♪ ♪ >> THERE IS A QUIET THAT COMES DOWN WHEN THE DARKNESS SUDDENLY COMES. >> IT WAS LIKE YOU COULD FEEL THE SHADOW COMING OVER YOU. >> THE AIR WAS SO CLEAR THAT WE COULD JUST SEE THESE STREAKS MOVING HUGE DISTANCES ACROSS THE SKY. >> YOU FEEL IT IN A WAY THAT FEELS SO DIFFERENT. THE IMAGES DON'T DO IT JUSTICE. >> THEN YOU ARE JUST SORT OF LOCKED IN. ♪ ♪ >>> WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE AN ECLIPSE, YOU FEEL THAT CONNECTION WITH SPACE. >> OH, MY GOSH! >> LOOK AT THE RAY STRUCTURE! >> THE UNIVERSE IS OUT THERE, AND IT IS AFFECTING US. WE ARE IN SPACE. >> HERE IT COMES. THERE IT IS. THE MOST SPECTACULAR SIGHT. ♪ ♪ >>> IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING. >> HELLO! AND WELCOME TO LIVE COVERAGE OF THE CELESTIAL EVENT OF THE YEAR, THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS, WE WILL FOLLOW THE MOON'S SHADOW AS IT RACES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. ANCHORING OUR COVERAGE IN THE DOWNTOWN OF CLEVELAND, OHIO DOWN THE ROAD FROM NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER, ONLY CENTER IN TODAY'S PAST OF TOTALITY. I AM NASA MEGAN CRUZ AND SARAH. >> HELLO. >> TODAY NASA AND THE GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER IS HOSTING THIS FREE OUTDOOR EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE TOGETHER. YOU SAW THAT BEAUTIFUL AERIAL SHOT WE HAD OPENING THE SHOW. YOU ARE SEEING IT AGAIN HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A GREAT, FUN CROWD HERE. >> WE HAVE OPINION WATCHING THE CROWD BUILD ALL MORNING AND YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT COMING NOW. >>THE WATCH ITEM IS THE WEATHER. BEAUTIFUL IN CLEVELAND. >> PERFECT RIGHT NOW. WE WOKE UP TO RAIN. AND IT CLEARED, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WILL SEE THIS AFTERNOON BE. >> SARAH, YOU SAID THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TREPIDATION BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY BE SOME CLOUD COVER AROUND THE TIME OF THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, TOTALITY. WE WILL SEE. MAZATLAN, MEXICO, ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES THAT THE MOON'S SHADOW WILL DARKEN. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN RIGHT NOW, IF LOOK AT THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN, EXPECTING TOTALITY IN AN HOUR AND FOUR MINUTES. WE WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM OF TELESCOPE OPERATORS SPREAD OUT ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. BECAUSE OF THEM, WE WILL HAVE A VIEW OF THE SUN DURING OUR ENTIRE BROADCAST. >> FROM MAZATLAN UP TO MAINE. >> LARGE SWATH AND WITH TESTIFY COVERED THE WHOLE WAY FLEW. IF YOU SCAN YOUR QR CODE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, IT WILL TAKE TO YOU A LIVESTREAM DEDICATED TO JUST THOSE DEL SCOPE VIEWS AND TAKE TO YOU A SPANISH BROADCAST OF TODAY'S ECLIPSE THAT STARTS AT 1:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME. SARAH, AS YOU KNOW THIS, ALL OF THE TELESCOPE USED FOR THE BROADCAST HAVE SPECIAL FILTERS ON THEM AND PROTECT THE OPERATORS' EQUIPMENT AND THE OPERATORS THEMSELVES. IF YOU VIEW THE ECLIPSE WITHOUT THE PROPER PROTECTION, IT CAN IS HE SEARLY DAMAGE YOUR EYES. >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE WANT EVERYONE TO ENJOY THE ECLIPSE BUT WANT THEM TO DO IT SAFELY. >> HOW DO YOU DO THAT SAFELY? SHIELD YOUR EYES WITH ECLIPSE GLASSES LIKE THESE. HOPEFULLY YOU BOUGHT THEM THIS A REPUTABLE SOURCE AND THEY HAVE A SPECIAL RATING ON THEM. THE RATINGS MEAN MA THE LENSES MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS TO PROTECT YOUR EYES. SARA, YOU CAN REMOVE THE GLASSES DURING TOTALITY. >> IF YOU WERE LUCKY TO BE IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY. THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IN 100% TOTALITY. 90% DOESN'T CUT IT. >> 100%, NOTHING LESS. IF YOU DON'T ARE ECLIPSE GLASSES, JOIN IT INCORRECTLY WITH PINHOLE PROJECTORS. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ONE LIVE FOR US, A STURDY PIECE OF PAPER, CARDBOARD, THUMBTACK AND SHARP PEN. I WILL USE MY NASA PIN. WHAT A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE? >> TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE HAPPENS WHEN THE EARTH, THE MOON AND THE SUN ARE SO PERFECTLY ALIGNED THAT THE MOON BLACKS OFF OUR VIEW OF THE SUN. >> DOES THAT HAPPEN OFTEN? >> WHERE IN THE WORLD AN ECLIPSE 18 MONTHS OR SO. ANY ONE PARTICULAR PLACE, A RARE EVENT. >> LAST TIME IN CLEVELAND, HAD A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE WAS 1806. >> REMARKABLE. >> QUITE A LONG TIME AGO. ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. NOT EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE MOON COMPLETELY ECLIPSING THE SUN. >> ONLY US IN THE NARROW TOTALITY. WE WILL GET TO SEE A PARTIAL ECLIPSE, WEATHER PERMITTING. >> HOPE THAT CLEVELAND AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY IS CLEAR. THE PATH OF TOTALITY. IT TRAVELS THROUGH PARTS OF MEXICO, 15 U.S. STATES AND SOUTHEASTERN CANADA. AN ESTIMATED 32 MILLION PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THE PATH. AND NOT TO MENTION THE TENS OF THOUSANDS PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL TO SOMEWHERE ALONG IT AS WELL LIKE US. YOU ARE FROM D.C. AND I AM FROM FLORIDA. >> I FEEL LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO GET TO SEE THIS ONE. >> BE. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL HAVE LIVE REPORTS FROM OUR CORRESPOND DENTS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE PATH, ALL EXCITED TO SHARE THIS EVENT WITH YOU. SOME RECOGNIZABLE LOCATIONS IN BETWEEN. INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, HOME OF THE FAMOUS INDY 500. AND NIAGRA FALLS WHERE OFFICIALS EXPECT UP TO A MILLION VISITORS. LOOK AT OUR TEAM THERE WAVING AT YOU. HAPPY TO SEE YOU GUYS AND WILL WEAR FROM YOU SOON. HEAR FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE AND LIVE INTERVIEW WITH ASTRONAUTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. SARAH IS READY OPINION AN UNIQUE PLACE TO WETNESS THE CELESTIAL EVENT. WE WILL TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT. EXPLAIN THE SCIENCE THAT NASA WILL CONDUCT DURING THE ECLIPSE WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF TODAY'S COSMIC ALIGNMENT, USE THE HASHTAG ECLIPSE TO SEND THEM IN WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING IT. WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM SOME KIDS AND A CELEBRITY I CAN'T WAIT TO SURPRISE YOU WHO THAT IS. >> ADDITION TO NASA'S ECLIPSE EVENTS PLENTY MORE IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THEM NOW. