,” Lyon says. “So we’ll have some pretty good flexibility on the hydro.” That wasn’t the case during the past few summers, when reservoirs were low due to the drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What hydropower dams can’t make up, natural gas power plants will. That includes large power plants that can respond quickly, as well as smaller “peaker” plants. The California ISO is scheduling extra power ahead of time to try to ensure the needs are met and that power prices don’t spike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tricky part is that the sun will disappear and reappear 2-to-3 times faster than normal, which means the grid will have to be balanced carefully. Supply always has to meet demand, otherwise, you get blackouts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grid operators say they’re prepared because, with renewable energy on the rise, they’ve learned to deal with power dips every day. In recent years, the California ISO has beefed up its modeling and forecasting to handle the swings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1914443\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"829\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge.jpg 829w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-800x508.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-768x487.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-240x152.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-375x238.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/mainlarge-520x330.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other leading solar states will see an effect, too. Duke Energy in North Carolina expects to lose about 90 percent of its solar supply, though it has about a quarter of what California uses. It plans to use natural gas power plants to fill in the gap. NV Energy in Nevada expects to see an even smaller dip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next total eclipse, in 2024, could be an even bigger challenge for California and other states, when even more solar is in the mix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’ll be a major thing for the people running the grid at that time to manage,” Lyon says. “It won’t be me. I’ll be retired for hopefully several years by then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Energy officials are asking Californians to turn off lights and conserve energy for several hours on the morning of August 21, just to give the grid a little extra help.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1914437/californias-grid-prepares-for-solar-power-to-be-eclipsed","authors":["239"],"series":["science_3390"],"categories":["science_28","science_46","science_33","science_89","science_40","science_43"],"tags":["science_3370","science_283","science_140","science_1975","science_1134","science_2933"],"featImg":"science_1914446","label":"science_3390"},"science_1910269":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1910269","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1910269","score":null,"sort":[1502434860000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists","title":"Help Make History: Eclipse Projects for Citizen Scientists","publishDate":1502434860,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Help Make History: Eclipse Projects for Citizen Scientists | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>The solar eclipse this month will be our country’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/07/26/americans-prepare-for-first-total-solar-eclipse-in-century/\">first\u003c/a> total eclipse in the age of the Internet. Technologies that are commonplace now, such as smartphones, were nearly unthinkable in 1979, the last time there was a total solar eclipse seen from the continental U.S. Today’s instant global connectivity makes whole new kinds of citizen science possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It’s an opportunity for everybody to realize their deep connection to the sun.’\u003ccite>Holli Riebeek, NASA\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The smartphones that each one of us has in our pocket are data-gathering machines, and when we upload an observation or a photo, scientists can know exactly where we were on the planet at the very moment we took it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some simple and fun ways to be a scientist for a day on August 21\u003csup>st\u003c/sup>. Grab your phone, because most of them involve downloading an app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Life Responds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a total eclipse, the common orb weaver spider stops what she’s doing, and starts diligently eating her web. This is her nighttime routine, but she’s doing it during the day. Is she responding to the sudden darkness? Or maybe the sudden change in temperature?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spiders disassembling their \u003ca href=\"http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1994.tb00878.x/abstract\">webs\u003c/a>, birds going to roost, gray squirrels running into their dens. There’s loads of anecdotal evidence that animals change their behavior during solar eclipses, but scientists haven’t systematically gathered this information — until now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Academy of Sciences’ project, Life Responds, invites people to join one of the largest examinations of plant and animal behavior during an eclipse ever made. To participate, plan to observe nature during the eclipse — whether in the wilderness or your home or backyard — and download the iNaturalist app on your smart phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1910274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1910274\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The six-spotted orb weaver is known to eat her web at night. What will she do during the eclipse? \u003ccite>(Rebecca Johnson / Cal Academy of Sciences)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then, on the day of the eclipse, scout your surroundings and choose an animal to observe. Rebecca Johnson, citizen science research coordinator at Cal Academy, recommends choosing an animal that you suspect might change its behavior, such as spiders, ants and birds — even captive animals such as chickens, dogs or cats. Or, maybe pick a flower that normally closes at night, such as the morning glory or the California poppy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Life Responds will make a permanent record from the observations, Johnson says. Johnson and her partners will make this information available to scientists and anyone else who’s curious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"https://www.calacademy.org/citizen-science/solar-eclipse-2017\">here\u003c/a> to learn more and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GLOBE Observer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA’s GLOBE Observer program invites people to spend the day of the eclipse observing what happens to the weather when the sun is blocked out for a period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temperature