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 e 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 by the 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 six really strange things that occurred during a solar eclipse number sakes 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 is 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 about usual animal reactions to solar eclipses date back centuries one of the earliest stories comes from an
Italian monk named the restorer Od Arezzo who described what happened during a total eclipse on June 3rd and a year 1239?
he said as the sun disappeared in 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
Matter what time of day is it so happens that they are?
Outshined by the sun's Bright light and another interesting occurrence that may have 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
closest neighbors Mars venus Mars Mercury Venus, Mars and Jupiter number four 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 aller A
Gravitational anomaly occurs only during a solar eclipse in which he later called the alice effect the way this came about was that in
1954 Elie 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
Into 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 in 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 is 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 I'm 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
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 u.s, or you're traveling somewhere
And you missed it don't worry another one will be around in about seven years all right guys
Thank you all so much for watching again. Happy total eclipse day. I'll see you later