And that was pretty memorable to see this thing and so it doesn't block out the entire sun but does get a little darker outside and a little cooler, but you still have to use protective glasses because even if 1% of the Sun is showing, you still need to protect your eyes from this. And so I saw it at the foothills of Lake Tahoe. Well plus I got to see it from a cool place. And it is a really rare thing to see I've only seen one annular eclipse, and it it was pretty cool. And so what it looks like is you'll see the sun up there with the moon inside of it. So sometimes it's a little closer to us and sometimes a little farther from us when it's too far away from us to block out the entire sun, oh man, it creates this other weird kind of cool Eclipse called an annular eclipse. It's going to be a partial solar eclipse, but a unique one because now the moon's changes its distance from us. Now, it's not going to be a total solar eclipse. But there is a warm up a practice eclipse that you can get ready for on October 14 2023. Now, I know that the Aptotal solar eclipse is going to get all the press and you're gonna get everybody's attention and rightly so. So, really, the most important thing is be in the Umbra absolutely positively. But if you're outside of the path of totality, then you get an only part of the shadow hits you. When you have a total solar eclipse, that Umbra is going on to you, so you are in that part of the shadow. So even though almost the entire United States will be able to see part of the Sun blocked out to see a total solar eclipse, it is incredible. And this is like a really, really narrow path. The thing is you got to be in the right place at the right time and what's called the path of totality. And, and so you might even see some pictures of this from satellites, they can take pictures of the Earth and show the shadow hitting the ground, which is really, really cool to see. The Umbra is the moon's shadow that is cast onto the earth, during the total solar eclipse, that shadow like reaches all the way down to the earth. Now, there's also some other terms that might be thrown around, and one of them is the umbra. But that's one of the cool things you can see during a total solar eclipse, you can't see any other time is that Corona. And for astronomers, they don't actually know why that is there. And the corona of the Sun is this weird place in the first part, because it's actually hotter than the surface of the Sun itself, the Sun's surface about 10,000 degrees, but the corona is a million or even more degrees. And it appears during these total solar eclipses, most of the time, it's just too bright out there, the sun is too bright. Now, when you have a total solar eclipse, and you see those great pictures of you know, this black hole with these wispy cloudy things coming around it, that's called the corona that is the outer atmosphere of the sun. So we have this amazing, incredible astronomical event, probably the most exciting astronomical event in all the universe, a total solar eclipse is going to be coming over the United States on April 8 2024. This week, our special guest is Michael Zeiler, and Eclipse cartographers so to speak, and the publisher of great American. And this is looking up the show that takes you deep into the cosmos, or just to the telescope and your backyard to learn more about what makes this amazing universe of ours so great. From the studios of Cincinnati Public Radio, I'm your host, Dean Regas. But we'll have to clear up some Eclipse terminology first. The United States will be shrouded in darkness under the shadow of the moon blocking out the entire sun, a total solar eclipse, the likes of which hasn't been seen in the continental United States for seven years, we'll be joined by an expert in Eclipse mapping to help us understand where we need to be to view this incredible event. Please check the corresponding audio before quoting in print. Looking Up is transcribed using a combination of AI speech recognition and human editors. Dean and guest Michael Zeiler, a geographic information systems specialist and creator of, discuss the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024 in Looking Up’s triumphant return!
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