may drop. Clouds may change. The wind may shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”sFrVoNh6v5nagaZWjNGOTmsiHxuTBFWM”]To participate in this project, download the GLOBE Observer app. In the weeks before the eclipse, take a couple minutes to learn how to read a cheap thermometer and how to characterize cloud types (the app can help with that). On the day of the eclipse, pay close attention to the sky and record what you observe every 10 minutes for two hours before and after the eclipse. You observations will help scientists understanding more about how the sun’s rays impact weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an opportunity for everybody to realize their deep connection to the sun,” says project coordinator Holli Riebeek. “It’s so easy to take it for granted. This project helps you think about that relationship in a new way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"https://observer.globe.gov/science-connections/eclipse2017\">here\u003c/a> to learn more and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eclipse Soundscapes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s one thing most people don’t associate with eclipses: sound. The solar eclipse doesn’t impact only the visual environment, it also affects the soundscape. This citizen science event is part scientific inquiry and part artistic creation, and offers blind and visually impaired people a way to experience the eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1910277\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 4608px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1910277\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3072\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map.jpg 4608w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eclipse Soundscapes gives a multi-sensory experience for the blind and visually-impaired \u003ccite>(Kelsey Perrett / Eclipse Soundscapes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During an eclipse, day temporarily turns to night. Nocturnal animals such as crickets will emerge and start to sing, and diurnal animals such as birds will quiet and nest. Loud cities may temporarily fall silent as everyone looks toward the sky — people may gasp, or laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By recording the environment before, during and after the August 21 eclipse, you can capture these changes in the sound environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our main goal is to record as much scientifically valuable information as we can,” says project founder Henry Winter, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>“We will then combine that information on a web-searchable database that any researcher can have access to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To participate, all you need is a recorder or smartphone with recording capabilities. Set up away from noisy machinery or powerlines. Start recording 30 minutes before the eclipse will reach its fullest condition in your area and for 30 minutes after. Upload your recording to the Eclipse Soundscapes website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your recordings will be geo-located and made publicly available to scientists and artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Eclipse Soundscapes \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eclipse-soundscapes/id1262152991?mt=8\">phone app\u003c/a> will also provide a multi-sensory show on the day of the eclipse. Glide your fingers over the app and it will respond with tones that sonically interpret the moon’s passage over the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1910399\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1910399\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-1920x1920.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comparing thousands of high quality photos of the eclipse will help scientists answer questions about the sun’s atmosphere. \u003ccite>(iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This project is a way to “provide an engaging experience for people who have historically been left out of astrophysics enterprises,” says Winter. “And a good way to start building tools that allow people who have not traditionally had access to astronomical information to have access to it in some real way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"http://eclipsesoundscapes.org/\">here\u003c/a> to learn more and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Eclipse Megamovie\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking a good picture of the eclipse is hard to do and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/07/24/dont-be-in-the-dark-answers-to-your-burning-questions-about-the-august-eclipse/?gclid=CjwKCAjwzYDMBRA1EiwAwCv6Jrjvu7hARagMVMBDO3S4Xnk3z_mCv51SoF9iwmHWNfD6Tv3ncP-LaxoCu3cQAvD_BwE\">potentially dangerous\u003c/a> for your eyes and camera. Many experts discourage people from trying. However, if you’ve got a fancy camera and you’re passionate about snapping photos of this celestial phenomenon, then you might as well join the Megamovie club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley astronomer Alexei Filippenko is helping with a project to stitch together photos to create the first crowd-sourced video of the progression of the eclipse over 90 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though too late for the Megamovie itself, anyone can upload their images of totality to the project’s\u003ca href=\"https://eclipsemega.movie/\"> website\u003c/a> through Labor Day. They’ll be included in a vast image archive for future research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our primary goal is to collect as much imagery as possible and to hold it in a vast public-domain archive for future study,” Filippenko wrote in a recent \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/citizen-science-salon/2017/06/21/capturing-the-total-solar-eclipse-one-photo-at-a-time/#.WX9sy4Tyupo\">article\u003c/a> in Discover Magazine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"https://eclipsemega.movie/\">here\u003c/a> to learn more and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HamSci Project\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Have you ever wondered why you can hear some AM radio stations at night that you can’t hear during the day? It has to do with the ionosphere, an electrified layer of the earth’s atmosphere 50 miles over our heads, which absorbs radio waves and sometimes refracts them back to earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1910272\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1910272\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The eclipse impacts the way radio waves move in the atmosphere. Ham Radio operators can collect data on August 21 to help answer space physics questions. \u003ccite>(Tracey Regan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the day, UV rays from the sun strike atoms in the ionosphere and knock off some of their electrons, causing them to become charged. At night, this process stops and an entire layer of the ionosphere dissipates. But what if the sun gets blocked by the moon? Does the same thing happen?