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO -- TO WITNESS -- >> LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE GREAT WEATHER. THEY WILL GET A PARTIAL ECLIPSE THERE, BUT STILL, MORE THAN ENOUGH REASON TO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. >> WACO, TEXAS. PEOPLE HAVE THEIR SEATS. ALL READY TO GO. COMFORTABLE. I SEE COOLERS THERE. THIS IS THE ADIRONDACKS SKY CENTER. COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, A SAME FIELD. COVERED WITH SNOW. >> GLAD THEY HAVE A NICE PLACE TO SIT. >> KENNEDY, A GREAT PLACE TO WATCH A PARTIAL ECLIPSE. >> PARTIAL ECLIPSE, YEAH. >> LASTLY THE MENTOR CIVIC AMPHITHEATRE. A NICE FIELD TO TAKE A LOOK INTO AND ENJOY TODAY'S EVENT. I AM SURE THAT WILL FILL UP SOON. >> I AM SURE. STILL GATHERING THERE. >> VERY MUCH A PARTY ATMOSPHERE WE HAVE SEEN IN SOME OF THOSE WATCH PARTIES AND AGAIN HERE, THE MUSIC, EXHIBITS, ALL THE THINGS HAPPENING HERE KIND OF REMINDS ME OF A SPORTING EVENT, YOU KNOW. BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM GOING TO ASK YOU, WHO IS THE GOAT TODAY. IS IT THE MOON, THE SUN OR THE EARTH? >> I AM A LUNAR SCIENTIST SO BIASED. YOU GOT TO GO WITH THE MOON ON THIS ONE. MOON COMING IN FOR THE BLOCK TODAY. ALL THE ACTION TO THE MOON. >> I LOVE THAT SPORTS REFERENCE. I WILL HAVE TO SAY EARTH. BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, WE LOVE OUR HOME PLANET. BECAUSE WE ARE HERE, THE MOON HAS SOMETHING TO PROJECT ITS SHADOW ON AND WE HAVE THE CELESTIAL ALIGNMENT AND SHOW WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE TODAY. THAT'S WHERE I AM GOING. THAT'S HOW I AM GOING. WE WANT TO KNOW WHICH TEAM YOU ARE ON. YOU CAN CAST YOUR VOTE BY GOING TO@NASASOLARSYSTEM ON FACEBOOK, X OR INSTAGRAM AND WE WILL REVEAL THE WINNING TEAM AT THE END OF THE BROADCAST, EARTH. THE MOON'S SHADOW OVER LAND AN HOUR AND 28 MINUTES MOVING AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 1900. KEEPING TRACK OF IT FOR US WITH NASA'S JIM TRALEY. >> THANK YOU, MEGAN. I WILL HAVE TO GO WITH OPTION NUMBER THREE, THE SUN, THAT GIVES US THE ENERGY TO THRIVE HERE ON EARTH. SPEAKING OF ENERGY, WE ARE BUSTLING AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX. COMING TO YOU FROM OUR NEW GATEWAY EXHIBIT WHERE TODAY WE HAVE A PARTIAL ECLIPSE BUT SUPER EXCITED TO BE TRACKING ALL OF TODAY'S EVENTS LIVE WITH OUR ECLIPSE EXPLORER. THIS RIGHT HERE IS A FANTASTIC TOOL THAT WAS DEVELOPED FROM OUR FRIENDS AT NASA GODDARD SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION STUDIO. THEY PUT THIS TOOL TO TRACK THE ECLIPSE DOWN TO THE LAST SECOND. TO GET A FEEL YOU THIS WILL LOOK IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS GO.NASA.GOV/EXPLORER. PUNCH INTO THE BOX, SNAP TO YOUR LOCATION AND GIVE YOU KEY STATS. YOU SAW CLEVELAND. I CAN BRING THEM UP HERE. CLEVELAND IS EXPECTING PEAK TOTALITY, 3:15. THREE MINUTES, 49 SECONDS, PLENTY OF TIME TO SIT BACK AND BASK IN THE MOMENT IN THE FULLY ECLIPSED SUN. I WILL BE TACKING THIS ALL THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON SO YOU DO NOT MISS A SECOND OF THIS COVERAGE, EVEN IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT PATH OF TOTALITY LIKE WE ARE RIGHT HERE. MORE THAN 99% OF THE U.S. WILL SEE A PARTIAL ECLIPSE. YOU SAW THAT FOOTAGE FROM MAZATLAN. THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A PARTIAL ECLIPSE. IF YOU ARE IN PARTIAL, WEAR PROPER EYE PROTECTION TO PROTECT YOUR VISION TO SAFELY ENJOY TODAY'S SPECTACULAR CELESTIAL EVENT. PLENTY OF AWESOME STUFF COMING UP. KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER. CLEVELAND IS LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. CLEAR SKIES. MEGAN, BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, JAMES. JOINING US IS DR. BOB LEHMAN, A HELIOPHYSICIST AT GODDARD SPACE CENTER. >> GREAT TO BE HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> TODAY'S SOLAR ECLIPSE WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THAN SEVEN YEARS AGO? >> IT IS, THE SUN'S CORONAGRAPH WILL LOOK COOL, COOLER THAN LAST TIME. COOL IN THE SENSE OF WOW! >> NOT COLD. >> NOT COLD, BECAUSE THE SOLAR ARRAYS CORONA LIKE A MILLION DEGREES. CLOSE TO THE SOLAR ARRAYS MINIMUM. MINIMUM AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY ON THE SUN. 11-YEAR OR SO SETTLE:LE AND 2017 WAS CLOSER TO MINIMUM AND APRIL 2024 IS CLOSE RIGHT TO THE MAXIMUM OF THAT. SO WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF DINE CIVIL OF ACTIVITY. AND IT IS GOING TO LOOK -- YOU WILL SEE RAYS SHOOTING OUT -- >> DOES THAT INCREASED ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR NEW DISCOVERIES AND NEW INCREASED SCIENCE? >> SURE. IN ADDITION TO THE SCIENCE DONE BECAUSE OF THE ECLIPSE, GREATER ACTIVITY LEVELS MEAN WE HAVE MORE CHANCE TO SEE WHAT THE SUN WILL TO DO INCREASE RADIATION LEVELS, INCREASED ACTIVITY, ERUPTIONS THAT WILL AFFECT THE EARTH. THINGS THAT -- >> SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE EARTH? HOW DO WE STUDY THE EFFECTS? THE TOOLS, THE ASSETS TO STUDY THOSE EFFECTS? >> SURE, WE CALL THE WHOLE GENERAL THING SPACE WEATHER. INCREASED YADIATION OR CORONA INJECTIONS CHUNKS OF THE SUN THAT BLOW OFF AND HIT THE EARTH. THOSE AFFECT THINGS LIKE POWER GRIDS AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND GPS SATELLITES, ALL OF WHICH ARE EVERYDAY REAL IMPLICATIONS FOR -- FOR THAT THINGS THAT IS 90 MILLION MILES AWAY. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL, YOU ARE A HELIOPHYSICIST. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR SUPER BOWL? >> PRETTY MUCH. YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY THAT TO ME TODAY. [LAUGHTER] >> ARE WE RIGHT? >> PRETTY MUCH, YES. THIS IS IT. SEVEN YEARS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE DIVING -- YOU KNOW TRYING TO REACH THE GOAL LINE FROM THE SUPER BOWL 15, 20 YEARS AGO WAS TOTALITY, NOT TOTALITY. AND -- YEAH, TODAY IS IT. I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. >> WE WILL HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF FUN HERE. >> ECLIPSES ARE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY THE SUN AND HOW IT AFFECTS US. I KNOW THAT AGAIN YOUR FELLOW HELIOPHYSICISTS AND REALLY ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES OF SCIENCE, I KNOW THAT TODAY IS VERY SPECIAL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. >> IT IS, YES. >> THANK YOU, BOB. