Hey guys its Mike Chen and happy solar eclipse day
As many of you have heard so far,
today total solar eclipse is being heralded as in once-in-a-lifetime event.
But here's the thing, total solar eclipse occurs around every 18 months.
So why is this one so once-in-a-lifetime?
Because technically it is in once-in-a-lifetime event for some people,
because, for a total solar eclipse to happen again in the same exact locations
will take another 375 years.
But this time the solar eclipse will travel across North America
within viewing distance of over 200 million people.
And also what's so special is that,
this solar eclipse is happening for the first time at least around here
during the age of computers.
And maybe more importantly to most of us - the age of Instagram and Facebook.
So yeah, with this event basically turning into national eclipse day,
definitely expect to see a lot of pictures on your social media feed.
Also here's the thing, the solar eclipse may be to scientist something remarkable to study.
And it may be a really good photo op for the general public.
But it also affects animals, marine life,
and just in general causes some really strange things to happen.
So in this video,
we're going to cover 6 really strange things that occurred during a solar eclipse.
Number 6, animals become really weird
Or even more weird.
And this is because some animals tend to sleep once it gets dark
while nocturnal animals wake up.
But since with the eclipse,
the darkness only lasts for a little bit,
it's like night and day happening for these animals in a matter of minutes,
which really just messes with their internal clock and confuses the heck out of them.
According to National Geographic,
reports of unusual animal reactions to solar eclipses date back centuries.
One of the earliest stories comes from an Italian monk named Ristoro d'Arezzo,
who described what happened during a total eclipse on June 3rd in a year 1239.
He said as the sun disappeared and the sky turned dark,
all the animals and birds were terrified
and the wild beasts could easily be caught.
Also according to astronomer Christophe Clavius,
during an eclipse in Portugal in 1560,
birds just fell out of the sky because according to him, they were terrified of the sudden darkness.
Number 5, Daytime stars
When total obstruction is achieved, depending on weather conditions,
you may be able to see stars reappear in the sky.
Normally of course the stars are always present in the sky no matter what time of day.
it's just so happens that they are outshined by the sun's bright light.
And another interesting occurrence that may happen is the appearance of some planets in the sky
depending on their current alignment and the orbital distance from Earth.
The most common planets that appear during an eclipses are
earth's closest neighbors Mars, Venus, Mars, Mercury Venus, Mars and Jupiter
Number 4, Changing conditions
You know you might want to bring a jacket
because in the event of a total solar eclipse,
conditions in the path of totality may change rapidly.
However, other changes may also happen in the environment,
such as a sharp drop in air temperature
which could be as much as 20 degrees.
Next, Breaking the laws of physics.
According to Nobel prize-winning French economist Maurice Allais,
a gravitational anomaly occurs only during a solar eclipse
which he later called the Allais effect.
The way this came about was that in 1954,
Allais observed over a 30-day period
that the movement of pendulums moved faster than normal during a solar eclipse.
This led him to believe that the laws of gravity needed to be changed because of this.
And to this day, why this effect occurs is still a mystery?
Next, Shadow bands
Now if you are one of the lucky ones in a path of a solar eclipse,
take a piece of paper or look at any light-colored surface around you,
and about a minute into the total eclipse,
you will start to see rows of shadows moving rapidly on the ground.
These are called 'Shadow bands'
and they basically look like little strips of shadows moving row after row,
kind of like taking steps with the same amount of space and between them.
According to NASA,
this occurs because near totality,
the image of the Sun is only a thin crescent
which are about the same size as the atmospheric eddies as seen from the ground.
And the bands are produced because the sun's image is longer in one direction than another.
Finally, Superstitions
Because a total solar eclipse, it's basically the sun slowly disappearing in the daytime,
it was pretty terrifying to a lot of people,
especially back in ancient times.
So naturally, people create a customs to deal with this phenomena.
And some of them are still practiced to this day.
For example, in many Asian countries,
people will run outside and bang on pots and pans create a lot of noise
in an effort to scare away the evil spirit that is covering up
or attempting to swallow the sun.
Eskimos turn their utensils upside down during a solar eclipse
because it is believed that if you don't, you will be infected with the disease.
And this one's kind of gross,
in some part of India,
people will wash their eyes with the first urine of the day
to prevent sore eyes permanently.
So I guess you could try that if you couldn't get yourself a eclipse viewing sunglass.
But personally, I think I'd rather burn my eyes out.
I still remember the last solar eclipse I saw, not a total one, but a partial.
And I remember our teachers taking us outside and giving us pieces paper,
and we will poke holes in the paper.
And you can see the shadow of the eclipse through the holes,
But unfortunately for this one, I am in New York,
so it's too far for me to travel to see a total eclipse.
But, those of you guys who are seeing it
have a great time take, some photos
and don't forget to turn those utensils upside down.
Also, if you are not in the US, or you're traveling somewhere and you missed it.
Don't worry, another one will be around in about seven years
Alright guys, thank you all so much for watching.
Again, happy total eclipse day.
I'll see you later.
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