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To partake in the HamSci project, take a couple minutes in the weeks before the eclipse to find an AM radio station you can only hear at night. Then, during the eclipse, tune into that same channel and see if you can hear a signal as the sun dims. Write down what you heard and where you heard it and \u003ca href=\"http://www.skyandtelescope.com/2017-total-solar-eclipse/how-to-hear-the-solar-eclipse/\">email\u003c/a> your observation to the project organizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re a ham radio operator, there’s a lot more you can do. Space physicist and HamSci organizer Nathaniel Frissell from the New Jersey Institute of Technology is asking ham radio operators across the U.S. to collect a wide range of data during the eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a chance for radio-lovers to contribute to something bigger,” says Frissell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"http://www.hamsci.org/basic-project/2017-total-solar-eclipse\">here\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.skyandtelescope.com/2017-total-solar-eclipse/how-to-hear-the-solar-eclipse/\">here\u003c/a> to learn more and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"You can watch animals to see how they behave, record sounds, or take photos for a movie by Google and UC Berkeley.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704928440,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":40,"wordCount":1481},"headData":{"title":"Help Make History: Eclipse Projects for Citizen Scientists | KQED","description":"You can watch animals to see how they behave, record sounds, or take photos for a movie by Google and UC Berkeley.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Help Make History: Eclipse Projects for Citizen Scientists","datePublished":"2017-08-11T07:01:00.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T23:14:00.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Astronomy","sticky":false,"path":"/science/1910269/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The solar eclipse this month will be our country’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/07/26/americans-prepare-for-first-total-solar-eclipse-in-century/\">first\u003c/a> total eclipse in the age of the Internet. Technologies that are commonplace now, such as smartphones, were nearly unthinkable in 1979, the last time there was a total solar eclipse seen from the continental U.S. Today’s instant global connectivity makes whole new kinds of citizen science possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It’s an opportunity for everybody to realize their deep connection to the sun.’\u003ccite>Holli Riebeek, NASA\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The smartphones that each one of us has in our pocket are data-gathering machines, and when we upload an observation or a photo, scientists can know exactly where we were on the planet at the very moment we took it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some simple and fun ways to be a scientist for a day on August 21\u003csup>st\u003c/sup>. Grab your phone, because most of them involve downloading an app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Life Responds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a total eclipse, the common orb weaver spider stops what she’s doing, and starts diligently eating her web. This is her nighttime routine, but she’s doing it during the day. Is she responding to the sudden darkness? Or maybe the sudden change in temperature?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spiders disassembling their \u003ca href=\"http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1994.tb00878.x/abstract\">webs\u003c/a>, birds going to roost, gray squirrels running into their dens. There’s loads of anecdotal evidence that animals change their behavior during solar eclipses, but scientists haven’t systematically gathered this information — until now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Academy of Sciences’ project, Life Responds, invites people to join one of the largest examinations of plant and animal behavior during an eclipse ever made. To participate, plan to observe nature during the eclipse — whether in the wilderness or your home or backyard — and download the iNaturalist app on your smart phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1910274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1910274\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Six-spottedOrbweaver_Araniella_displicata_RJohnson-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The six-spotted orb weaver is known to eat her web at night. What will she do during the eclipse? \u003ccite>(Rebecca Johnson / Cal Academy of Sciences)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then, on the day of the eclipse, scout your surroundings and choose an animal to observe. Rebecca Johnson, citizen science research coordinator at Cal Academy, recommends choosing an animal that you suspect might change its behavior, such as spiders, ants and birds — even captive animals such as chickens, dogs or cats. Or, maybe pick a flower that normally closes at night, such as the morning glory or the California poppy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Life Responds will make a permanent record from the observations, Johnson says. Johnson and her partners will make this information available to scientists and anyone else who’s curious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"https://www.calacademy.org/citizen-science/solar-eclipse-2017\">here\u003c/a> to learn more and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GLOBE Observer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA’s GLOBE Observer program invites people to spend the day of the eclipse observing what happens to the weather when the sun is blocked out for a period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temperature may drop. Clouds may change. The wind may shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>To participate in this project, download the GLOBE Observer app. In the weeks before the eclipse, take a couple minutes to learn how to read a cheap thermometer and how to characterize cloud types (the app can help with that). On the day of the eclipse, pay close attention to the sky and record what you observe every 10 minutes for two hours before and after the eclipse. You observations will help scientists understanding more about how the sun’s rays impact weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an opportunity for everybody to realize their deep connection to the sun,” says project coordinator Holli Riebeek. “It’s so easy to take it for granted. This project helps you think about that relationship in a new way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"https://observer.globe.gov/science-connections/eclipse2017\">here\u003c/a> to learn more and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eclipse