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> TIME TO CHECK IN WITH OUR FIRST TEAM ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY. TIHIRA ALLEN IN THE CITY IN TEXAS. SO LUCKY THAT THEY GET SOLAR ECLIPSE TWICE IN A SINGLE YEAR. >> THANKS, WELCOME TO KERRVILLE TEXAS. I AM WITH NASA COMMUNICATIONS. >> THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HELIOPHYSICS AT NASA GODDARD. >> LIVE IN KERRVILLE TENS OF THOUSANDS WILL WITNESS THE SECOND SOLAR ECLIPSE THAT PASSED THROUGH THIS TOWN IN SIX MONTHS. THIS IS INCREDIBLY RARE. AND PEOPLE HAVE TRAVELED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SHARE IN THIS SPECTACULAR MOMENT RIGHT HERE AT A CROSSROADS OF THE ECLIPSE. GINA, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE HERE LAST YEAR FOR THE ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE PACK? THE ANNULAR WAS A SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE AND I AM FEELING MORE ENERGY TODAY. >> DOUBLE THE CROWD. >> IT IS. >> AND WE HAVE A FULL DAY OF CELEBRATION IN STORE. YOU KNOW THE TOWN REALLY TURNED OUT FOR THIS EVENT. THIS MORNING, WE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR, AND WE ARE SURROUNDED WITH FOOD AND SHOPPING AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. I THINK I SAW THE TEXAS STATE ASTRONOMY CLUB HERE GIVING FREE TELESCOPE VIEWING. SO IT IS JUST A REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT. FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND ENJOY THIS CELESTIAL EVENT. >> GREAT TO HEAR IT. AND WE HAD SOME CLOUD COVERAGE TODAY. >> GOING BACK AND FORTH. >> FINGERS CROSSED. >> REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS TURNS OUT, LIVE MUSIC AND DANCING AFTERWARDS. GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY. >> ABSOLUTELY. THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. LAST YEAR WAS INCREDIBLE WITH THE ANNULAR. FOLKS, IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. LET US NO COMET IN WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THIS. A GOOD TIME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN WITHOUT SPECIALIZED EYE PROTECTION FOR SOLAR ARRAYS VIEWING EXCEPT THE BRIEF PHASE WHEN THE MOON IS COMPLETELY COVERING THE SUN AND ONLY FOR THOSE IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY. NOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST THAT YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE POPPING IN TO SHARE SOME IMPORTANT TIPS TO MAKE SURE YOU STAY SAFE DURING TODAY'S EVENTS. >> HI, ECLIPSE ENTHUSIASTS, LANCE BASS, HOW PROTECT THOSE EYES AND STAY SAFE DURING A SOLAR ARRAYS ECLIPSE. DURING THE CELESTIAL EVENTS, THE SUN, EARTH AND MOON ARE IN SYNC CREATING SOLAR ECLIPSES. LOOK DIRECTLY IN THE SUN DURING A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. ONLY FOR A BRIEF PERIOD KNOWN AS TOTALITY. THIS IS A SPECIAL MOMENT. OTHER TIMES YOU WEAR YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES SO YOU DON'T SAY BYE-BYE TO YOUR VISION. AND SOLAR ARRAYS VIEWERS ARE THOUSAND TIMES DARKER AND A CERTIFICATION THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR THERE. DON'T BE A SPACE COWBOY AND LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN. UP IF DON'T HAVE ECLIPSE CLASSES, INDIRECT VIEWING LIKE A PINHOLE PROJECTORS. USE A INDEX CARD WITH A HOLE, OR A COLANDER OR EVEN YOUR HANDS. SUN AT YOUR BACK, PROJECT AN IMAGE OF THE SUN THROUGH THE HOLE TO A NEARBY SURFACE LIKE THE GROUND. ME WEARING MY ECLIPSE GLASSES AND SO ARE YOU. >> NOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE AN ECLIPSE WITHOUT THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE EARTH. AS YOU HEARD FROM MEGAN AND SARAH EARLIER, WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING A FRIENDLY COMPETITION TO SEE WHICH ONE OF THESE THREE TEAMS THAT YOU ARE SIDING WITH TODAY. NOW GINA, I FEEL LIKE IT ALMOST GOES UNSAID, BUT I HAVE TO ASK. I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME. WHICH TEAM ARE YOU REPRESENTING TODAY? >> YOU PROBABLY WERE GOING TO GUESS SUN. >> WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. >> YOU ARE RIGHT. HELIOPHYSICS. STUDY OF THE SUN AND AFFECTS OUR PLAN NETS. THE SOLAR ARRAYS CORONA STEALING THE SPOTLIGHT. TEAM SUN. >> IT IS THE STAR OF THE SHOW AND I HAVE TO BE BIASED. INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT. NASA'S MOON CELEBRATION FALLS ON MY BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR. I THINK I AM HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A LUNAR CONNECTION. THOSE WATCHING IF YOU HAVEN'T JOINED THE FUN, VOTE FOR YOUR ECLIPSE TEAM ON NASA SOLAR ARRAYS SYSTEM FACEBOOK, X AND INSTAGRAM. WE WILL BE SHARING THOSE RESULTS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW AND VOTE FOR YOUR THEM A. NOW ALSO DURING THE BROADCAST, SEND US QUESTIONS USING HASHTAG ECLIPSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. TEAMS STANDING BY TO ANSWER, WE WILL TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS LIVE ON TODAY'S SHOW. SPEAKING OF TAKING QUESTIONS, LIVE, GINA, KIDS SPEND IN VIDEOS BEFORE TODAY'S SHOW. LET'S ROLL ONE OF THEM RIGHT NOW. >> MY NAME IS JONATHAN. MY QUESTION IS, WILL NASA DO ANY EXPERIMENTS DO YOU GO THE SOLAR ECLIPSE? THANK YOU. >> OH, GREAT QUESTION, JONATHAN. NOW WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ECLIPSES -- EXPERIMENTS TAKING PLACE DURING THE ECLIPSE. WE ARE TRYING TO STUDY THE SOLAR ARRAYS CORONA. NASA'S HIGH ALTITUDE RESEARCH JET FLYING ACROSS THE PATH OF TOTALITY FOR THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF THE SUN'S CORONA, SO WE KNOW ITS POSITION, WHY IT GETS HEATED TO HIGH TEMPERATURES AND THE IMPACT ON EARTH AND THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. WE ARE LAUNCHING THREE SOUNDING ROCKETS UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER PEAK ECLIPSE TO STUDY HOW THE ATMOSPHERE IS CHANGING AS WELL. >> SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STUDYING IT WITH A PLANE. WE ARE STUDYING IT WITH ROCKETS. ANY OTHER WAY? >> EXACTLY. WE HAVE BALLOONS. SCIENCE BALLOONS GOING UP TOO. AND WAYS THAT THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE EXPERIMENTS TOO. >> THANKS, GINA. I ACTUALLY HAVE A GREAT FOLLOW-UP QUESTION OF THIS. FROM LISA ON FACEBOOK THAT WANT TO KNOW MORE OF THE SOUNDING ROCKETS. WHY IS NASA SHOOTING ROCKETS INTO THE MOON'S SHADOW DURING TODAY'S EVENT. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SOUNDING ROCKETS BECAUSE THEY ARE A LOT OF FUN. FIRST SOUNDING ROCKETS 45 MINUTES BEFORE PEAK ECLIPSE. THE NEXT ONE DURING THE PEAK ECLIPSE AND AFTER. 