My first total eclipse: What I am looking forward to
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On April 8th, a total solar eclipse will cast its shadow across Mexico, the United States and Canada. This solar eclipse is quite special for a number of reasons. Let’s have a look at why this solar eclipse is so special and some things you should be on the lookout for.
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Have a good eclipse!
This quiz is really funny😅
I'll try the quiz after the video. 🤗
How does a moon affect a Planets temperature
they are rare and awe inspiring , go to the top of a hill so you can see it race across from the horizon. Its a full experience because the sound of bird song ceases and your skin feels the drop in temperature.. You will not regret it!
Finally I come across cool facts about the eclipse that I truly had never heard of. ❤ Sabine
Such as the occasional but not always reliable Earthquake maybe ?
I love how Sabine's shadow got sharper and the colors changed as she spoke about those effects.
Leave it to Sabine to cover the same story as everyone else, and do it remarkably better and with some added science flare.
If Sabine posts on rocks I'll be first in line to learn from it!
@@rolyfisher9137 Don't underestimate rocks. Someone took me to a Mineralogy lecture once, and it's quite the experience. Turns out, there's a whole field of science who exclusively study rocks. Not that I found it particularly appealing myself, but there's a lot of complexity to rocks, after all.
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It's a great video, but if you're in totality, I recommend forgetting all this, at least during totality. You're going to be looking at the most jaw dropping phenomenon in the sky, what appears to be a black hole with gigantic flames around it. It's just that it's so quick, I recommend staring up in shock. I witnessed totality in 2017 and indirectly noticed many of these things, I'm just saying you don't want distractions.
0:20 why the moon's path is all over the place? Why we do not see the moon before and after the eclipse?
I appreciate Sabine not mentioning that we shouldn't look directly at the sun. I hope she is thrilled by the event.
Trump disagrees.
@@timmy-wj2hc seek therapy.
Amid ridiculous 'dooms day warnings', I consider it important that eclipse viewers be aware of basically the only real danger associated with solar eclipses, apart perhaps from viewing while driving or operating heavy machinery. This is the era of morons.
@@timmy-wj2hcIf a MAGA member looks at the sun while injecting bleach, they go to Trump Heaven instantly. True story.
You didn't notice her steampunk goggles?
My favorite part of my last solar eclipse was the shadows. Any place the sun shined through tree leaves left crescent-shaped shadows, dozens or hundreds of them. I have nothing but pictures of shadows.
I had this as an unexpected bonus to my last partial eclipse. After looking at a pinhole projection for a while, I noticed I had thousands of lit crescents dancing on the ground around me. Beautiful and mesmerizing.
I remember that DISTINCTLY as well ..What crisp shadows and so much in 'focus ' almost. PS There could be an earthquake CAUSED by a later 90 degree lie up of the Sun Moon and the Earth but worse if a crustal plate is nearby under the Moon.
I’ve been lucky enough to witness numerous partial eclipses just by living in the right place at the right time. Often the only reason you’d know there’s an eclipse occurring is the weird shadows under leafy trees
During the annular they turned into rings looked cool
In the 2017 eclipse, one of the things I thought was neat was as totality was approaching, there was a clear line of darkness that raced across the ground until it enveloped us. It was a clear day and we were on a hill and could see for about 70 miles away.
Cool, I'll watch out for this!
Yes this is maybe the most stunning effect. I was on a higher building in Augsburg 1999? when we had a total eclipse and we could see till the alpes mountain range... So there was this fast dark line. 👍🙂 And many clouds around us. So we had been very lucky
Do you remember any earthquakes anywhere on Earth 6 or 7 days after the light show ?
@@pholdway5801 Take your meds
@@SabineHossenfelder It is optimal to be as high up as you can be... we were lucky to be on a hill with views to the horizon all around. That said, I missed this approaching shadow aspect because we were so swept up in the sun itself in the moment (heart pounding). The thing that blew my mind in particular was the sheer blackness of the hole in the sun during totality (crisply resolved edges), and the ethereal white light surrounding it. The 3 dimensional 'HDR' aspect of the 'black hole sun' doesn't really come through in pictures *at all*. Also, the 360 degree dawn was really cool.