Soundscapes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s one thing most people don’t associate with eclipses: sound. The solar eclipse doesn’t impact only the visual environment, it also affects the soundscape. This citizen science event is part scientific inquiry and part artistic creation, and offers blind and visually impaired people a way to experience the eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1910277\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 4608px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1910277\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3072\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map.jpg 4608w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/Rumble-Map-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eclipse Soundscapes gives a multi-sensory experience for the blind and visually-impaired \u003ccite>(Kelsey Perrett / Eclipse Soundscapes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During an eclipse, day temporarily turns to night. Nocturnal animals such as crickets will emerge and start to sing, and diurnal animals such as birds will quiet and nest. Loud cities may temporarily fall silent as everyone looks toward the sky — people may gasp, or laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By recording the environment before, during and after the August 21 eclipse, you can capture these changes in the sound environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our main goal is to record as much scientifically valuable information as we can,” says project founder Henry Winter, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>“We will then combine that information on a web-searchable database that any researcher can have access to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To participate, all you need is a recorder or smartphone with recording capabilities. Set up away from noisy machinery or powerlines. Start recording 30 minutes before the eclipse will reach its fullest condition in your area and for 30 minutes after. Upload your recording to the Eclipse Soundscapes website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your recordings will be geo-located and made publicly available to scientists and artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Eclipse Soundscapes \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eclipse-soundscapes/id1262152991?mt=8\">phone app\u003c/a> will also provide a multi-sensory show on the day of the eclipse. Glide your fingers over the app and it will respond with tones that sonically interpret the moon’s passage over the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1910399\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1910399\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-1920x1920.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/iStock-517462556-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comparing thousands of high quality photos of the eclipse will help scientists answer questions about the sun’s atmosphere. \u003ccite>(iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This project is a way to “provide an engaging experience for people who have historically been left out of astrophysics enterprises,” says Winter. “And a good way to start building tools that allow people who have not traditionally had access to astronomical information to have access to it in some real way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"http://eclipsesoundscapes.org/\">here\u003c/a> to learn more and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Eclipse Megamovie\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking a good picture of the eclipse is hard to do and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/07/24/dont-be-in-the-dark-answers-to-your-burning-questions-about-the-august-eclipse/?gclid=CjwKCAjwzYDMBRA1EiwAwCv6Jrjvu7hARagMVMBDO3S4Xnk3z_mCv51SoF9iwmHWNfD6Tv3ncP-LaxoCu3cQAvD_BwE\">potentially dangerous\u003c/a> for your eyes and camera. Many experts discourage people from trying. However, if you’ve got a fancy camera and you’re passionate about snapping photos of this celestial phenomenon, then you might as well join the Megamovie club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley astronomer Alexei Filippenko is helping with a project to stitch together photos to create the first crowd-sourced video of the progression of the eclipse over 90 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though too late for the Megamovie itself, anyone can upload their images of totality to the project’s\u003ca href=\"https://eclipsemega.movie/\"> website\u003c/a> through Labor Day. They’ll be included in a vast image archive for future research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our primary goal is to collect as much imagery as possible and to hold it in a vast public-domain archive for future study,” Filippenko wrote in a recent \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/citizen-science-salon/2017/06/21/capturing-the-total-solar-eclipse-one-photo-at-a-time/#.WX9sy4Tyupo\">article\u003c/a> in Discover Magazine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"https://eclipsemega.movie/\">here\u003c/a> to learn more and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HamSci Project\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Have you ever wondered why you can hear some AM radio stations at night that you can’t hear during the day? It has to do with the ionosphere, an electrified layer of the earth’s atmosphere 50 miles over our heads, which absorbs radio waves and sometimes refracts them back to earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1910272\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1910272\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/08/ham-nathaniel6-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The eclipse impacts the way radio waves move in the atmosphere. Ham Radio operators can collect data on August 21 to help answer space physics questions. \u003ccite>(Tracey Regan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the day, UV rays from the sun strike atoms in the ionosphere and knock off some of their electrons, causing them to become charged. At night, this process stops and an entire layer of the ionosphere dissipates. But what if the sun gets blocked by the moon? Does the same thing happen?