Solar Eclipse 101 | National Geographic
A total solar eclipse happens somewhere on Earth once every year or two. What is an eclipse? Learn more about how solar eclipses happen, the four types of eclipses, and how to view the sun safely if you're within the path of totality.
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She forgot to mention that fire benders loose their bending ability
HAHAHAHA
Totally Unimportant Your name say it all haha
Water benders are loose their bending on a lunar eclipse
Hehe
Fax
I'll close my left eye and peak through the right one. so if there is permanent damage I will still have one good eye to see through. problem solved
ha
Ha
Marcos Zarate Smart
Marcos Zarate no your eyes still touch and send messages to each other you will be blind
Marcos Zarate Smarts.
Are people here because of the April 8th, 2024 eclipse?
Me
No, my teach sent it
when there is a solar eclipse and you slept through it
@Nyla Khan me too bro😂
Full
@Tanya Agarwal what rubbish?
@Nyla Khan 😆
Here I am 🙋
I will look directly at the sun with no eye protection. It's the best way to experience this phenomenon. EDIT: I will use binoculars, my eyesight isn't what it used to be
Mike Tython lmao
Mike Tython no itth not
Mike Tython it's also the easiest way to go blind
You can look directly at a total solar eclipse without eye damage. You should use special glasses when staring at a partial eclipse, though. Unless you're a complete badass of course
Volcanoes and magma rivers are natural phenomenon. That doesn't mean you take bath in it to experience it.
The fire nation will never see this coming.
Martin Abraham Vlogs stop promoting on every comment
That's a sharp looking profile pic, Vikash. Careful, you could puncture the hull of an empire-class Fire Nation battle ship, leaving thousands to drown at sea.
Because... it's so sharp
sokka is that u
I was looking for a comment like this lol
Solar Eclipse in real life: nothing bad happens Solar Eclipse in Terraria: Its time to die
Ye
Mothron: *Adios*
Me,with endgame gear:MEH
يحكن برمضان وبلعهن ماحكن باالعباده وقريه القرآن وصله ماهمهن ولا جت ع باهن مايحركن الا بلبلع وشر ابي شري هذاك وهذاك
😁
I saw the total eclipse of 1998 ... it was so fkn awesome.. every 400 years... it was a blessing to see it.
The eclipse happens every 216 years to welcome a new member for the God Hand.
There is one happening today
my mother lived in maracaibo in 1998.
@NolaMarieSings01 the one that happened at my location only happens a few 100 years.
I love these types of videos because I understand almost everything even though I am a 9 year old
GosumassB you know s/he's probably referring to how simple and easy to understand the video is right? Either way what's wrong with you swearing at a 9 year old?
U. Bitch
The internet isn't a place for kids leave immediately
of course the guy with arabic name wants to rape a 9 year old
AboodGamingYT - Pokémon & More! School isn't hard to understand, this video just makes it more easy to understand for stupid people like you little Timmy
The "diamond ring" is the perfect time to propose.
😂
Omg true 😂😂
LOL
Yeah, but it's really short, so you'd have to speak 100 vph (voice per hour)
@@RyukoAnimatez voice per hour tf?
Who's watching this for the 8th of April solar eclipse?
I am lol
Me too
Me. Cuz I have no glasses
Me
Yup
April 8 2024 anyone??
Here😂
Here
Yup, in Toledo boyyys
It may, 6 2024
Sun: Goooood morning everyone! Time to get the day sta- Moon: lol nope go back to sleep. Sun: >:[ Rude. Earth: Stop fighting! Can't you see my people are trying to enjoy this?
2 years ,10likes?
😂😂
Lololololol
LOL hahahaha
Jupiter: I wish I can enjoy the fun :< Mercury: you think life's hard?! I'm freaking tiny! Pluto:.....I don't exist anymore
Look at this solar eclipse with protection guys. You don't want to get blind.
Nicole The Tomato I don't get what ur saying
Nicole The Tomato lol it would suck if there was clouds or rain while the eclipse
Nicole The Tomato alot people do.
You won't go blind, I don't know where the fuck you people are getting this from. Do you go blind by looking at the sun for a few seconds on a normal day?
Yes only in the 2 minutes that it's a total eclipse can you really see it with your own eyes but otherwise
Tomorrow is Total sun Eclipse.. Like if u r in 21june 2020
Tomorrow morning is a annular solar eclipse in India
I'm so scared, the Sun can do not show up anymore after this.
I searched how does solar eclipse occurr !! And i am here bc!