I live in Indianapolis and it was my first total eclipse too. I was amazed how cool and dark it got. It was beautiful! My neighbor's rooster went nuts calling.
In 1979 I was working at an apiary in central Montana. We were about 5 miles from “town” in a very rural area and we in the umbra of the eclipse. It was quite the experience but since we were in rural plains, we could clearly see the shadow of the sun as the moon moved away and the sun light returned. Then there were the animals. The cows and horses all lowered their heads, the bees returned to their hives and my boss’s dog went nuts. Poor puppy. After the sun was back, the cows and horses seemed to just “shake it off”. The bees were flying around without their normals patterns of flight. As for the poor dog, I don’t know if he ever totally recovered.
What more can the animals see.. and feel.. - and can we , too.. but ignore it ?
I, too, was in Montana for that eclipse. Watching the shadow of the moon coming across the wide valley in front of us was almost a physical thing. I almost ducked as it swept over us. I am still in Montana and I don't think this eclipse is supposed to be very visible here.
Saw my only total solar eclipse in my home town, South England, 1999. It was unreal. Spooky. Humbling.. there really arent words for it. Its something everyone should experience once in their lives. Yes, the shadows of leaves on the ground look like the eclipse happening, cresent shaped shadows, pressure changes, temperature drops, birds go silent, suddenly its night.. and for around 8 minutes, you feel the size of the solar system and the size of things in it.
I need help convincing my wife to pull the kids from school. We're in Houston. I'm going because I'm not in school, but she's not convinced.... yet. (I just sent her this video!)
It´s a really crazy and great feeling (as Sabine describes, weather and colors change imidiately), and just once in her and perhaps your kids life
I missed the 1999 eclipse (it's a long story that includes an ex-boyfriend...) and I'm here 25 later and still regret it.
SABINE I cannot recommend it too highly. I saw the total eclipse which brushed the UK in 2001 and it was mesmerising. I had to drive to Portland Bill because the totality track only just touched the very southern tip of the Headland. Only about 50 or so people had gone all the way to the Headland. there was light Cloud so we were never going to see a direct view but I was pleased to be in position about 20 minutes before the track passed. There were a couple of police officers there just to keep a little order--- but most people had simply bussed or walked to the Headland in order to sit on the grass and wait. Because Portland protrudes a mile or so self off the British south coast you can look both east and west of it across the sea. the totality track on that occasion swept pretty much West to East across the south coast and clipping the Headland at Portland. We all sat gazing at the sky to the west, in the direction of Plymouth - where there was in fact a radio announcer set somewhere on the beach, attempting to give commentary though he had much more cloud than we did, so after a bit we just turned him off and watched the sky. Eventually it began and such a strange experience. We saw initially the darkening of the sky as a shadow on the cloud, miles to the west: slowly it edged toward us, growing in scale as it approached. as it came towards the Headland the whole light level around us began to decline until it became quite Twilight like and eventually whole area began to look like evening. There was an incredible feeling of calmness and placidity. A minute later, the birds began to sing - rather delightfully. Presumably because some of them could see the beginning of approaching light. And then slowly it all began to unwind the shadow was discernably moving to our left to the east and the light level began to lift slowly at first five minutes later we were back to full daylight. A lovely experience. I recommend it.
@@SabineHossenfelderlol
This is a once in a lifetime experience they will never forget. They will learn so much more! Even better if it's with the whole family 😀
You're in for a treat, Sabine. I witnessed the 2017 eclipse, and it was awesome. No picture, no video, of a total eclipse can ever do justice to the experience of actually seeing it. Viewing conditions in Wyoming were PERFECT.
I guess I'm older. I remember watching a full solar eclipse in the 1970s indirectly via a pinhole and a piece of paper inside a cardboard box. The result seemed impressive at the time. During later years, my takeaway from solar eclipses is how strange everything looks with the different lighting.
Do you realise that the light show is only ADVICE that we are about to be standing on shaky ground 6 or 7 days later ?
I have a very strong childhood memory of that one too, in my father's arms in a parking lot during a shopping trip.
Do you think that could've been 60s? Or am I having a Mandella effect?
@@Tom-fh3zg it could have been the 60s, sure. Wouldn't be the first time. My memory of those days has failed.
I watched the 2017 eclipse from Oregon. A total eclipse is a MUST SEE IMO.