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To partake in the HamSci project, take a couple minutes in the weeks before the eclipse to find an AM radio station you can only hear at night. Then, during the eclipse, tune into that same channel and see if you can hear a signal as the sun dims. Write down what you heard and where you heard it and \u003ca href=\"http://www.skyandtelescope.com/2017-total-solar-eclipse/how-to-hear-the-solar-eclipse/\">email\u003c/a> your observation to the project organizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re a ham radio operator, there’s a lot more you can do. Space physicist and HamSci organizer Nathaniel Frissell from the New Jersey Institute of Technology is asking ham radio operators across the U.S. to collect a wide range of data during the eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a chance for radio-lovers to contribute to something bigger,” says Frissell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"http://www.hamsci.org/basic-project/2017-total-solar-eclipse\">here\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.skyandtelescope.com/2017-total-solar-eclipse/how-to-hear-the-solar-eclipse/\">here\u003c/a> to learn more and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1910269/help-make-history-eclipse-projects-for-citizen-scientists","authors":["11361"],"series":["science_3390"],"categories":["science_28","science_30","science_31","science_42"],"tags":["science_5197","science_123","science_1975"],"featImg":"science_1914171","label":"source_science_1910269"},"science_1866791":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1866791","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1866791","score":null,"sort":[1500922840000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"dont-be-in-the-dark-answers-to-your-burning-questions-about-the-august-eclipse","title":"Don't Be in the Dark: Answers To Your Burning Questions About the August Eclipse","publishDate":1500922840,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Don’t Be in the Dark: Answers To Your Burning Questions About the August Eclipse | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":3390,"site":"science"},"content":"\u003cp>If you sat in one place on Earth, you’d have to wait a really long time to see a total solar eclipse happen overhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’d wait 300 years. And that’s on average,” says planetary physicist Paul Doherty, senior scientist at San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/\">Exploratorium\u003c/a>. Doherty has seen nine total solar eclipses in his life. He’s traveled to the Gobi desert, floated the Zambezi River and sailed to remote atolls, all to witness a cosmic phenomenon that most people will never see in their lifetime. But this summer, some Americans will have their chance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A total solar eclipse is set to sweep across the central United States on August 21. Even though California won’t get the total show, it’ll be an event pretty much everywhere. So we checked with Doherty and other local experts to find answers to your burning questions about the big day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Safe Viewing Techniques | How to View an Eclipse | Exploratorium\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/FWI7iH4H26M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Can I Safely Watch the Eclipse?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It bears repeating: do not look directly at the partially-eclipsed or un-eclipsed sun. And this part you may not know: do not look at the partially- or un-eclipsed sun through camera, telescope or binocular lenses \u003cem>with or without\u003c/em> eclipse glasses, because the concentrated rays coming through those lenses can penetrate the eclipse filter and damage your eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are safe ways to watch astronomical history in action:\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch3>Know the Code: Beware of Unsafe Eclipse Glasses\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The FTC has \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/planning-watch-eclipse-read-first\">issued a warning\u003c/a> to protect consumers from eclipse glasses that don’t meet international safety standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FTC warns to only use glasses that:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Have the manufacturer printed somewhere on them\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are printed with the code \u003cstrong>ISO 12312-2\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are made by one of \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/planning-watch-eclipse-read-first\">five companies\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are no older than three years old\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eclipse glasses\u003c/strong> offer a safe barrier between the sun and your eyes for the most direct viewing. Wearing eclipse glasses — which filter out the sun’s harmful rays — will allow you to look directly at the sun as the moon passes in front of it and casts its shadow on Earth. Everyday sunglasses are nowhere near powerful enough to shield your eyes from the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doherty advises to use only official eclipse glasses. “Don’t make them yourself,” he says. “Your eyes are worth more than that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA\u003ca href=\"https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety\"> advises\u003c/a> that removing eclipse glasses is okay \u003cem>only\u003c/em> during full totality. If you’re not in the path of totality (i.e. anywhere in California), it will not be safe to look at the sun during any part of the eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”4IqeLewJSu267z6C65X6DIDF4aZ1slm8″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Live stream \u003c/strong>the total solar eclipse and see stunning images beamed right to your smartphone or laptop. Those stuck inside at work, or outside the path of the total eclipse won’t have to miss a thing. The Exploratorium recently launched its free \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/apps/total-solar-eclipse-app\">Total Solar Eclipse App\u003c/a> for iOS and Android, which will feature two live telescope streams from the path of totality, a Spanish live stream and more on the big day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you were not in the path but you were outside, you could look at the sun through your eclipse glasses and look at the totality on the app,” says Exploratorium Director of Moving Images Nicole Minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a pinhole viewer \u003c/strong>to watch a partial eclipse. That’s called projected viewing, and it can serve as a fun craft project for the whole family. Ben Burress, staff astronomer at the Chabot Space & Science Center says you can use almost anything with a small hole in it to focus sunlight onto a white surface. A kitchen colander, your interlaced fingers and even natural features can safely project little eclipses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We even have shadows of trees cast on walls, and it’s this pattern of leaves but inside it’s little crescents,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1867141\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1867141 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-1020x498.png\" alt=\"Projection viewing is one safe way to watch the solar eclipse, and it can be as simple as casting small patches of sun onto a white surface. \" width=\"640\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-1020x498.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-160x78.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-800x390.