45 MINUTES AFTER. WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE OF DENSITY, TEMPERATURES AND THE DIFFERENT FACTORS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE AND GIVE A SENSE OF HOW THE ATMOSPHERE CHANGES AS THE ECLIPSE IS COMING AND CHANGING OVER. WE HAVE ALL THESE ROCKETS GOING UP AND A GOOD DAY FOR THAT. >> GREAT. HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE A REPLAY ON THAT LATER NONTODAY'S SHOW. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SPECIAL TO BE HERE IN KERRVILLE, TEXAS, COVERING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. IN OCTOBER, AN ANNUAL SOLAR ECLIPSE PASSED RIGHT THROUGH THIS TOWN. FOR A LOCATION TO BE AT THE CROSSROADS OF THESE TWO INCREDIBLE CELESTIAL EVENTS IS RARE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE COMMUNITY IS PREPARING IN THE LEAD-UP TO THIS BIG DAY. >> KERRVILLE IS THE ECLIPSE CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. IT IS IT IS KNOWN AS BEING THE CAPITAL OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. THE EPITOME OF TEXAS, RANCHES, DEER, BEAUTIFUL STREAMS LIKE THE GUADELUPE THERE. KERRVILLE IS VERY WELCOMING. >> A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. >> TIGHT-KNIT, SMALL. >> HAS ABOUT 25,000 PEOPLE. >> KERRVILLE IS BLESSED TO BE IN THE SPECIAL SQUARE, THE ANNUAL ECLIPSE IN 2023 AND SOLAR ECLIPSE IN 2024. >> WE ARE TALKING OF CROSSROADS ARE YOU, QUESTION GET IT TWICE. >> TWO ECLIPSES RIGHT WHERE I STAND. STATISTICALLY EXTRAORDINARY. >> WE GET TWO IN LESS THAN SIX MONTHS? >> EVERYBODY IS VERY EXCITED. CITY COUNCIL. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. EVERYONE IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE SAFE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE. >> THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AND WHY THE CITY IS PREPARING -- PREPARING TO MAKE THE EVENT ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO SEE THIS TREMENDOUS NATURAL PHENOMENON. >> I THINK THAT KERRVILLE HAS DONE AN AWESOME JOB OF PREPARING WAY IN ADVANCE. >> IT IS GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT TO PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF PERSONALLY. BUT THEN THERE IS THE SCIENCE PART OF IT. LETTING THEM KNOW, WHAT IS AN ECLIPSE. >> I AM HAVING A GREAT TIME GOING OUT AND TALKING TO CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND CLUBS AND TALK ABOUT ECLIPSES. SO THIS WILL BE MY FOURTH AND FIFTH SOLAR ECLIPSES. >> SAW A SOLAR ECLIPSE IN NEBRASKA. 1200 MILES FOR A LITTLE OVER TWO MINUTES AND IT WAS WELL WORTH IT IF I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ECLIPSE. STILL JUST -- LITERALLY GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS EVERY TIME I TALK ABOUT IT. A VISUAL, EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT -- YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT TO UNDERSTAND. >> I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE, BUT I GASPED AT THE SHEER WONDER SUPERVISE. >> IT'S GOING TO BE A -- OH! YOU WILL SEE THAT INTAKE OF AIR AND AWE. >> THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I EVER SEEN. TO HAVE AN ECLIPSE BASICALLY IN MY BACK YARD. IT IS INDESCRIBABLE. >> WE ARE HERE NOW WITH KATHERINE, A TELESCOPE OPERATOR WITH THE NIGHT SKY NETWOULD, GIVING US THESE HIGH-DEFINITION VIEWS OF THE SUN YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN OF THE ECLIPSE OVER KERRVILLE TEXAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND THANK THE WEATHER FOR COOPERATING. >> THANKS, KAT. I AM LOOKING AT THE TELESCOPE FEED AND FIRST CONTACT IN KERRVILLE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE AN AMATEUR ASTRONOMER. >> LOOK UP NIGHT SKY NETWORK. 400 OS STRON ME CLUBS. USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUB CLOSER TO YOU, USE OUR TIPS TO START YOUR OWN ASTRONOMY CLUB. >> THAT IS AWESOME. MORE DETAILS ON A THE NIGHT SKY NETWORK AND OTHER THINGS HOW TO BECOME A AM COMMUTER ASTRONOMER, GO TO NASA.GOV/NIGHTSKY. SOME OF WHAT YOU WILL BE SEEING TODAY IS FROM AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS. AGAIN, KAT ON THIS TOPIC OF SKY GAZING. THOSE IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY MAY BE ABLE TO WITNESS MORE THAN A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. GIVE US A SNEAK PEEK ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT? >> ABSOLUTELY. CLEAR SKIES IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY. TWO BRIGHT POINTS OF LIGHT, JUPITER AND VENUS. CLOSER TO TOTALITY, SATURN, MERCURY AND MARS. IF YOU WERE LUCKY, YOU CAN CAPTURE COME METS. >> WHAT A CRAZY COSMIC ALIGNMENT. SO, MAN -- >> THE AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS THAT WANT TO WITNESS THE ECLIPSE. >> SOLAR PROTECTION, SOLAR SAFE GLASSES AND THROUGH YOUR BY KNOCK LAR AND CAMERAS. USE INDIRECT LIKE A PINHOLE PROJECTORS OR A DISCO BALL. >> DISCO BALL? >> HOW DOES THIS WORK. >> AS THE SUN HITS THE MIRRORS AND CAST A LITTLE REFLECTION ON TO THE SURFACE HERE, YOU WILL SEE LITTLE CRESCENT SHAPE AS THE ECLIPSE PRESSES. >> WE NEED TO KEEP THAT DISCO BALL. >> IS SERIOUSLY. >> GINA, CAN'T YOU USE YOUR HANDS? >> TAKE YOUR FINGERS AND LET THE LIGHT PROJECT THROUGH TO SEE THE PROJECTION OF THE ECLIPSE ON THE GROUND. >> FANTASTIC. A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO VIEW TODAY'S EVENT. >> NO ONE WRONG WAY TO DO IT. >> JUST DO IT. >> MAKE SURE YOU DO IT SAFELY. >> SO, KAT, EARLIER, YOU GAVE ME A REVEAL. IT WAS TOO PERFECT FOR TODAY'S SHOW. CAN YOU GIVE OUR VIEWERS A LITTLE VIEW? >> SURE, NO PROBLEM. IF YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW. >> IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW. GOING ON AT THE MOMENT. >> LOVE IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, KAT. >> THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR HAVING ME. >> NOW COMING UP SOON, WE WILL GET OUR FIRST VIEWS OF THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN MEXICO SWEEPING ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. CORRESPONDENCE THAT ARE BRINGING LIVE INTO THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENS CHECK IN WITH JOY IN DALLAS, TEXAS. >> THANKS TO TAHIRI AND GINA, WELCOME TO THE ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARDEN. I AM JOY AND YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. SO AMAZING TO HEAR SO MANY PEOPLE TALK OF THE SUN, MOON AND WHAT MAKES THE DAY EVEN SPECIAL THAT THE ECLIPSE GIVES