I was at that one as well. Incredible! I wasn't prepared for the sudden drop in temperature, that was kind of a surprise.
I was in the 95% range for 2017 and will be again this year. I doubt I'll see a total eclipse in my lifetime.
Me too. I loved it so much, I drove to Kerrville, TX to see it tomorrow.
@@willythemailboy2I witnessed the 2017 totality, in Tennessee. There's simply no comparison between a partial eclipse of any percent vs totality.
Should be everyone’s opinion lol, saw the April 8th one, amazing
Nice touch adding the CGI blurry and sharpening shadow behind you while you talked about the effects of total eclipses on shadows cast by the sun.
I saw the eclipse in August 1999. We were on gas station on a motorway between Graz and Vienna. Suddenly clouds started coming from West and we all went east to Hungary. They wouldn't just let us over the border so clouds caught us up. When we finally crossed the border a couple of minutes before the eclipse, we knew we wouldn't be able to see the eclipse. Than a sort of a miracle happened. As the solar eclipse started, the clouds just disappeared! It was awesome. I specially liked how animals were behaving.
wow, Isaw it in Germany, but clouds got in the way, so we could see the totality justrfor vhalf a minute. anyway, it was great
Total eqlipse is quite an experience. I've seen it once way back. Wind changes, it gets cooler (temperature change and no sun radiation), sounds of nature change (like birds stop singing like in the night). It is very impressive.
you just described my experience in 1999 in north of France. We were in 100% cone. The cold, the wind, the birds stopping singing. And when the sun is back, the life is back...
Exactly like today’s
Great video! I hope you have a wonderful first total eclipse. I saw the 2017 one with my son and we were parked at a horse sanctuary in Idaho. The horses all lay down as if to sleep, about 40 minutes before totality. Birds were roosting too. Quite weird! Another thing about the shadows is that when the Sun is a crescent the sharpness of the shadow depends on whether the object casting it has an angle parallel to the crescent or perpendicular to it. I have a photo of the shadow cast on the ground by one corner of our vehicle during this phase, and it's fairly easy to see the difference: one edge is sharp, and the other, at right angles to the first, is definitely more fuzzy. Amazing stuff.
Hi Sabine! I watched the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999 in the center of the city of Munich, Germany. It is unforgettable! The excited crowd that waited patiently was astonished and we felt it was a very special moment. After some minutes, the celestial spectacle was over.
I remember that Date. I still blame my parents for not letting me watch it, instead we where at that time in a big supermarket without any windows. While going to the supermarket we saw everywhere people with welding helmets. I was 9 years old at that time.
Same here in Riedenburg 1999, it was very special experience. We stood on the marketplace where a festival was hold, and especially for this music was composed. It was magic. Fauna became silent and you could feel the missing warmth immediately.
I was in Austria on that day and also did see the total eclipse!
I was in Austria and it was cloudy. Tomorrow, I'll be in Toronto and it looks like it will be cloudy!
I was in Rosenheim.i still remember the German word...Sonnenfinster ed: Guess I didn't remember it exactly...Sonnenfinsternis...
I remember the eclipse from 1999 vividly. Even more interesting than the eclipse was how windy it got (with a lag).
You were right about the wind. MISO reported about 25% decrease in wind generation during the event.
Idaho in 2017 was spectacular. Fingers crossed on the weather in Texas… The “sharp shadow” effect reminds me of an outdoor event at night under bright lights.
I was in Rexburg in 2017. Where were you?
@@ItsVideos Weiser
I'm driving from Nashville to Cape Girardeau, Missouri tomorrow for this eclipse!!!
I'm in Maine but love Missouri! I read something about the Madrid Fault line and an earthquake. Be safe.
@@cathydaniels8957 Gee , thanks Cathy, you enjoy as well!🌞😎
We’re driving up to Clarksville for full effect.
That short video was stuffed with so much great info, I had to watch it twice. Thanks Sabine, I'm sure you will enjoy the experience.
Nice shades, Sabine! 😛 And you taught me more than I thought I needed to know about eclipses.... So there's that... 😛 Thanks for all your hard work! 💞💞💞💞
August 1999 , Romania had a beautiful total eclipse, was so dark outside, was astonishing
Whether you are in Mexico, Canada, or the United States; we are honored to have you on the continent. May the sky be clear for you.