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-768x375.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-1180x576.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-960x468.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-240x117.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-375x183.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-520x254.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing.png 1660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Projection viewing is one safe way to watch the solar eclipse, and it can be as simple as casting small patches of sun onto a white surface. \u003ccite>(Exploratorium/Courtesy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can also magnify the projection using a mirror or binoculars. On August 21, \u003ca href=\"http://www.chabotspace.org/index.htm\">Chabot Space & Science Center\u003c/a> will have on hand special telescopes for watching the eclipse, as well as solar viewers, projection viewers and other ways to safely watch the partial eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I Take a Picture of It With My Smartphone?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It depends. Your smartphone camera is like your eye: it can fry when pointed directly at the blazing sun for too long. Don’t risk it; use a filter. During totality it’s okay to take a picture of the eclipse with just the corona visible around its outside edges — but that image will be \u003cem>really\u003c/em> small. And there is a more important question at hand here: Do you really want to experience a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical phenomenon through a 4-inch rectangular screen?\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘When the sky gets dark enough you can see the planets and some bright stars come out. You’re surrounded by a 360-degree sunset glow with the light leaking in from around the edge of the eclipse.’\u003ccite>Paul Doherty, Exploratorium\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Doherty said his favorite way to take in an eclipse during totality is with his own two eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The human eye is a great instrument for looking at eclipses,” he says. “You have this wide field of view, you have a tremendous dynamic range. You can see things that are light and that are dark at the same time,” he says. “I don’t take photographs. I let the experts spend their time working hard and taking photographs. I drink in the experience with my own eyes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m Traveling to the Path of Totality: Where Should I Go?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It does matter. Moving closer toward the center of the path will maximize your time in the shadow, which could last about two-and-a-half minutes. As you move toward the outer edges of the path, the time in totality will dwindle down to just seconds. Still, the entire spectacle from partial eclipse to totality and back will take hours, according to Burress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doherty has one piece of advice for eclipse chasers: be flexible. Check the weather report and be ready to move on short notice in case the clouds move in to the forecast. The long-range outlook, he says, is promising for both locations of the Exploratorium’s live streams with a 75 percent chance of clear skies in Madras, Oregon and Casper, Wyoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1299992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 684px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1299992 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse.png 684w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse-160x91.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse-240x136.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse-375x213.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse-520x296.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path of totality travels east from Oregon to South Carolina. The green marker labeled GE is the point of Greatest Eclipse. The magenta marker labeled GD is the point of Greatest Duration. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the moment comes and the moon fully blocks out the sun save for just the wispy white spindles of the corona, Doherty says you’re in for a profound experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The eclipse experience itself is really out of this world,” he says. “Having the sky turn from day to night in the middle of the day — your body knows that should not be happening. You get this real excitement as the sky gets darker and darker. When the sky gets dark enough you can see the planets and some bright stars come out. You’re surrounded by a 360-degree sunset glow with the light leaking in from around the edge of the eclipse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doherty may have seen nine total eclipses but his enthusiasm for the experience hasn’t waned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Get in the path of totality,” he says. “Sit down. Look around. Enjoy it all. Enjoy the sky. Look around the horizon and enjoy being completely surrounded by a sunset. It’s your own experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Can I Do to Get Ready for Aug. 21? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you can’t make the trek to see the total eclipse in person, tune into one of the five live streams available on the Exploratorium app: in-depth scientific coverage in English and Spanish; two three-hour telescope streams from Oregon and Wyoming; and a live sonification of the eclipse complete with musical interpretation of the totality by the Kronos Quartet. The app also features a series of videos with insight into the science and culture behind eclipses and tips for safe viewing. And KQED Science will have reporters in the band of totality, from Idaho to Tennessee.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘It really makes you feel aware of our place in space, our little blue planet in this vast system’\u003ccite>Nicole Minor, Exploratorium\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Programming at the Exploratorium and Chabot will offer enhanced remote viewing and educational activities centered on the science behind the eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there’s the sky. Burress says the Bay Area will be treated to a partial eclipse with about 75 percent of the sun covered up. He says there will be notable darkening of the sky here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sun “will be a nice, bright, thick crescent,” he says. “With this kind of an eclipse you will notice the light get kind of crisper. You know how light gets in autumn as opposed to in bright summer? So you will notice something’s definitely wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However you choose to take in the eclipse, the experts advise to take your eyes off the sun every once in a while and take in the scene around you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seeing an eclipse is a really unique and special thing,” Minor says. “There’s a communal aspect of it, the viewing, together. That’s something I would encourage people to do. Come to the Exploratorium or go outside and be with people. It really makes you feel aware of our place in space, our little blue planet in this vast system.