The Total Solar Eclipse (When the Moon Photobombs the Sun)

Wow in the World

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🗓️ 14 August 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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What in the world is a Total Solar Eclipse? Why in the world is it so rare? When and Where in the world can we watch it happen? And how in the world can we view it without hurting our eyeballs? That's a lot of questions! And we've got answers. Join Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas for the Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, and Wow, of the Total Solar Eclipse! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:36.7	Just one more twist of the screw and this solar optical telescope will be good as new.
0:52.7	Hey, Geras, what you doing? Whoa!
0:55.3	Jopper the solar optical telescope I just spent five hours fixing. Sorry, Guy Ross, it was an accident!
1:08.7	Well, now my solar optical telescope is broken and I don't think I can fix it in time for the total
1:15.2	eclipse of the Sun. You mean the total solar eclipse happening on August 21st?
1:21.7	Yeah. You mean the first total eclipse that will cross the entire United States from coast to
1:28.5	coast in 99 years? Yes. You mean the eclipse that's supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
1:36.2	Yes, Mindy. That's the eclipse I'm talking about. And now that you've destroyed my telescope,
1:42.2	I'm gonna have to wait until... 2045. The year 2045. That's our next chance to see another total
1:50.2	solar eclipse that crosses all of the United States. Yes, precisely, which is why I'm about to get
1:56.3	even angrier with you for ruining my telescope. Oh, Guy Ross, come on, pal, buddy, you don't mean that.
2:04.5	Mindy. Let's just chill out. Let's just calm down. Mindy.
2:09.0	Relax. Mindy. You know what? Let's meditate. You ready? Here we go.
2:16.2	Mindy. Wait a minute, Eras at home.
2:18.8	Oh, oh. Mindy. Mindy.
2:21.8	Mindy.
2:22.8	Wait, who's there? What's going on? Mindy, this is no time for meditation. I've got to figure out how
2:28.1	I'm going to view this eclipse. Oh, well, why don't you just say so? Hang on a sec.
2:33.0	What's here? Take these. What are these? These are special solar eclipse viewing glasses.
2:41.4	These things, I don't know, Mindy. I mean, they look like those 3D glasses you get at the
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