Nice😊
The glasses at the beginning are hilarious. Well done! 😂
"Everything under the Sun is in tune, but the Sun is eclipsed by the Moon".
🎶🎵
"Run...rabbit run. Dig that hole, forget the sun."
"There is no dark side of the moon. Really. As a matter of fact it's all dark."
@@tarmaque "And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too / I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"
0:20 why the moon's path is all over the place? Why we do not see the moon before and after the eclipse?
SABINE I cannot recommend it too highly. I saw the total eclipse which brushed the UK in 2001 and it was mesmerising. I had to drive to Portland Bill because the totality track only just touched the very southern tip of the Headland. Only about 50 or so people had gone all the way to the Headland. there was light Cloud so we were never going to see a direct view but I was pleased to be in position about 20 minutes before the track passed. There were a couple of police officers there just to keep a little order--- but most people had simply bussed or walked to the Headland in order to sit on the grass and wait. Because Portland protrudes a mile or so self off the British south coast you can look both east and west of it across the sea. the totality track on that occasion swept pretty much West to East across the south coast and clipping the Headland at Portland. We all sat gazing at the sky to the west, in the direction of Plymouth - where there was in fact a radio announcer set somewhere on the beach, attempting to give commentary though he had much more cloud than we did, so after a bit we just turned him off and watched the sky. Eventually it began and such a strange experience. We saw initially the darkening of the sky as a shadow on the cloud, miles to the west: slowly it edged toward us, growing in scale as it approached. as it came towards the Headland the whole light level around us began to decline until it became quite Twilight like and eventually whole area began to look like evening. There was an incredible feeling of calmness and placidity. A minute later, the birds began to sing - rather delightfully. Presumably because some of them could see the beginning of approaching light. And then slowly it all began to unwind the shadow was discernably moving to our left to the east and the light level began to lift slowly at first five minutes later we were back to full daylight. A lovely experience. I recommend it.
It was beautiful! We’re in Seymour, Indiana and the weather was perfect! I’m still in awe
my first and probably last total solar eclipse (well, some 99%) was august 1999 in central europe. happy eclipsing!
Have a great time Sabine with your first total eclipse. Many of your YT students won't be there to witness it, but will bow to the religious moment of union btw the moon and sun gods vicariously through Ms. Hossenfelder.
Saw a full eclipse when I was working in Ghana - absolutely stunning. Just 1 correction though Knowledge is not power. The APPLICATION of knowledge is power. If you know how to do a thing but you don’t do it, it’s useless
I saw the 2017 Eclipse in Oregon. The most interesting thing was the appearance of the Corona. During totality it filled the sky. Hoping for good weather for you.
Have a great trip to North America! Hope you have great viewing weather!
Booked a hotel in Niagra Falls two years ago to see the eclipse only to find out today that weather forecast is completely cloudy for tomorrow's solar eclipse.
@@Almneur So sorry to hear that. But having an eclipse near the falls still might be awesome in that one can have both the sound of the falls and the darkness!
The closest I got was a 0.6 eclipse on October 3rd 2005 in Rotterdam, watching it from the top of the office building I was working in. What's stayed with me is all the birds going completely silent. Clear skies to all.
We see the light show but someone distant is under 1200 bricks 7 days later
Hope the sky is clear for you, Sabine, with minimal cloud cover.
I totally forgot to plan for my giraffe's reaction, Thank you 🤣
This will be the first solar eclipse I get to see. Mr. X
Your first? Not 1999? I had my shoulder dislocated when a van driver drove into the back of my motorbike at a traffic light in Amiens, had to doss in the town for the night (my schoolboy French was up to "nous sommes completes" for each and every hotel I visited - and I had good CCs too at the time!)... I did end up seeing it after a couple of French motorcycle cops lent me some eclipse shades (which were also out of stock in Amiens). But at least I did see it, unlike the poor sods in Cornwall.
I was gonna ride my giraffe to the park where i am watching the Eclipse. Barabara will be fine.
This can produce some confusion. The head of your giraffe may create a local eclipse
I'll be sure to be holding my giraffe closely.
I'll spare a moment to panda camera, and see all their reactions.
