{"id":14663,"date":"2017-07-22T18:45:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T22:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14663"},"modified":"2017-07-22T18:45:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T22:45:15","slug":"videos-solar-eclipses-syzygy-and-citizen-solar-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14663","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Solar eclipses, syzygy, and citizen solar science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planetary Society<\/a> has released three short videos about the <a href=\"https:\/\/eclipse2017.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solar eclipse<\/a> over the US on August 21st:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Bill Nye explains the basics of a solar eclipses, the path of totality, and how to safely view a solar eclipse with National Park Ranger Coral O&#8217;Riley.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uMvhPUnWoc0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Bill Nye loves syzygy and Dr. Ashwin Vasavada from JPL talks about a curious eclipse on Mars<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DkXu5hAj3V4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Bill Nye explains how to see the Milky Way after a solar eclipse and Dr. Tyler Nordgren shows an ancient eclipse petroglyph.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jj76tWTcEgg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And here is NASA initiative to involve the public in experimental solar science:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2017\/nasa-invites-you-to-become-a-citizen-scientist-during-us-total-solar-eclipse\" target=\"_d\">Become a Citizen Scientist During Total Solar Eclipse | NASA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E83Pi0_-yv0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Planetary Society has released three short videos about the solar eclipse over the US on August 21st: Bill Nye explains the basics of a solar eclipses, the path of totality, and how to safely view a solar eclipse with National Park Ranger Coral O&#8217;Riley. Bill Nye loves syzygy and Dr. Ashwin Vasavada from JPL &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14663\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Solar eclipses, syzygy, and citizen solar science<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,37,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-events","category-solar-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3Ov","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14507,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14507","url_meta":{"origin":14663,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 over North America &#8211; August 21","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A total solar eclipse will pass over North America on August 21st. 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