🌞🌞🌞 see the sun in my comment 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
@@slymouse1 what lol
Who got this assigned by the school in quarantine? | | V
I am doing it right now
Haha
Me
I’m doing it rn
I’m doing it now in physics :(
I was in Corvallis, Oregon at the time, and I SAW THE WHOLE THING!! After THIRTY years of waiting, I FINALLY get to see a total solar eclipse! It was so AWESOME!! I had family there, so it was no trouble at all to find a place to stay. I really am lucky, I know that now. The drive back home was awful, but the eclipse was absolutely worth it. Funny thing, the drive there was EASY! No serious traffic at all going there, it was all in coming back. The next eclipse in the USA will be in April 2024, or so I read. I'll be sure to plan for a trip to the totality part then, too. Total solar eclipses truly are beautiful, I feel like I won the lottery.
Yeah it is!
I seeing the partial eclipses in 4/8/24 & 10/14/23, I wish I could see a total & annular :D (I seeing two partial solar eclipses) I also gonna see the total lunar eclipse in 2025! (😖o)
have fun bro
Hey, this comment is old. Are you excited for the eclipse next month?
Are you ready for the Elipse today?
What if the glasses fall off your head during the eclipse 😂 screwed Edit: sorry if I sound rude to my reply .. I realized how mean I sound 😂 :/
It's not that bad. I've accidentally glanced at the sun before.
Momei Fang um yes it is that bad.. and it's worse than just glancing at the sun. Please don't reply to my comment without knowing what you're talking about :)
Emily Collins its not like a 4 sec peek will leave u blind
If people get cheapo glasses, made abroad in a factory that oops, had lax quality control, sorry, you're all blind now.
Momei Fang it's not just the sun, a solar eclipse is more powerful than a regular sun, on a regular day. There is a glare and if you look at it you'll go blind, or when you wake up the next day you won't see anything. Your eyes will slowly get darker and darker.
Since I live in Georgia, we had to drive to South Carolina to see the whole eclipse in 2017. Worth the drive
Not that far of a drive so what's the big deal
I died laughing when she said:be sure to look at the surface not through the cardboard.
I took off my glasses completely during the eclipse and I’m fine. It didn’t hurt my eyes at all. There is basically no light to hurt your eyes during a total eclipse
@@adriangonzalez3yearsago927 it won't hurt your eye because your cornea has no pain receptors, Be careful next time, you could go blind
@@popinderseth9707 Yikes, thanks for the caution
I love how most of the comments are saying how they would still look at it 😂
Ikr
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Dopes !!!
@@shivanijindal8064 hi
Ef**ks*it funny memes 😑😣
im risking it all ima look at it with no glasses idc. only because i wont be able to see solar eclipses in a billion years.
you're literally gonna go blind
if you look at it with no glasses when totallity comes you'll se NOTHING AT ALL!! your eyes will be adapted to bright light, when it gets dark you will not be able to see the best part also its so painfull to look at it directly that i dont think you will last a minute
TheSmartestArtist but if i can see the sun now? What difference will it make a moon passing by??
are you that stupid?
Solar eclipses are happening almost 3 times every year upto 2028 i think. Mostly in America
"by cosmic chance" lol
Amazing!! Feel like exploring the space. Awakening.
Imagine cavemen back then, hey look it's dark out side!, wait the suns being covered?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY EYES I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING
I think uve got it wrong buddy. The cavemen would never have communicated in English 😂
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@@christopherchedid1321 So what language should in comments you say
I'll be looking directly through the hole in the piece of cardboard.....
Ashwin Enjoys Nature reference?
Best way is look through camera films, get one roll of Kodak film.
As my physic teacher used to say: you can look at the sun twice: first with one eye and second with another.
Who is watching today due to solar eclipse sun 21 June 2020😁
Me
Gw nunggu kiamat cuk
Me From Ladakh India
From South Africa
@@smeets2895 ultimate cringe confirmed
I experience solar eclipse everyday. No, I mean every night.
.....no
+pilot Yes we do. The Earth eclipses the sun for everyone every day. An eclipse is just: "an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination." The Earth is celestial body that passes between the observer, us, and the source, the sun. But if I have to explain that...
InItForTheParking It says "Solar" Eclipse.
+saar Yes it does. It is our sun being eclipsed, that makes it a solar eclipse.
Try tru
I'm watching this video with glasses on just in case...
User name LOL
Dumb as hell
I've got my homemade cereal box viewer too, just in case!
