LAST MINUTE ECLIPSE NEWS
by Hazed
Tomorrow the solar eclipse happens. If you live on the path of the totality, which is a strip running across the US, you’ll get to view the total eclipse. Outside that track it will be a partial eclipse – still a fun thing to see.
Here in the UK, we’re going to experience a tiny weeny chunk taken off the side of the sun – except that it will probably be cloudy so we won’t see a thing! But just in case the skies are clear, the fun will start at 7.40pm.
Here’s a few last-minute articles I found for you about the eclipse.
Run-down of lots of interesting eclipse facts: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40941341
Some fascinating info about how scientists conduct experiments during an eclipse and learn about all kinds of things: http://gizmodo.com/what-can-scientists-actually-do-with-an-eclipse-1797779011
NASA plans an experiment of their own: they are launching some giant balloons filled with bacteria: http://gizmodo.com/why-nasa-is-launching-massive-balloons-of-bacteria-duri-1797899941
On a more trivial note, singer Bonnie Tyler will be singing her song Total Eclipse of the Heart on a cruise ship, in the path of totality, during the eclipse: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40959430. If you’re not familiar with the song, it’s a classic 80’s power ballad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQPp-cWumJM
A movie due out next month, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, took the opportunity to use the eclipse in a very clever marketing video: http://io9.gizmodo.com/mondays-eclipse-is-really-just-a-huge-promo-for-kingsma-1797991237
Finally, just to whet your appetite for tomorrow’s eclipse, here’s a picture of one from 1979: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170819.html and a timelapse video from the 2012 eclipse: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170820.html