SCIENTISTS A REALLY UNIQUE CHANCE TO DO SCIENCE. TO TELL US MORE, ASHLEY GREELEY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> FIRSTLY, HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT TODAY? >> I AM FEELING VERY EXCITED .SKIES ARE CLEARING OUT WINDY WE MIGHT GET A PRETTY GOOD SHOW. >> FINGERS CROSSED. EARLIER THIS THE SHOW, TODAY'S CLEPZ WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE 2017 ECLIPSE. MORE STRUCTURES IN THE SUN'S OUTER ATMOSPHERE. SO ASHLEY, WHY IS THAT DIFFERENT? WHY IS THE SUN GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT AND WHY IS IT SHAKING? >> THE SUN GOES THROUGH PHASE AS SOLAR CYCLE THAT LAST ROUGHLY 11 YEARS. PERIODS WHERE THE SUN IS LESS ACTIVE AND MORE ACTIVE. SOLAR MAXIMUM WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THE SUN IS MORE ACTIVE. ITS MAGNETIC FIELDS ARE MORE DYNAMIC. WE MAY SEE FEATURES HERE SUCH AS STREAMERS THAT LOOK LIKE LITTLE SPIKY WISPS IN THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE WHICH WE CALL THE "CORONA." LITTLE PROMINENCES WHICH LOOK LIKE PINK ARCS ON THE SURFACE OF THE SUN. EXCITED SO SEE THIS. AND INTERESTING FEATURES HIM ASYMMETRY AND WE WILL FOUND THAT OUT IN A WHILE. THE SUN IS CHANGING. DOES IT AFFECT LIFE HERE ON EARTH? >> IT AFFECTS LIFE ON EARTH. FROM THE SUN, THE EARTH AND IN BETWEEN AND HOW THAT AFFECTS LIGHT HERE. WE ARE FORTUNATE ON EARTH, WE ARE PRO IT ENTED OF THINGS COMING FROM THE SON WHICH SHIELD US FROM OUR EXPLOSIONS THAT COME FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SUN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THOSE CAN RESULT IN FUN OCCURRENCES SUCH AS THE AURORA. THERE CAN BE NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS, BUT MOSTLY LIMITED TO THINGS OUTSIDE OUR MAGNETIC FIELD. STORMS FROM THE SUN CAN INTERFERE WITH SATELLITES AND THINGS WE HAVE TO THINK OF AS SCIENTISTS AS WE PLAN TO PUT HUMANS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON OR POTENTIALLY SENDING THEM TO MARS. THOSE ENERGETIC PARTICLES THAT RESULT FROM THE SUN CAN IMPACT HUMANS AND SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. >> SO THE SUN IS ALWAYS THERE, OF COURSE, BUT WHY IS ECLIPSE A GOOD TIME TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF SPACE WEATHER? >> ECLIPSES ARE A REALLY COOL TIME FOR SCIENTISTS TO STUDY THE SUN. REALLY THAT TO CONTINUE THE DISC OF THE SUN TO STUDY THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE ESPECIALLY THE INNER PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT HERE ON EARTH, OUR MOON IS JUST THE RIGHT SIZE AND JUST THE RIGHT DISTANCE FROM EARTH THAT IT CAN COMPLETELY BLOCK OUT THE SUN'S DISC DURING TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. WE ARE ABLE TO OBSERVE THAT IN AN ATMOSPHERE WE CAN'T NORMALLY. THIS EVENT IS EXCITING FOR SCIENTISTS AND THE PUBLIC ALIKE AND A COOL EXPERIENCE TO SHARE TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ASHLEY. IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY, KEEP AN EYE ON THE SUN'S OUTER ATMOSPHERE, THE CORONA. YOU WILL SEE THESE SPIKY FEATURES BECAUSE THE SUN IS HEADED TO ITS MOST ACTIVE PHASE HEAD TO OUR FRIENDS IN ARKANSAS. HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING ON YOUR SIDE? >> THINGS ARE LOOKING ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS IN A SUNNY DOWNTOWN RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS. I AM JASMIN HOPKINS FROM NASA, AND THE CITIIS THROWING A MASSIVE BLOCK PARTY IN CELEBRATION OF THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS HAD A GREAT REASON TO CELEBRATE, ONLY SECOND TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE SINCE FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1896. IT WON'T HAPPEN FOR ANOTHER TWO DECADES. PEOPLE ARE GEARING UP FOR A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS OF RUSSELLVILLE THAT ARE EXCITED. THE CITY HAS 29,000 RESIDENTS. THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS, THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING TO RECEIVE UPWARD OF 100,000 TOURISTS RIGHT HERE IN THE ANY NASA HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THE PREPARATION. A VIDEO. WE BEEN TALKING TO SPACE HE IS EMPLOYERERS AT ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOLS, HUBS OF STUDENTS FROM 8th GRADE TO 12th GRADE. NASA CENTER, ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD, THE ROCKET CENTER AND PARIS OBSERVATORY JOINING US ALL THE WAY FROM FRANCE. DURING THE MOMENT OF TOTALITY, ARKANSAS WILL EXPERIENCE 94% TO 95% TOTALITY FROM THE SUN. STAY SAFE. KEEP THE SOLAR ECLIPSE CLASSES ON. ARKANSAS TO ILLINOIS. BLAIR ALLEN, HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING FOR YOU. >> JASMIN, WE ARE SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE CROWDS ARE FILING INTO THE STADIUM BUT THE MAIN STORY IS THE WEATHER. EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD AND CLEAR FOR TOTALITY TODAY. WE ARE VERY EXCITED. WE ARE HOPING LIKE 2017, A LITTLE CLOUD DOESN'T COME IN AND OBSCURE THINGS. TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN 2017. OBSERVATION DID NOT STOP AT SIU. JOINING US ARE TWO SIU STUDENTS THAT DID OBSERVING. CALLIE AND PAIGE. WASN'T TO AUSTRALIA IN 2023, YOU USED SOMETHING INTERESTING FOR TOTALITY. TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> WE USED A SUN FUNNEL TO VIEW IT AND PROJECTS FROM TELESCOPE IS SEEING ON A FILM. SUN FUNNEL IS A FUNNEL WITH TWO HOSE CLAMPS PROJECTS THE SUN AND PICK, SHOW THE TOTALITY AS THAT ECLIPSE WAS HAPPENING. >> INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE EYEPIECE, YOU GET TO SEE IT. