In this section, we will provide a list of interesting videos about solar and lunar eclipses… They were selected from governmental and private sources…
The following is a video by the American Astronomical Society. It provides useful information on how to watch solar eclipses safely… For example, we found it interesting that it says that you cannot use your darkened glasses with binoculars for safe eclipse observation…
The concentrated light coming from the sun would pass through the filter of your safety glass and damage your eyes… It is worthwhile checking this video…
The video refers to the Great American Eclipse of 2017, but the content it brings can be applied to the observation of any total solar eclipse…
Source: American Astronomical Society
The following video shows an observation of the Great American Eclipse of 2017…
This video shows what it is like to watch a total solar eclipse… Source: Veritasium
This long video shows NASA’s coverage of the 2024 total solar eclipse… It was transmitted live on the day of the eclipse… Source: NASA
This is NASA’s broadcast of the annular eclipse in 2023… This eclipse was seen in parts of the Americas, including Brazil… The finest moment is seeing a ring of fire around the moon… Source: NASA
This video talks about some eclipse stories through the course of human history… It also mentions the 2024 total solar eclipse… Source: CBS News
This video also relates eclipse observation to history in Ancient times… It correlates the contents to our times, including NASA researches… Source: Good Morning America
This video talks about the eclipse of 8 April 2024 in the United States, but it highlights ancient eclipse stories… It mentions that the first records of solar eclipses were found in Babylon… Source: KCENNews
This video shows people who went on a flight to see the 8 April 2024 total solar eclipse in the United States… They brought eclipse glasses for solar viewing, but they were unable to see the eclipsed sun… However, they had a very fun experience as people were cheerful together in the air to experience the eclipse… It is possible to see from the flight that the sky became darker as the moon covered the sun… Source: Jeb Books
This video talks about ancient studies of solar eclipses and eclipse prediction with the Saros cycle… Babylonian studies of solar and lunar eclipses… It is curious that the Babylonians studied the lunar eclipses first… And when there was a solar eclipse, they chose a decoy monarch so that the bad luck associated with the eclipse would fall onto this decoy king and his queen… Both decoy monarchs were killed when the eclipse was over… Poor decoy monarchs… Source: SciShow
This NASA Goddard video talks about the observation of the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse in the United States from above… A team of scientists flew jets and they did not know exactly what they would see from there above, and they say it is part of the excitement… The video also says that from above the eclipse is observed over a longer period of time by comparison to observations from the ground… Source: NASA
This video shows how around 31 million Americans observed the recent April 8, 2024… Many families together… Americans from several states observed the incredible details of the total solar eclipse, such as the diamond ring, Baily Beads, and of course, the solar corona… Source: ABC News
This video shows the paths of visibility and totality for coming total solar eclipses in the world on the globe… The inner red lines correspond to the path of totality and total solar eclipse will only be visible on that path… Source: American Museum of Natural History
We hope that you have enjoyed our selection of eclipse-related videos… If you have a suggestion of an interesting video you are more than welcome to write us at eclipseshistory@gmail.com!
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