User name haha
Lol u don't need glasses XD
It's more like "soul"ar eclipse you just feel it in the soul. The energy when you are in the path of totality is phenomenal. No pictures I have seen captured it like my eyes and memory, the ring was pulsating, sunrays lashing about and the animals were going wild. It was so extraordinary. Thank you Bend Oregon and the Ochoco National Forest for hosting us with the most amazing time. "Feel free to howl at the moon"
It is crazy how youtube recommended this a day before eclipse Who is waiting for 26th december 2019 solar eclipse Thanks for likes And by the way Merry christmas And Happy new year
Today is 25 not 26
@@ramyamadheswaran3843 26 tomorrow
Me
There was an eclipse yesterday?
@@AngelWingsTVdavcs yes in India 🇮🇳
*What if it's really windy and the glasses fly off my head* lol
As a kid my eyes were always and still are very sensitive to bright lights. So being upset about that I started to stare at the sun. After about 30 seconds I saw a rainbow around the sun and after finally looking away I lost basically all my sight and started panicking.
Yeah because you was burning your retina
Holy f why did you do that?! Can you still see?
@@ping5825 no he cant but he only can see the vid
@@accntsprout7782 ??????
Oh...
Solar Eclipse: **exists** Berserk fans: *UTTER DREAD*
Yep
Rest in peace Legend Kentaro Miura
We are gonna get sacrified for Femto
I love this kinda content and I hope that people keep making it!
I love solar eclipse too because I love darkness and nothing😈😈😈😈👾👾👾💀💀💀💀🕷🕷🕷🕷🕸🕸🕸🌑🌑🌑🌑 I"m from poland
its all fake what they say about the eclippse.... where is the moon before and after................ wake up
Yeah! That's really helpful for us 😊
for sure
Is it in uk
Or go to any store that sells welding supplies and get a visor glass reated 14 or darker. They cost less than eclipse glasses
Eclipse fans please check out my acoustic piano & vocal cover of Vanessa Carlton's 1000 MILES (because you might have to drive that far to see the eclipse) on my channel. Real live acoustic performance. Don't forget to check the weather before you go, because if it's cloudy at your location, you won't see the eclipse...
CloudchaserShaconag but those are a scam and don't work
Those aren't designed to stare at the sun. So, don't be surprised if something bad happens.
f lucifer too bad they are sold out everywhere
I don't think you should risk going blind
I wonder if there are 'donut' solar eclipses on other planets/solar systems, where the moon is much smaller in the sky in relation to it's sun. It would create a ring or donut shape sun in the sky during an eclipse.
I mean we have annular solar eclipses
Right?
it is not true that sun gives light to moon. "gen" 1/BERESHIT1. IT REPRESENTS YISROEL. AND YH GIVE US MESSAGES OF TORAH TRANSFORMING THE APPEARANCE OF YAREACH. SHALOM
Are you actually unaware that we experience the type of eclipse already that you have described? It's called an annular eclipse.
all this donut discussion makes me hungry
Ready 2024, 3 days 😎
This is a rare thing that will probably happen once in my life time , MY SCHOOL IS MAKING US STAY INSIDE CLASS AND NO EVEN USE THE BATHROOM ON MONDAY WHAT THE F
Fruitsii SAME!!!!!!!! 3 hours ARE THESE SCHOOLS CHEAP TO PROVIDE GLASSES?
I KNOW!!! IT'S SO STUPID!!!
Fantastic Steven it will happen for me on Monday and in about 4 years lol
Fantastic Steven don't go to school! Convince your parents this is a one chance to see and there won't be any point
Fantastic Steven 2024
I think I’m high
Okay
Simple Lyfe ok
Oof
ouch! hmm... Well how did you type this? If you are blind?
@@mikekozubenko4513 I can type fine with my eyes close. I taught myself that last summer.
Thanks Nat Geo for these amazing videos!
I missed year 1999's perfect solar eclipse. I was too young to watch that great event! Really a life time event! Because total solar eclipse can occur every 400 years on average..!!
I wasnt born :/
I remember my first solar eclipse, i was a few years ago, from now. During the eclipse, it was rather cloudy outside, so we were worried we wouldn’t even get to see it. Me, my brother and my mom went to an open fieldwere people were gathering to watch. Just as it was a few minutes from the eclipse, our horrors were realized. The clouds started rolling in and nearly covered the sun completely. We thought we were going to miss our possibly only chance of seeing an eclipse when we noticed something, the sun was still noticable through the clouds. The cloud coverage didn’t get very thick until later in the day, so the suun’s light was still coming through. In fact, in an interesting turn of events, the coverage was just thick enough to not only still be able to see the eclipse, but some people were actually able to see the eclipse through the whole thing without their glasses. I know, it sounds crazy to do so, but the light wasn’t that bright to do any harm, only just be visible through the clouds. I have to say, it wasn’t exactly the experience i thought i’d get, but now i think i can safely say that i was one of many that managed to view a solar eclipse without eclipse glasses, and without losing vision.