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. >> PAIGE, YOU GUYS ARE DOING OBSERVATION TODAY. WHAT ARE YOU SET UP FOR IN CARBONDALE. >> TWO TELESCOPES FOR THE FUNNELS FOR VIEWING FOR SELECT VIEW OF THE PUBLIC. WE ARE POINTED AT THE SUN AND HOPING TO SEE TOTALITY. >> WHAT WHY, YOU ODDS OF GOOD WEATHER. >> LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. EXCITED. >> LOOKING GREAT. ONE MORE QUESTION. I KNOW YOU ARE EXPERTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY. >> WE ARE BOTH TEAM MOON. >>THE BEST YOU WILL GET. ALL PRO ECLIPSE. BACK TO YOU TAHIRA. >> LET'S GO TEAM MOON AS YOU CAN SEE EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING ACROSS THE DEFENDANT. THAT IS ONLY HALF. YOU WILL MEET THREE MORE OF OUR LOCATIONS LATER ON IN THE SHOW. WE HAVE A TONS OF QUESTIONS FROM OUR VIEWERS. DO Q ANDA. >> LET'S DO IT. >> FARIS ON INSTAGRAM WANTS TO KNOW, HOW CAN I HELP NASA? >> YOU CAN HELP NASA BY PARTICIPATING IN THE ECLIPSE. IF YOU SEE IT, GO AND ENJOY THE MOMENT OR DOWNLOAD THE GLOBE. YOU NEED A THERMOMETER AND RECORD THE LOCAL TEMPERATURES AND COVERAGE. >> FANTASTIC. GLOBE OBSERVER APP. THANK YOU, GINA, EVERYBODY SENDING IN QUESTIONS. WE WILL TAKE MORE THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. CHECK IN WITH MEGAN AND SARAH IN CLEVELAND WITH AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD SURPRISE. >> WE HAVE THAT. JOINING US LIVE IN SPACE 250 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH, EVERYBODY WELCOME NASA ASTRONAUTS JEANETTE EPPS AND MIKE BARRETT. >> I AM SO EXCITED. THERE THEY ARE. >> JEANETTE, MIKE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. A PLEASURE TO JOIN US GUYS AND FOR NASA SCHEDULING THIS ECLIPSE TO ENJOY THIS TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NASA AND FOR YOU. YOU HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO VIEW THE MOON'S SHADOW OVER NORTH AMERICA AND THE LAST PASS WILL GIVE THE LIVE VIEWS. WE HOPE TO SHARE THAT AROUND 3:30 IN THE U.S. EASTERN TIME. JEANETTE, ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE FROM SPACE IN AND KNOW YOUR CREW MEMBER MATT DOMINIC WILL USE A CAMERA TO PHOTOGRAPH THE SUN BEING ECLIPSED BY THE MOON. TAKING PHOTOS OF THE CELESTIAL ALIGNMENT? >> DEFINITELY TAKING PICTURES OF THE SOLAR ALIGNMENT. I THINK WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE HERE AT THIS SPECIAL VANTAGE POINT TO SEE SUCH A SPECIAL EVENT AT THIS TIME I AM DEFINITELY EXCITED. >> HOW ABOUT YOU MIKE? WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND HAVING THROUGH TH THIS AWE-INSPIRING EVENT? >> ADMITTEDLY, I AM A BIT OF A ECLIPSE JUNKIE. MY FIRST ONE AT 19 WITH THE HOMEMADE TELESCOPE IN THE DESERT. A FEW SINCE THEN AND DURING THE 2017 ECLIPSE, I WAS ON A CHARTERED AIRCRAFT SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES OFF THE COAST OF OREGON WATCHING IT. I HAVE A STRANGE BUCKET LIST AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS ON IT TO WATCH A ECLIPSE SHADOW THROUGH SPACE. I AM ECSTATIC TO HAVE THIS BOX GET CHECKED. >> THE FACT THAT WAS A BOX ON YOUR LIST IS PRETTY AMAZING AND NOW GETTING CHECKED. THOSE WONDERING, THIS IS WHAT THE MOON'S SHADOW WILL LOOK LIKE TO JEANETTE AND MIKE. WE WILL SHOW YOU VIDEO TAKEN FROM THE SPACE STATION OF THE TOTAL SOLAR ARRAYS IN 2017, AND YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE SHADOW FROM LEFT RIGHT. WE SPED UP THE VIDEO SO YOU CAN SEE THAT TRANSIT. IT WOULD LOOK SLOWER TO THEM. BUT VERY COOL WITH COOL. ECLIPSE GIVES US UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE SUN AND THE EARTH. TELL US OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE EXPERIMENTS ATTACHED OUTSIDE OF THE SPACE STATION RIGHT IS N NOW? >> SURE, WE HAVE AN ATMOSPHERIC WAVE EXPERIMENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. IT LOOKS AT THE ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES AND TRANSPORT ENERGY AND MOMENTUM THROUGH THE CLIMATE SYSTEM. WITH THE IMAGEER -- THE IMAGEER ON THE ATOMIC WAVE EXPERIMENT, LOOK AT HOW THE ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES IMPACT OUR EARTH'S CLIMATE, HOW IT WILL IMPACT OUR SPACE AND GLOBAL AND ALL OF OUR COMS. HOW IT CAN AFFECT OUR NAVIGATION SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, USE A IMAGEER TO LOOK AT THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE WAVES AS WELL AS THEIR CHARACTE CHARACTERISTICS. >> MIKE, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE A HAND IN MAINTAINING THE SPACE STATION STATION SO IMPORTANCE EXPERIMENTS LIKE THE ATMOSPHERIC WAVE CAN HAPPEN? >> THE MAN REASON WE ARE UP TO CONDUCT THAT SCIENCE. THIS PLATFORM WHAT IT WAS BUILT TO BE, A VIBRANT LABORATORY THAT COVERS DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE LIKE THE GRAVITY WAVES EXPERIMENT. AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE AS MUCH AS ANYTHING TO HAVE THE HAND IN THE SCIENCE AND WE ARE THE EYES, HANDS AND ON-SITE PRESENCE TO CONDUCT THAT SCIENCE AND THE FIRST TO RECEIVE RESULTS OF AMAZE THINGS THAT ARE YEARS IN THE MAKING OF VERY SMART, AMBITIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC TEAMS ON THE GROUND. WHERE THE JOY IS, MAINTAINING A STATION IS LIKE MAINTAINING A RESEARCH SHIP. SOMETHING I ACTUALLY QUITE LIKE. I FEEL VERY MUCH AT HOME IN THAT ROLE. >> STILL BLOWING MY MIND. WE ARE HERE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO LIVE. YOU GUYS ARE UP IN SPACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS BEEN AFFORDED TO US. AND I HOPE OUR VIEWERS REALLY ENJOYED THIS TIME WITH YOU. AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SHOW FROM UP THERE. >> ALL RIGHT. >> WE HAVE. BUT WE DO WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING, FIRST OF ALL, WE REALLY ENJOY BEING HERE, BUT EVERYBODY STAY SAFE USE THE SIMPLE MEANS TO PROTECT YOUR EYES AS YOU LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE AS JEANETTE AND I ARE MONITORING THAT MAKES US BLIND AS A BAT ON THE INSIDE BUT SOLAR PROTECTED ON THE OUTSIDE. ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME. >> GREAT ADVICE FOR BOTH OF THEM. SARAH AND I HAVE OUR GLASSES. WE ARE READY TO GO. >> YES WE DO. >> ALSO BLIND IF WE DON'T DO THIS. JEANETTE, MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE SOME TIME TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE. HASHTAG ECLIPSE. HOW YOU CAN SINNED QUESTIONS TO US. LET US TAKE A VIDEO FROM ANOTHER CURIOUS KID WE HAVE WATCHING. >> HI, MY NAME IS A.J. WHY CAN'T WE NOT SEE IT SEE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN CALIFORNIA? THANK YOU. >> ONLY ATROCIOUS FEW WILL SEE ATROCIOUS TOTAL ECLIPSE. THE MOON IS SMALLER THAN THE EARTH, IT CAST AS NARROW SHADOW. IN CALIFORNIA YOU WILL SEE A PARTIAL ECLIPSE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE IT FOR YOURSELF TODAY. >> AGAIN, HASHTAG ECLIPSE. WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING US, DROP THEM IN THE COMMENTS AND WE WILL TRY TO GET TO AS MANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ON THE SHOW. WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE CELEBRATING WITH US ONLINE AT EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHY DON'T WE CHECK OUT SOME OF THOSE EVENTS AGAIN NOW WACO, TEXAS, AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR PICNIC CHAIRS AND BLANKETS. >> LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME. >> FEW CLOUDS. >> FEW CLOUDS. