How April’s Eclipse Will Solve Solar Mysteries
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Scientific American
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🗓️ 9 February 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | At McDonald's, we can't make the days of January go quicker. |
| 0:03.0 | And we can't make it so the sun is always shining at this time of year. |
| 0:06.0 | But we can give you little January perks to brighten up your days. |
| 0:10.0 | Ten of them, actually. |
| 0:11.0 | Introducing McDonald's 10 days of January offers. |
| 0:14.3 | That's 10 days of 10 different offers starting from the 15th of January. |
| 0:18.0 | From 6 McNuggets for 99 to a big Mac for just 149 exclusively on the McDonald's Ab. |
| 0:23.0 | 18 plus until 24th of January, one time use only. |
| 0:27.0 | Restrictions apply, participating restaurantsly, I'm Clara Moskowitz. |
| 0:42.3 | On April 8th, we're in for a treat. |
| 0:45.0 | A total solar eclipse will be visible across a broad swath of North America, |
| 0:49.6 | giving us a view of the edges of the sun |
| 0:51.6 | as the moon passes in front of its face. |
| 0:54.0 | Here to talk about the eclipse and what scientists hope to learn from it, is science writer |
| 0:58.1 | Rebecca Boyle, author of a feature story in our March issue about Our Amazing Sun. |
| 1:05.4 | Hi, Becky, thanks for being here. |
| 1:07.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:08.2 | So how big a deal is this eclipse for North America? |
| 1:10.9 | It is a big deal. |
| 1:12.0 | This is not something you get to see every day, |
| 1:14.8 | even every few years, even every couple decades. It's pretty rare and to have it |
| 1:19.9 | cross such a huge swath of the US and big population centers is really going to be special. |
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