Go to Texas, 2024 April. Sorry about ur clouds, if it was a clear day it would have blown ur socks right off.
@@element-dh9dx April 8th, don't forget to add the date.
lol to think that when i was six i stared at the sun for 2-3 minutes as a challenge i saw no damage.. IM BLESSED
It's a beautiful our universe🌌🌘🌞🌍🌙
Watching this from Australia since we couldn't see the solar eclipse on the 8th of April 2024
I heard if you look directly at the solar eclipse for 10 seconds, you get one wish granted :)
Ron Jeremy ...yeah fucking blindness is the "wish".
Lol. Hell nahh!!! Dat gotta be sum fuckin wish
Fuck that I'd rather just use the dragon balls
Sean R That's how the Devil works
Ron Jeremy if your wish is to go blind
It's true I went blind looking at the last eclipse please buy eclipse glasses 🕶
The irony of your name and ur comment
DarkDecoy hahaha
Why da fuck You lieing You need to be Careful!
Why da fuck You lieing how did you even type this and put a shades emoji
if ur blind, then how tf r u typing
The perfect size and distance for all this to happen! Amazing.
Tomorrow is a solar eclipse
Yes its very dangerous
Raamiz Talpur it’s in Saudi Arabia
Same in oman
It is partial solar eclipse you will not even notice it
Yes, I am excited to see 😁😁😁😁
So it's basically similar to Terraria total eclipse awesome :D
Trunks yea pretty much
mlg shrek LMAO
Trunks I literally tried that game last night played for 5 minutes and deleted it instantly
Icebot25 qdfgcgfffg
lol these people played terraria alone and stopped playing before it gets better. As a terraria fan, I can say easily the worst part of the game is the grindy beginning. It gets better when you're ready for your first boss though. Also, it's as if the game was meant to be a multiplayer game. Without friends dicking around with you, it's kinda boring...
When I was young and dumb I looked at the sun with binoculars and nothing has happened to me.
iGoHam you got lucky you must of done it for a short time
RGkong idk dude I remember looking at it for a while but I was told that it would affect later on
iGoHam same. I was an idiot and I look at the sun cause I always see colors after looking at it. Now I occasionally see random colors and it's weird
iGoHam I stare at sun fully nothing happens I still do it
iGoHam Bro same! I was a dumbass kid and would stare at the sun without blinking and I don't have an injury. Pretty damn scary though, imagine that could have changed our lives completely
2:27 Here in April 8th, 2024!
Normal people: It looks beautiful. Me, a Berserk fan: *screeches of fear*
Thank you, NatGeo. You folks don't get a lot of thanks, but I'm thankful that you put this all together for our benefit. I hope my welding goggles are an acceptable shield, but I'll buy darker lenses to be safe.
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Why are you thanking them for a computerized explanation? Where is the actual footage of the eclipse? Did you know that never ever once during an eclipse, has the moon actually been present? My point is, Solar eclipses are nothing like what we are told. Research the north node.
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror.
A swiftie😂😂
Hello
Alright I guess its time to take out my 3D glasses.
So educational thanks, this is just what I needed for my notes!
it is not true that sun gives light to moon. "gen" 1/BERESHIT1. IT REPRESENTS YISROEL. AND YH GIVE US MESSAGES OF TORAH TRANSFORMING THE APPEARANCE OF YAREACH. SHALOM
yah bro
Thank you so much for this video it was really helpful! ❤
Yeah! It was☺️
Fun facts: Solar eclipses was a way to study the Sun's atmosphere in the past. The size of the Umbra on the surface of the Earth is about 160 km across. The planets can be seen during an eclipse. Solar eclipses do not only happen on Earth, but on other planets too. Actually, some planets may have multiple solar eclipses at the same time. The next total solar eclipse will happen on 14 of December 2020 and will be visible from Argentina and Chile.
Lol, imagine someone is sleeping, and then wakes up and looks out the window, only to see the solar eclipse, and the goes blind.