Giraffes can grow up to 17 feet, but most have only four. (Thanks, dad!)
I really really Hope you come to Mazatlan, I am a huge fan and would be an incredible honor to even share the same land we stand on lol 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💜💜💜 let’s hope for very clear skies and an amazing experience tomorrow
In the 2017 total eclipse (it was partial where I was), my dog was anxious and pacing and they jumped up on the window sill and looked at the sun and kept barking for duration of the eclipse. They know something is up and something is up with the sun. They are smart creatures. So, maybe bring eclipse glasses for dogs during this one.
We’ll look for you in southern Indiana
"This will be a special eclipse because i'll be there" 😂🎉
Special lady, special event, it fits 😅
Those solar glasses match Sabine rather well, oddly enough.
This is my first total solar eclipse and I will watch it with my family. We are beyond excited and can’t wait to see everyone’s reaction at a marvel like this. We are still just creatures trying to understand at the best of our abilities (or as you put it… we are the universe trying to understand itself- at least, one total eclipse at a time). Thank you for your book and your channel and everything you do, once again 🫶🏼❤️
Best video about the eclpise on youtube! Thanks Sabine❤
Heads up Sabine! I had a great centerline view of the 2017 eclipse. If your crowd is like the crowd I was in, it'll be like a bunch of amazed kindergartners laughing, ooohing, and clapping! It'll be better than you ever imagined. Wishing you a happy and clear viewing.
Excellent info I didn't find anywhere else. Great things to watch for during tomorrow's eclipse - a great big thank-you, Sabine!
Thank you Sabine!🌈
Love the, new to me, facts about eclipses with the why. A little surprised that the reason to not look at the eclipse with a naked eye was missing. My 33 year old son knew not to look but didn’t know why.
Another great video Sabine! Thank you. I'll be watching this eclipse via live stream in Melbourne Australia.
Just watched this now. Yesterday saw my first totalilty. Fantastic! And I and people with me were all noticing the super sharp shadow lines and crisp light during the diamond ring---the second one--because as you enter darkness you are lookg fwd to that but the 2nd diamond, it is the light--that sharp edged shadow was CRAZY! This is such a full of questions and observations experience. I am an eclipse junkie now.
I drove all the way to Ohio for this and unfortunately it's cloudy this morning 😔 hopefully it clears up.
Im so excited as well, My eclipse glasses are ready 😎
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting stuffs.
Im here in Clarksville, Texas waiting for the eclipse now!!
I'll be watching it from where I live in central Indiana. Thanks for your video Sabine!
Ms Sabine i apreciate with gratitude for sharing your ways in science knowledge
It is interesting how quickly it cools off during an eclipse.
👏Excellent video, Sabine, and I hope your eclipse experience is marvelous‼
I saw the total solar eclipse in Zambia in July 2001 as a teen...it was glorious. First and only time I've ever seen Mercury. And my giraffes were safe. 😁
5:56 did anyone else notice a cloud scull moving toward left with its brain cavity brown away? That's how well Sabine explained this stuff.
I turned away for a second and looking back thought my monitored had died.....then realization...ahh...a new fact! Thank you Sabine! and if you visit California we have a couch for you!
Saw one in London years ago: events are exactly as you state
I didn’t know about these effects! Thanks!
2for the show? Can always take dance and earn a living gracefully. Great video, Sabina. Peace ✌️ 😎 from 🇨🇦 Canada, eh.
The purple Sabine is cool.
As a child, I figured it quite magic, that the disk of moon and sun are exactly of the same size, so the sun´s corona and protuberances are visible in an eclipse. Ok, it´s not always exactly the same, and changes in the future. But anyhow a big coincidence, we are benefited with in our time. I traveled to the total eclipse in Europe in Aug. 1999, unfortunately it was a bit cloudy and the totality was just visible for about 20 seconds. Wish you a nice journey and a great view on the eclipse.
I still have my silverfoil glasses from 1999. Was a really amazing event.
@@yaldabaoth2 Me too, I used it again for the Venus transit 2004.🖖
Welcome to the path Sabine! You'll spend the rest of your life as an eclipse nerd.