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER A PARTIAL ECLIPSE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THE ROCKET GARDEN. >> LOOKS LIKE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THERE. >> CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. THEY HAVE CLEAR SKIES. WE ARE VERY, VERY JEALOUS OVER HERE. MENTOR CIVIC AMPHITHEATRE. >> STARTING TO FILL UP. >> FEWER PEOPLE WHEN WE CHECKED IN A FEW MINUTES AGO. NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE ADIRONDACKS SKY CENTER. I WISH I COULD WAVE AND SAY HELLO. >> LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR SOME STUFF. THEY HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO WAIT. >> SNOW CLEARED OUT BECAUSE SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND AND A BEAUTIFUL SOME CRISP DAY FOR THEM. OKAY, WE ARE BACK HERE WITH ASTRONAUTS, STEVE IS LOOKING AROUND, TAKING IN THE SIGHTS. >> AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE. FUN TO SEE. >> YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY. >> STEVE IS HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THROUGHOUT THE SHOW YOU SHOULD HAVE THE GLASSES TO SAFELY VIEW THE ECLIPSE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE GLASSES, I SEE STEVE HERE. YOU BROUGHT SUPPLIES. >> I DID. A LITTLE BIT FOR EVERYBODY AND SEE HOW WE CAN DO THIS. THIS IS A PINHOLE PROJECTORS. SO IT IS -- BASICALLY A PINHOLE CAMERA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DID THAT WHEN YOU WERE A KID. MAKE A LITTLE CAMERA BY POKING A HOLE IN A PIECE OF PAPER. AND USING THAT TO FOCUS ON TO A SCREEN. SOB YOU ALL HAVE PINS HERE. >> WE HAVE A PAPER PLATE, INDEX CARD AND PINS. >> I HAVE MY CREW SIX PIN. >> NICE. WHAT DO WE DO, STEVE? >> BASICALLY POKE A HOLE IN THE CARDBOARD. >> OKAY. >> BESIDES THE HOLE, DETERMINE THE FOCAL LENGTH OR DISTANCE OF YOUR VIEWER. IT HAS TOING BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE THE LIGHT COME THROUGH. HARD TO DO IF YOU TONIGHT HAVE DIRECT SUNLIGHT. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BIG ENOUGH HOLE. I THINK THAT WILL BE ENOUGH. WHAT YOU WILL END UP DOING, IF WE HAVE THE SUN, YOU CAN BASICALLY OVER THE SHOULDER DON'T LOOK AT THE SUN. SUN BEHIND US. AND YOU HOLD THIS UP, AND YOU WILL SEE -- THERE IT IS -- >> WE DO SEE IT WITH THE LIGHTS. >> ONLY NEED A LITTLE BIT. AND DEPENDING ON HOW FAR IN AND OUT YOU MOVE IT AND THE SIDES OF THE HOLE, GETS YOU TO YOUR FOCAL LENGTH, JUST LIKE A LENS. >> WITH THE STUDIO LIGHTS, IF SOMETHING WAS TO PASS OVER THE STUDIO, THE SAME SHADOW, ESSENTIALLY, WILL BE PROJECTED THROUGH THE INDEX CARD HOW YOU SAFELY WATCH IT. >> GOOD SAFE WAY TO WATCH IT. A LOT OF OTHER SAFE WAYS TO SEE IT AS WELL. >> I KNOW THAT. I HAVE THAT. A COLANDER. >> THAT ASK A LOT OF FUN. IF YOU ARE IN AN OPEN AREA LIKE THIS TODAY AND YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR GLASSES, AND YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING REALLY COOL. PUT IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND A BIG ARRAY OF ALL THE ECLIPSES HAPPENING ON THE GROUND BELOW YOU. >> A PICTURE OF THAT. >> PRETTY. >> LOOK AT THAT, STEVE. >> OH, YEAH. >> EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, RIGHT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE YOUR HANDS TO MAKE YOUR OWN SORT OF IMPROVISED PINHOLE CAMERA. >> ABSOLUTELY. I WAS EXPLAINING A LITTLE BIT AGO. INTO MY OWN YARD DURING THE ANNUAL ECLIPSE. I WAS OUT WORKING ON THE -- I SAID HEY, AN EWE LAR ECLIPSE GOING ON. I HAVE A TREE AND ON MY DRIVEWAY, ALL THESE LITTLE ECLIPSES HUNDREDS OF THEM, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING PICTURES. >> IF PEOPLE HAVE TREES NEAR THEM. THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. HAVE A GRIT DAY. >> CLOSER TO THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO. WE WILL EXPERIENCE TOTALITY THERE AT MAZATLAN IN PARTICULAR 2:07 EASTERN TIME. HEAD OVER TO JAMES FOR OUR ECLIPSE BOARD FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PATH OF TOTALITY. >> YEAH, THANKS SO MUCH, MEGAN. A LOOT COMING UP VERY SOON AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHEN TO GO OUTSIDE AND OBSERVE THAT TOTALITY IF YOU ARE ON PATH AND EXPERIENCING A PARTIAL EGYPT ECLIPSE. ON OUR ECLIPSE EXPLORER, OUR PEN NUMBER, ALL OF THE PLACES EXPERIENCING A PARTIAL CLEPZ. YOU ARE SEEING GREAT FEEDS FROM OUR CAMERA IN MAZATLAN, MEXICO. THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THAT CRESCENT SUN. ABOUT 20 MINUTES OUT FROM EXPERIENCING TOTALITY ITSELF. THEY WILL HAVE A LONG WINDOW WHERE THEY ARE. FOUR MINUTES AND 17 SECOND. FOR CONTEXT BACK IN 2017, THE LAST ECLIPSE THAT SWEPT ACROSS AMERICA. THE LONGEST TIME WAS TWO MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS IN CARBONDALE. THIS TIME AROUND, VERY LONG TIMES, NORTH OF TORREON, MEXICO, UPWARDS OF FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES. ENOUGH TIME TO OBSERVE IT. KNOW WHEN TO BE OUTSIDE AND ALWAYS ACCESS THAT TOOL AT GO.NASA.GOV/ECLIPSEEXPLORER. THIS I HAVE RUNNING IN REALTIME. OUR SHADOW OF TOTALITY. WILL MOVE FURTHER AND FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST AND MAKE LANDFALL IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS IN MAZATLAN, MEXICO. AS YOU HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST, CORRESPONDENCE THROUGHOUT THE U.S. ALL THE WAY TO MAINE COVERING THIS. MAKE SURE YOU ARE TRACKING THIS AND KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU, MEGAN. >> THANK YOU, JAMES. NOW INTRODUCE YOU TO MORE OF OUR CORRESPOND DENTS ALONG THE BATH. LAUREN WARD STANDING BY TO SHOW US WHAT IS HAPPENING IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, MEGAN. WE ARE AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. IT IS A GORGEOUS DAY. BEHIND ME, I HAVE OVER 50,000 PEOPLE HERE TO SPECTATE TODAY. TODAY, WE ARE WAITING FOR A SPECTACLE THAT IS OF A CELESTIAL KIND. OF COURSE, THERE ARE IS MOST KNOWN FOR THE INDY 500, BUT WE ARE WAITING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT SPECIAL TODAY. WITH ME, I HAVE THE 2016 INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY WINNER, ALEXANDER ROSSI. