>> BY NOW YOU HAVE LIKELY HEARD
ON MONDAY, A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
STATES.
IT'S AN AMAZING PHENOMENON THAT
HAS RAISED QUESTIONS AND MYTHS
ALONG THE WAY.
BY NOW YOU'VE LIKELY HEARD NEXT
MONDAY THE 21ST, A TOTAL SOLAR
ECLIPSE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES.
IT'S AN AMAZING PHENOMENON
THAT'S RAISED SOME PRETTY
AMAZING QUESTIONS AND CREATED
ALONG THE WAY.
>> MANY ANCIENT CULTURES
BELIEVED A GIANT SPACE ANIMAL OR
GOD WAS EATING THE SUN.
>> ANCIENTS WOULD HAVE A KING IN
CASE ECLIP DEMONS CAME TO
THEIR LAND.
PANS.
>> AND EVEN NOW THERE ARE MIS
MISCONCEPTIONS.
>> WHY DID WE SCHEDULE THE
ECLIPSE ON A MONDAY WHEN KIDS GO
BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> BEN: WHY HE AND HIS STAFF
DID.
OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE NO CONTROL
OVER WHEN THE EVENTS HAPPEN AND
THEY'RE HAPPY WHEN THEY DO.
>> IT'S NOT ONLY SOMETHING
VISUALLY AMAZING TO SEE AND ALSO
IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS A SORT
OF PR MOMENT FOR SCIENCE.
>> BEN: HE'S RIGHT.
PEOPLE ARE BUZZING ABOUT THE
ECLIPSE, BUT MYTHS AND
MISCONCEPTIONS ARE FLOATING
AROUND.
NASA'S WEBSITE HAS AN ENTIRE
PAGE DEVOTED TO THEM AND WE
THOUGHT WE'D BRING THEM TO THE
PEOPLE IN THE FORM OF A QUIZ.
>> KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE SOLAR
ECLIPSE.
>> NO, BUT I HAVE AN APP.
>> NO APPS, NO CHEATING.
THE FIRST QUESTION, STARING AT A
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ISN'T A RISK
TO YOUR EYES BECAUSE THE MOON IS
COVERING THE SUN COMPLETELY.
>> TRUE.
>> THAT'S FALSE.
>> NO, IT'S NOT.
>> OUR EXPERT SAYS.
>> FALSE, IT'S STILL THE STUN,
EVEN IF THERE'S A SMALL SLIVER
UP THERE, IT HAS A CHANCE OF
BURNING YOUR EYES AND THE
UNFORTUNATE THING IS YOUR EYES
DON'T HAVE PAIN RECEPTORS, SO
IF, YOU KNOW, LIKE A CHILD
REACHING FOR A HOT PAN,
MISTAKE.
YOU WON'T KNOW IT'S A MISTAKE
LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SUN UNTIL
IT WOULD BE THE GREATEST THING
YOU EVER SEE AND THE LAST THING
YOU EVER SEE AS WELL.
>> THE QUESTION TWO, WATCHING
THE ECLIPSE WHILE PREGNANT CAN
>> FALSE.
>> TRUE.
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> AND THE ANSWER.
>> AS FAR AS I KNOW, AND I'M NOT
A MEDICAL DOCTOR.
THAT'S FALSE.
FALSE.
>> HE'S RIGHT, OF COURSE.
QUESTION THREE, SOLAR ECLIPSES
HAPPEN EVERY 18 MONTHS SOMEWHERE
ON EARTH.
>> FALSE.
>> BEN: THE ANSWER, TRUE.
>> A TYPE OF SOLAR ECLIPSE
HAPPENS AS FEW AS TWO TIMES A
YEAR.
>> I PASSED.
>> YOU DID, YOU GOT THEM RIGHT.
>> YOU DID.
>> BEN: QUESTION FOUR, SOLAR
ECLIPSES THAT HAPPEN SIX MONTHS
AFTER YOUR BIRTHDAY OR ON YOUR
>> NO.
>> FALSE.
>> NO, IT'S NOT.
THAT'S A UNANIMOUS FALSE.
>> NOT AS FAR AS I KNOW, I WOULD
HAVE TO SAY THAT'S FALSE.
>> BEN: QUESTION FIVE, THE TOTAL
SOLAR ECLIPSE WILL LAST TWO
MINUTES AND 41.2 SECONDS AT THE
GREATEST ECLIPSE POINT, BUT CAN
LAST UP TO SEVEN AND A HALF
>> TRUE.
>> OKAY.
SO MICHAEL KNOWS THINGS.
LET'S GET TO OUR FINAL QUESTION.
AN UMBERPHILE IS SOMEONE WHO
CHASES SOLAR ECLIPSES.
>> WHAT?
>> THAT'S TRUE, UMBRA IS THE
DARKEST PART OF THE SHADOW.
>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'VE
REALLY CRASHED THE SURFACE ON
ECLIPSE.
IF YOU'D LIKE MORE ON THAT, HEAD
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>> KIMBERLY: YOU'RE DOING
ECLIPSE, TOO?
>> YES, WE ARE GOING DOWN TO
KENTUCKY, PATH OF TOTALITY.
APPARENTLY NOT THE ONLY ONES,
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF FOLKS FROM
MICHIGAN WILL BE TRAVELLING AND
WE'LL BE BROADCASTING LIVE
STARTING ON SUNDAY AND OF
COURSE, WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE ECLIPSE BETWEEN NOW AND
THEN AND GIVE YOU GLIMPSE OF
WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IN
MICHIGAN, THE DARKNESS.
>> KIMBERLY: IS IT IN THE MIDDLE
OF A BIG FIELD, EVERYBODY IS
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING.