Total Solar Eclipse 2024 - WHEN, WHERE, WHAT, HOW, & WHY

DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT ATHE SUN. Please always double check that any eclipse glasses or camera lens/telescope filters you are using pass the ISO 12312-2 international standard and do not have any scratches on them by holding them up to a light in your house first (all you should be able to see through them is the filament of the light bulb).

#eclipse2024 #eclipse #astronomy

00:00 Intro
00:30 WHEN is the total solar eclipse?
00:39 WHERE can I see the eclipse from?
02:11 WHAT is a total solar eclipse?
04:10 HOW can I safely watch the eclipse?
04:57 Eclipse glasses and how to find safe suppliers
06:37 Make a pinhole camera
06:47 Use a colander to view the eclipse
07:35 How to photograph the total solar eclipse
08:08 WHY should I care about the eclipse? What science can we learn (solar corona & Einstein's general relativity)
11:12 BRILLIANT | AD
12:33 Bloopers

Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
Microphone used: Comica VM20 shotgun microphone

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👩🏽‍💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.

[thomaswade]

As someone with retinal scaring I can't stress enough, do not let your eyes get damaged. It is hell.

[diaxus]

one thing i loved about a full eclipse is the way the shadows go weird, stand under a small tree or something and look at the shadows of the leaves, do it and you will understand

[imperiousartifact]

Witnessed Totality in 2017. Totally worth it.

[skuNk_citY]

When using a colander, be careful not to 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 your eyes.

[hybridwolf]

I live in Central Texas. I will have 4 minutes of totality. We are expecting hundreds of thousands to flock to the local towns. Dr. Becky, I wish you were one of them.

[sporeman]

Becky i really love how you can allow yourself to be goofy like in 13:12 while being a scientist, who usually have an image of being overtly serious. thank you

[kevinL]

I love that the video ends with you starting to sing “Total Eclipse of the heart” in the bloopers. I see what you did there … lol.

[steveegbert]

I was fortunate to be able to see the 2017 total eclipse here in Oregon in a remote forest location dead center of the path. I did spend too much time photographing it but got some memorable images. It was indeed an awesome experience; it is truly one of those 'you had to be there' things to understand.

[LEDewey_MD]

Can't wait for the eclipse!! Have to drive about 100 miles south of where I live, so....COOL! I also saw the total eclipse from seven years ago. It is well worth one's effort to actually experience in real life. There is nothing else like it. Even the temperature drops several degrees. Easy to see why humans in the past were terrified by an eclipse. ❤❤❤

[billnewby]

I feel really fortunate to live in the only place on the planet where both the recent annular eclipse and the upcoming total eclipse are visible.

[condorboss]

I saw the 2017 Solar Eclipse in a little town called Scio, Oregon. (They played 'Dark Side of the Moon' during totality.) I had previously seen a few partial eclipses, but the moment of totality is truly awe-inspiring. To look up and see the black hole instead of the sun, surrounded by the solar corona was incredible. Also took a moment to look at the stars - I remember seeing Venus - in the middle of the day.

[mattslaboratory]

I've been fortunate to see two total eclipses in my life, both in Portland. It is unnerving and memorable. The first time it was cloudy, and that actually made it more frightening -- to me and the birds both.

[billirwin]

Eclipse parties are a celebration of the cosmic ballet that we are all part of.

[Adrian-jjxk]

@DrBecky, you can totally come to my house for totality. We're having a party.

[stoffls]

People in the eastern US are lucky, as they had already the total eclipse of 2017. I watched the total eclipse of 1999, which will be the last one in central Europe until 2060 or so. We managed to get to a point in the core shadow in the last minute - and it was amazing, how the world changed for a short time and just a few hundred meters away the landscape was in "full" sunlight.
I really hope to get the chance to experience another total eclipse in my lifetime, it is great.
And I am really surprised, Dr. Becky, that you haven't seen one yet.

[mikeselectricstuff]

I was so looking forward to the inevitable Bonnie Tyler moment & you didn't disappoint!

[DarkHorseSki]

I was in Tennessee in 2017 and I took the day off for this event many months ago. I live in Michigan and am driving down with my kids (a much quicker drive than what I had to do in 2017.) WEATHER is the big issue that always concerns me. I saw an annular eclipse a couple decades or so ago, and I bought some excellent welding goggles to view that. I used eclipse glasses for 2017 and will again for this one, and this time I am trying a better filter for my phone for recording this one.

[jeffswope]

It’s amazing how looking through the Time Machine that we call a telescope makes you feel so connected. Can’t wait to view the eclipse

[TheEclipseCompany]

Thanks for the mention and sharing such good information! Wishing everyone clear skies on the 8th!

[barryfrench]

Saw the 1976 one from the top of a hill near Ballarat.
Was surreal with the birds giving the night calls, the cows lowing and then...silence.
Good ending because the clouds cleared and we saw the clear shadow edge appear on the Western horizon and transit to the Eastern horizon in moments.