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Live NASA telescope feed for today's solar eclipse [video]

by revicon on 4/8/24, 5:08 PM with 95 comments

  • by davely on 4/8/24, 6:37 PM

    If you want to what the Moon's shadow looks like as it crosses Earth, from space, I highly encourage you to check out NOAA's GOES Image Viewer! As of this moment, you can see a very dark circle crossing over the central United States.

    Even better, the website will animate the last 24 or so images (captured every 10 minutes). It's awesome! [1]

    [1] https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/fulldisk_band.php?sat=...

  • by hyperorca on 4/8/24, 5:45 PM

    Here is the NASA stream with commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MJY_ptQW1o

  • by doakes on 4/8/24, 6:03 PM

    Is it just coincidence that from our point of view the moon looks like it's the exact same size as the sun? Or is there something else going on?

  • by remoquete on 4/8/24, 6:56 PM

    TIL that eclipses have supersonic shadows that generate gravitational waves. https://www.livescience.com/61279-moon-s-supersonic-shadow-c...

  • by lenerdenator on 4/8/24, 7:15 PM

    Y'know, seeing two of these now, I totally get why a peasant in þe olde times would freak out about this. It suddenly gets cold, your animals are freaking out, and the thing that makes your food grow is disappearing. Yeah, that's a problem.

  • by xandrius on 4/8/24, 6:14 PM

    That was absolutely amazing and it was "just" a video. I wish I could get to see it again (saw it only once as a kid).

  • by toomuchtodo on 4/8/24, 7:36 PM

    https://electrek.co/2024/04/08/solar-eclipse-impact-us-grid-... ("Watch the solar eclipse impact the US grid in real time")

  • by mvkel on 4/9/24, 3:49 AM

    I was not prepared for how shocking it was to witness totality.

    I've seen partial eclipses in years past and they were neat. But this was staggering. Like the sun disappeared and was replaced with a black hole.

  • by ck2 on 4/8/24, 5:36 PM

  • by barfard on 4/8/24, 7:55 PM

    shadow puppets - nobody cares

    moon shadow - everyone loses their minds

  • by xyst on 4/8/24, 6:50 PM

    Kind of cool to see it. But a bit overhyped.

    Just a small distraction that keeps us “united” for a moment in time.