Solar Eclipse 2017

Solar Eclipse 2k17!!

On August 21, for the first time in a century, a total solar eclipse will be visible across the United States from the West Coast to the East Coast.
That’s pretty cool, right? I mean, this really is a once in a lifetime thing. I even have a buddy who booked a trip to St. Louis because it’ll be more intense there.
It really makes you take a step back and admire the power of the Sun, ya know? The Sun makes up 99.86% of the mass of our entire solar system. It would take 1.3 million Earths to fill it up. The Sun is massive, powerful, and intense.
And yet, we’ve taken that sheer, unimaginable energy and tamed it. The light from that giant ball of fire (that is so incredible it was once worshiped as GOD) traveled 93 million miles just so it could power our lights. I can’t be the only one who finds that impressive, can I?
This eclipse is a huge event. There are places around here that are selling stadium tickets so people can get the best view of it. It’s very doubtful we’ll ever see anything this awe inspiring again in our lifetimes. While you’re watching it, just remember to Think Solar. Think Sogrand.
BONUS!!!
Since everybody loves reading this blog so much, before I go, some cool facts about eclipses:
  • A solar eclipse is possible because, through a sheer miracle of nature, the Sun is 400 times further away from Earth than the Moon but the Moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun
  • A solar eclipse–what we will be experiencing the 21st of this month–occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and Sun. A lunar eclipse is when the Earth passes between the Moon and Sun
  • On March 1, 1504, Christopher Columbus was able to scare the natives of Jamaica into providing him and his men with food and supplies by predicting a total lunar eclipse and convincing them he was divine
  • The speed of the Moon’s shadow as it travels is 2000 mph at the poles and 1000 mph at the equator
  • In what is know as the Saros Cycle, identical eclipses occur after 18 years and 11 days
  • The maximum amount of time a solar eclipse can be viewed is 7 minutes 30 seconds
  • Lunar eclipses can only occur during a full moon and solar eclipses can only occur during a new moon
  • The French astronomer Pierre Janssen was able to use measurements taken during an eclipse in 1868 to discover the element Helium decades before it was observed on Earth

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