My family lives in the Niagara area and are really looking forward to it. There's been a state of emergency passed there because of expected crowds
I've got my welding helmet ready. Recommended shade is 12 or darker. 😊
Thanks for all the tips, Sabine! 😃 I'm pretty far from the US, but it would be interesting if someone makes an app to tell you when the next eclipse is going to be in your region. Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I've seen the one of 1999 and it was amazing. Suddenly all birds stopped singing.
they had cable
Good luck and clear skies, from a fellow german who got extremely lucky with a cloud gap in 1999.
I saw the one in 2017. Same place. Plan for traffic. Hope for clear skies!!!!!!!
thanks for the explainer!
In the 80's, I was out at my grandparents farm. I found an old Polaroid camera. I went outside, pointed the camera at the sun and took a picture. I didn't know there was film. When the Polaroid picture came out. I was shocked there was film. Second, the picture came out as a full solar eclipse. I've seen about 3 eclipses in my life.
I have my glasses ready. I use my glasses that I wear when I weld metal. Thanks for trying,
Thanks!
I'm in Southern Ontario and it looks like I can't escape the clouds. I should have driven to Quebec.
Aaahh! The Celestial Diamond Ring! An absolute Joy to behold! The best time of my life!
Unfortunately I was at work, so I couldn’t drive to the totality zone. But in Detroit we had 99.4% coverage, which was still stunning.
It’s amazing how quickly cold it gets, which is understandable and yet surprising at the same time.
I'm so happy for you to experience a total eclipse! Here's wishing you clear skies! I was super lucky and lived through the July 11, 1991, eclipse in Mexico. It lasted for 6 minutes and 53.08 seconds at the point of maximum eclipse. The animals' attitude puzzled me because I didn't know about it then. Thank you so much for all your excellent classes on KZhead. You make me feel like a student again, and I sincerely appreciate everything I learn from you.
I saw the same eclipse on the island of Hawaii. 🌴🌴🌴🍍🍍🍍
I'll be there too! I'm in québec!
Very good observations, Sabine. But did you notice the prominences? Particularly when the Sun was emerging from eclipse, just before the 'diamond' got established. I swear I had a better view of some prominences. But there were some very big ones also that I didn't hear anybody mention. I really enjoyed the CNN coverage here in the Netherlands.
I was so glad to see the 2017 one, didn't even need to go anywhere just walked outside my house. Amazing
I got to experience the one that passed over Oregon. It's so interesting how the atmosphere of your surroundings abruptly shifts. The wind, it cooled down, there is just a feeling in the air. It's just a great experience.
Thank you
I still remember an annular (0.998) solar eclipse that by luck went right through my city in 1984 when I was just 5 years old. We had a special school recess to be outside to see it (they handed out glasses of course). It was really special, even if not total, and things got pretty dark even with just the disc of the sun visible. I'm envious of those who live in the path of this one (or are able to get into the path), and I hope you all make memories that will also last decades.
I live in Waco, Texas and the traffic is already terrible
Oh no. I'm in northern Maine...hoping it's not bad Monday when we have to go out. And hurry back home where we'll have a perfect view of totality in a clearing in our pine forest.
I was at the Exmouth, Western Australia one last year. Its my wife that is in the space industry and it was more her thing. Man..... it was almost life changing. Words and pictures/videos cant explain how impactful it was. Hundreds of people brought to tears. Also dont forget to look down for a second, you get a 360degree sunset too.
Where I am it is going to be 90% so should be cool. Got my glasses and ready to go. Forecast is for clear sky.
Hope the cloud cover isnt too bad where you'll be!
You are in for a real treat! Enjoy it! This totality will also last longer than 2017.
I live in the path of totality and took the day off work for the eclipse... fingers crossed for high clouds if any!
Have a look round the horizon (I think it was just before totality, but I forget). If there are no clouds it'll be beautiful (and if there's cloud cover, it will all be like a bigger cloud just passed over, so try to avoid clouds if possible). If your birds sing at sunset, they'll all start to sing when the eclipse starts "sunsetting". But the best is when the "sunset" ends. The whole thing is really worth traveling for. (I was lucky, having two successive quite dark partial eclipses, first, followed by a full eclipse that I managed to see before the clouds came - and that my brother missed, because of quite heavy cloud cover, where he'd booked to watch it.)