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"There are safe ways to watch astronomical history in action: eclipse glasses, live stream, and a pinhole viewer.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704928484,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":38,"wordCount":1681},"headData":{"title":"Don't Be in the Dark: Answers To Your Burning Questions About the August Eclipse | KQED","description":"There are safe ways to watch astronomical history in action: eclipse glasses, live stream, and a pinhole viewer.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Don't Be in the Dark: Answers To Your Burning Questions About the August Eclipse","datePublished":"2017-07-24T19:00:40.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T23:14:44.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/science/1866791/dont-be-in-the-dark-answers-to-your-burning-questions-about-the-august-eclipse","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you sat in one place on Earth, you’d have to wait a really long time to see a total solar eclipse happen overhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’d wait 300 years. And that’s on average,” says planetary physicist Paul Doherty, senior scientist at San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/\">Exploratorium\u003c/a>. Doherty has seen nine total solar eclipses in his life. He’s traveled to the Gobi desert, floated the Zambezi River and sailed to remote atolls, all to witness a cosmic phenomenon that most people will never see in their lifetime. But this summer, some Americans will have their chance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A total solar eclipse is set to sweep across the central United States on August 21. Even though California won’t get the total show, it’ll be an event pretty much everywhere. So we checked with Doherty and other local experts to find answers to your burning questions about the big day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Safe Viewing Techniques | How to View an Eclipse | Exploratorium\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/FWI7iH4H26M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Can I Safely Watch the Eclipse?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It bears repeating: do not look directly at the partially-eclipsed or un-eclipsed sun. And this part you may not know: do not look at the partially- or un-eclipsed sun through camera, telescope or binocular lenses \u003cem>with or without\u003c/em> eclipse glasses, because the concentrated rays coming through those lenses can penetrate the eclipse filter and damage your eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are safe ways to watch astronomical history in action:\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch3>Know the Code: Beware of Unsafe Eclipse Glasses\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The FTC has \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/planning-watch-eclipse-read-first\">issued a warning\u003c/a> to protect consumers from eclipse glasses that don’t meet international safety standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FTC warns to only use glasses that:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Have the manufacturer printed somewhere on them\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are printed with the code \u003cstrong>ISO 12312-2\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are made by one of \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/planning-watch-eclipse-read-first\">five companies\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are no older than three years old\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eclipse glasses\u003c/strong> offer a safe barrier between the sun and your eyes for the most direct viewing. Wearing eclipse glasses — which filter out the sun’s harmful rays — will allow you to look directly at the sun as the moon passes in front of it and casts its shadow on Earth. Everyday sunglasses are nowhere near powerful enough to shield your eyes from the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doherty advises to use only official eclipse glasses. “Don’t make them yourself,” he says. “Your eyes are worth more than that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA\u003ca href=\"https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety\"> advises\u003c/a> that removing eclipse glasses is okay \u003cem>only\u003c/em> during full totality. If you’re not in the path of totality (i.e. anywhere in California), it will not be safe to look at the sun during any part of the eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Live stream \u003c/strong>the total solar eclipse and see stunning images beamed right to your smartphone or laptop. Those stuck inside at work, or outside the path of the total eclipse won’t have to miss a thing. The Exploratorium recently launched its free \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/apps/total-solar-eclipse-app\">Total Solar Eclipse App\u003c/a> for iOS and Android, which will feature two live telescope streams from the path of totality, a Spanish live stream and more on the big day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you were not in the path but you were outside, you could look at the sun through your eclipse glasses and look at the totality on the app,” says Exploratorium Director of Moving Images Nicole Minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a pinhole viewer \u003c/strong>to watch a partial eclipse. That’s called projected viewing, and it can serve as a fun craft project for the whole family. Ben Burress, staff astronomer at the Chabot Space & Science Center says you can use almost anything with a small hole in it to focus sunlight onto a white surface. A kitchen colander, your interlaced fingers and even natural features can safely project little eclipses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We even have shadows of trees cast on walls, and it’s this pattern of leaves but inside it’s little crescents,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1867141\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1867141 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-1020x498.png\" alt=\"Projection viewing is one safe way to watch the solar eclipse, and it can be as simple as casting small patches of sun onto a white surface. \" width=\"640\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-1020x498.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-160x78.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-800x390.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-768x375.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-1180x576.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-960x468.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-240x117.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-375x183.