The Skeptics Guide #298 - Mar 30 2011
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
Dr. Steven Novella MD
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🗓️ 2 April 2011
⏱️ 77 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the skeptic's guide to the universe. |
| 0:05.6 | You're escape to reality. |
| 0:10.1 | Hello and welcome to the skeptic's guide to the universe. |
| 0:12.2 | Today is Wednesday, March 30, 2011, and this is your host, Steven Novella. |
| 0:17.2 | Joining me this week are Bob Novella. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson. |
| 0:20.8 | Hello everyone. |
| 0:22.0 | Jane Novella. |
| 0:23.0 | Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein. |
| 0:25.4 | Hi everyone. |
| 0:26.4 | Evan, what happened today? |
| 0:28.7 | I mean, today April 2nd, on this day in history. |
| 0:31.8 | The 1845, the first surviving, de-garotype photograph showing details of the sun was taken |
| 0:38.9 | by two French physicists. |
| 0:40.7 | Both of whom went blind shortly after. |
| 0:43.7 | They didn't realize that actually looking at it through a device will make a blind, which |
| 0:49.4 | is a very nice image, which we were actually all just looking at not too long ago online. |
| 0:53.8 | It shows the umbra, the structure of several sunspots, and as well as limb darkening. |
| 1:00.4 | What's that? |
| 1:01.4 | That's when your limbs go dark. |
| 1:03.4 | Thanks. |
| 1:04.4 | Talk to your name. |
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