God loves y’all, have a good day ❤
I remember learning this years ago when I was young, could never understand this on paper, this video, literally just explained me everything, I love technology, because I'm a visual learner
Uau, Tudo que Deus Faz é Perfeito 😍👏👏👏
Eclipse happens because someone out there with a weird necklace makes a sacrifice
On Thursday, 26 Dec 2019, solar eclipse will be seen from Pakistan
And total solar eclipse and annual solar eclipse will also be on the Philippines.
Yep
Yes it will be for 3 hours
its expected rhat it will happen in whole Asia,Africa And Australia
Oman
Bullshit I'm looking directly at it
Speedking_A1 my uncle tried that once and he's now blind in one eye and parcially in the other.
Speedking_A1 if it didn't affect you now it will soon. RIP
Himura Battousai and you need more attention from mommy
Himura Battousai calm down 😂 you're a nut
Himura Battousai You can't die from looking at a star, you dumbass nut.
I feel educated, school haven't even started :)
This is the first video that answered my questions, thank you!!
Thank You National Geographic 🙏.
The eclipse happens every 216 years to welcome a new member for the God Hand.
lol yesterday I stacked 3 sunglasses on top of eachother thinking I outsmarted the eclipse ...my eyes hurt
ayo
Yesterday ah yes those were the days
I thought dogs didn't need special glasses but now I know they need too. R.I.P ma money 💰 1:21 - 1:26
I liked mah comment because I know nobody will like this comment.
NiceMario Gaming I'll like it
That Thing You See At The Corner Of Your Eye You proved me wrong...
NiceMarioGT It's what I do best.
ត្រូវមានអាយុ+18ឆ្នាំ និង ហាមកំពុងសិក្សាចៀសឲ្យឆ្ងាយ
I cannot do my studies without you, Thank You for helping me! :)
Wow that’s awesome thank you for taking
I going to wear all 7 pairs of normal sunglasses that I already own on top of one another. Hopefully that'll do it. 🤞🏻
J hilly My hair is naturally brown and this was a joke. 🙄
Rachel Trainor my love for you isnt a joke ;)
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Anyone watching this today?
Yes..
Yeah but it’s too cloudy and foggy in where I live!
Here its raining!🤣🤣🤣🤣
i can’t even see the sun :( it’s entirely covered by clouds :(
Me! It's happening now!
Actually helped me for my exams AWSOME
Happy it helps with the exam, but its not reality.
Excited for the solar eclipse
really universe is incredible in which such a amazing things happens
سبحان الله
i just started 5th grade and this helped me sooooooooooooooo much.
Great prep for trying to observe the annular eclipse on 10/14! Thanks!!!
3:42 True. When i saw it, my eclipse glasses went completely black, and boom! Totality
GUYS!! Stop making a big deal about getting blind about the eclipse! You’re already getting blind by looking down at screens 24/7
TryHard Nemises bro so teue
Looking at it is like looking at the actual sun
Looking at the Solar eclipse will make you fully blind or mess up most of you sight the tv is only if you are 2 inches away from it and Staring at it
How does this affect you eyes isn't it dark
@@RickyRegal. yeah but the moon cant cover the whole sun
I’m still gonna look directly at it without glasses lmao
EliteShadow you're not gonna be saying lmao when your ass is blind😂
Orlando Almeida 😂
Thank you so much you helped me a lot thanks for showing me what is a solar eclipse🌒🌖 you are a shooting star💫💫
thank you this helped me so much
Today is an annular eclipse. I am excited to see.
Omfg, on my birthday in 2017, We saw the total eclipse, how lucky is that..?
I was in like second grade lol no fair
@@meepplayz9335 lol
Ok
This is beautiful
I love National Geographic
We used glasses up until the total eclipse! An amazing sight indeed!
I just keep imagining that guy from the history channel with his hands up saying .. because ALIENS. 👽
And after all these simple explanations the fact that there are people who believe in flat earth really boggles my mind.
Solar Eclipse IRL: A natural phenomenon Solar Eclipse in movies: source of something supernatural
To bad I can't see the eclipse because I will be in school.
My school is having an event so we can all see it. Even if they didn't I wouldn't care I would still go outside lol
Seduce your teacher to have Eclipse sex.
Logan z Look out the window
Ikr. My school is going to have us in lockdown until the eclipse is over.
Momei Fang lmao lockdown for an eclipse? Seems a bit overkill
tomorrow is solar eclipse
Perfect and comprehensive explanation! I will share with my students.
Solar eclipse: when the moon blocks light from the sun from falling on the earth