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing-520x254.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/07/Copy-of-eclipsehandsonviewing.png 1660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Projection viewing is one safe way to watch the solar eclipse, and it can be as simple as casting small patches of sun onto a white surface. \u003ccite>(Exploratorium/Courtesy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can also magnify the projection using a mirror or binoculars. On August 21, \u003ca href=\"http://www.chabotspace.org/index.htm\">Chabot Space & Science Center\u003c/a> will have on hand special telescopes for watching the eclipse, as well as solar viewers, projection viewers and other ways to safely watch the partial eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I Take a Picture of It With My Smartphone?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It depends. Your smartphone camera is like your eye: it can fry when pointed directly at the blazing sun for too long. Don’t risk it; use a filter. During totality it’s okay to take a picture of the eclipse with just the corona visible around its outside edges — but that image will be \u003cem>really\u003c/em> small. And there is a more important question at hand here: Do you really want to experience a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical phenomenon through a 4-inch rectangular screen?\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘When the sky gets dark enough you can see the planets and some bright stars come out. You’re surrounded by a 360-degree sunset glow with the light leaking in from around the edge of the eclipse.’\u003ccite>Paul Doherty, Exploratorium\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Doherty said his favorite way to take in an eclipse during totality is with his own two eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The human eye is a great instrument for looking at eclipses,” he says. “You have this wide field of view, you have a tremendous dynamic range. You can see things that are light and that are dark at the same time,” he says. “I don’t take photographs. I let the experts spend their time working hard and taking photographs. I drink in the experience with my own eyes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m Traveling to the Path of Totality: Where Should I Go?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It does matter. Moving closer toward the center of the path will maximize your time in the shadow, which could last about two-and-a-half minutes. As you move toward the outer edges of the path, the time in totality will dwindle down to just seconds. Still, the entire spectacle from partial eclipse to totality and back will take hours, according to Burress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doherty has one piece of advice for eclipse chasers: be flexible. Check the weather report and be ready to move on short notice in case the clouds move in to the forecast. The long-range outlook, he says, is promising for both locations of the Exploratorium’s live streams with a 75 percent chance of clear skies in Madras, Oregon and Casper, Wyoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1299992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 684px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1299992 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse.png 684w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse-160x91.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse-240x136.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse-375x213.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/2017_solar-eclipse-520x296.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path of totality travels east from Oregon to South Carolina. The green marker labeled GE is the point of Greatest Eclipse. The magenta marker labeled GD is the point of Greatest Duration. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the moment comes and the moon fully blocks out the sun save for just the wispy white spindles of the corona, Doherty says you’re in for a profound experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The eclipse experience itself is really out of this world,” he says. “Having the sky turn from day to night in the middle of the day — your body knows that should not be happening. You get this real excitement as the sky gets darker and darker. When the sky gets dark enough you can see the planets and some bright stars come out. You’re surrounded by a 360-degree sunset glow with the light leaking in from around the edge of the eclipse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doherty may have seen nine total eclipses but his enthusiasm for the experience hasn’t waned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Get in the path of totality,” he says. “Sit down. Look around. Enjoy it all. Enjoy the sky. Look around the horizon and enjoy being completely surrounded by a sunset. It’s your own experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Can I Do to Get Ready for Aug. 21? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you can’t make the trek to see the total eclipse in person, tune into one of the five live streams available on the Exploratorium app: in-depth scientific coverage in English and Spanish; two three-hour telescope streams from Oregon and Wyoming; and a live sonification of the eclipse complete with musical interpretation of the totality by the Kronos Quartet. The app also features a series of videos with insight into the science and culture behind eclipses and tips for safe viewing. And KQED Science will have reporters in the band of totality, from Idaho to Tennessee.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘It really makes you feel aware of our place in space, our little blue planet in this vast system’\u003ccite>Nicole Minor, Exploratorium\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Programming at the Exploratorium and Chabot will offer enhanced remote viewing and educational activities centered on the science behind the eclipse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there’s the sky. Burress says the Bay Area will be treated to a partial eclipse with about 75 percent of the sun covered up. He says there will be notable darkening of the sky here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sun “will be a nice, bright, thick crescent,” he says. “With this kind of an eclipse you will notice the light get kind of crisper. You know how light gets in autumn as opposed to in bright summer? So you will notice something’s definitely wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However you choose to take in the eclipse, the experts advise to take your eyes off the sun every once in a while and take in the scene around you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seeing an eclipse is a really unique and special thing,” Minor says. “There’s a communal aspect of it, the viewing, together. That’s something I would encourage people to do. Come to the Exploratorium or go outside and be with people. 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