{"id":780757,"date":"2024-04-12T15:11:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=780757"},"modified":"2024-04-12T15:11:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:11:50","slug":"the-april-8-total-solar-eclipse-through-the-eyes-of-nasa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=780757","title":{"rendered":"The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A total solar eclipse is seen in Dallas on April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico\u2019s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNASA\/Keegan Barber<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On April 8, 2024, the Moon\u2019s shadow swept across North America, treating millions to a breathtaking view of a total solar eclipse. As the Moon passed in front of the Sun, it revealed the Sun\u2019s wispy white outer atmosphere \u2014 the corona.<\/p>\n

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This composite image of multiple exposures shows the progression of a total solar eclipse in Dallas on April 8, 2024. <\/div>\n
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Pictures of total solar eclipses are beautiful \u2014 they capture a moment happening so far away, yet feels so close at the same time. But being there in person, you experience it in 3D. The eclipse doesn\u2019t just appear in the sky. You feel it all around you. The light slowly dims, then suddenly engulfs you in darkness from every angle, while the Sun\u2019s corona emerges in the sky.<\/p>\n

Although you know totality is coming, its arrival can still be overwhelming. For some people, their hearts race or their eyes well up with tears. You try to absorb everything you can in those minutes: from the corona, to the planets peeking out around the eclipse, to the temperature drop, to cheers of excitement from the community around you, even changes in animal behaviors.<\/p>\n

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