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING. >> GREAT TO HAVE YOU. THE HELIO IS A CELEBRATION OF SUN SCIENCE AND HOW THE SUN TOUCHES EVERYTHING INCLUDING I MSM INCLUDING IMS. >> THE LENGTH OF TOTALITY. WHAT IS IT LIKE BEING ON THE TRACK. >> THE SUN PLAY AS HUGE ROLE IN DETERMINING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAR BASED ON THE TRACK CONDITIONS. WE ACTUALLY -- TO A DAY LIKE THIS AS MUCH AS IT IS BEAUTIFUL FOR THE FANS, DIFFICULT FOR US AS DRIVERS. BECAUSE AS THE SURFACE HEATS UP, THE OILS COME TO THE TOP OF THE ASPHALT AND BECOME SLIPPIER. SURPRISING TO PEOPLE. THEY THINK THAT TEMPERATURE MEANS GRIP AND IT IS AFTER A CERTAIN POINT. ONCE WE CROSS OVER 100 DEGREES ON THE SURFACE, WE START TO GO THE OTHER WAY. >> WOW, TELL ME OF THOSE TIRES. HOW DOES THE SUN AFFECT THOSE? >> WHEN -- WE USE SLICK TIRES. THE FIRESTONE TIRES ARE SLICK. ON A ROAD CAR YOU HAVE TREAD PAUSE USED IN ALL CONDITIONS. SLICK HAS A BIGGER CONTACT, MORE SURFACE AREA, AGAIN REAL MORE GRIP AT A TEMPERATURE. THEY OPERATE BETWEEN 180 AND 280-DEGREES FAR REN HEIGHT. AGAIN THE SUN IS GOOD PHYSICAL THEY GO OVER THAT 2 3 MARK, THEY LOSE THAT GRIP AGAIN. >> WE HAVE A LITTLE COMPETITION GOING ON TODAY. WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHOSE BIG DAY IT IS. THE SUN'S, THE MOON'S OR THE EARTH. MY QUESTION TO YOU, TEAM SUN, TEAM MOON OR TEAM EARTH? >> THAT IS A HARD ONE, I WILL GO WITH TEAM EARTH. WE ARE SO SLUCKY -- ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE WE HAVE TODAY TO WIT WHAT HAPPENS WE ARE GOING TO SEE. GO EARTH. >> GO EARTH. YOU HEAR IT HERE FIRST. DARYL IN NIAGRA, OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAUREN, 500 MILES NORTHEAST OF YOU, WE ARE AT NIAGRA FALLS, RIGHT NEXT TO THE NIAGRA RIVER. THIS IS A SPECIAL LOCATION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A NATURAL WONDER SET AGAINST A CELESTIAL ONE, THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. SO LET'S TALK, FIRST OF ALL, OF THE NATURAL WONDER AND LOOKS HERE. LOOK AT THIS MASSIVE RIVER AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER MOVING THROUGH HERE. HALF MILLION GALLONS WATER. HALF A MILLION BATHTUBS GOING OVER THE FALLS AT EVERY 60 SECONDS. IT IS TREMENDOUS THE FLOW HERE. IT INTERACTS WITH THE AIR. IT HITS THE ROCKS. AND IT ALSO -- YOU KNOW, IT FLOWS UP A MISS COLUMN THAT IS OMNIPRESENT. THIS IS ALWAYS HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ECLIPSE WATCHERS WANT TO SEE, HOW DOES IT INTERACT WITH THE LIGHT. PINK RAINBOW BECAUSE PROMINENCES FROM THE SUN CAN BE SEEN. THEY ARE PINK. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE ABOUT THAT. WE NEED BETTER CLOUD CLEARING AROUND HERE. WE HAVE SOME CLOUD COVER. PEOPLE WHO ARE GATHERED HERE ARE EXCITED AND HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL CLEAR. WHO IS HERE? OUR CAMERA FROM 500 FEET AWAY. ALL OF MY FRIENDLY ECLIPSE WATCHERS. ARE YOU READY FOR AN ECLIPSE? [CHEERING] >> I LOVE THE ENERGY. WE CAN USE THE ENERGY TO BLOW THE CLOUDS OUT OF HERE. AS OUR CAMERA BACKS OUT, TERRAPIN POINT. THE LAWN HERE. ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD. EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE -- A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME IN AT 6 A.M. THIS MORNING. THEY CURRENTLY CUT OFF THE PARK FROM ANYBODY FROM COMING FURTHER INTO GOAT ISLAND HERE. THIS IS THE MAX CAPACITY THAT WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. IT IS THAT POPULAR. OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE, OUR FRIENDS FROM CANADA, LOOK ACROSS THE RIVER GORGE. ABOUT 1,000 FEET AWAY, NIAGRA PARKWAY IS LINED WITH PEOPLE. SO IT IS BEAUTIFUL SHOT OVER THERE. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE OUR CANADIAN FRIENDS WHO HAVE JOINED US. NOW THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE PAST WEEK AND AT LOCATIONS ALL OVER NIAGRA, 12 TO BE EXACT. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. CROWDS OF PEOPLE PACK THE NIAGRA PARK WELCOME CENTER WHERE COMMANDER MUNOS CAMPOS THAT FLEW AROUND THE MOON DURING 2022 WAS ON DISPLAY. OUR PARTNERS FROM THE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY SENT KIDS TO SPACE ALL WEEK LONG. AND EXPERTS AS KENNEDY CENTER GAVE TALKS OF THE AEROSPACE MUSEUM AND LIBRARIES ACROSS THE AREA. THE OUTREACH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WITH THOUSANDS PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENTS. AND PASSING THROUGH OUR EXHIBITS. WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SEE US AT ALL OUR LOCATIONS AND WE HOPE YOU LEFT A LITTLE INSPIRED ABOUT SPACE EXPLORATION, AND A LITTLE WISER ABOUT ALL NASA'S MISSIONS. OKAY, COMING UP, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST FOR HOW IS GOING TO SHARE THE ECLIPSE WITH US. CSA ASTRONAUT JEREMY HANSON GOING AROUND THE STAR -- THE MOON -- NOT THE STAR THE TURN. THE STAR, THE MOON. HE WILL BE HERE AND INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC AND GET HIS THOUGHTS ON TOTALITY I THINK A LONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE WHO IS HERE AND PUMPED AND EXCITED RIGHT, EVERYBODY, READY FOR THE ECLIPSE? [CHEERING] NOW SEND IT 800 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST TO MY COLLEAGUE ANGELIQUE HER WHO IS IN HOU HOU WHERE I BELIEVE YOU HAVE GREAT WEATHER. >> WELCOME TO MAINE. WE HAVE GREAT WEATHER. WE ARE HERE IN MAINE AND ABOUT THREE MILES AWAY FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER AND THE LAST STOP ON I-95 NORTH. THE NORTHMOST SPOT OF THE ECLIPSE BROADCAST AT LEAST IN THE UNITED STATES. HELLO FROM WAY UP NORTH. LIKE DARYL SAID, WE HAVE SOME EXCELLENT WEATHER HERE IN MAINE TODAY. WE HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF DAY AND ACTUALLY PRETTY WINTRY UNTIL YESTERDAY. WE HAD SNOW. IT WAS PRETTY COLD. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, TODAY THE SUN IS OUT. THE SKIES ARE BLUE. AND IT IS LOOKING LIKE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR ECLIPSE. AS MAINERS WOULD SAY, "WICKED GOOD WEATHER." STANDING IN MARKET SQUARE IN MAINE OUTSIDE OF THE TEMPLE THEATRE WHERE IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 1919 OVER THE LAST 150 YEARS OF ITS OPERATION. WE HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING FROM SILENT FILM TO BURLESQUE SHOWS AND TODAY MORE CELESTIAL SHOW WITH THE ECLIPSE. NOW THE LAST ECLIPSE TO COME THROUGH MAINE WAS IN 1963 AND THAT ECLIPSE WAS ONLY VISIBLE FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. THIS CONTRAST, TODAY'S ECLIPSE WILL BE VISIBLE FOR THREE MINUTES OR SO. SO EVERYONE MERE WILL HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO TAKE IN THE CELESTIAL SHOW, REALLY SOAK IN THE EVENT. THE NEXT ECLIPSE WON'T BE COMING THROUGH MAINE UNTIL 2079. MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO HAVE PEOPLE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY AND EVENT. WE ARE ALL EXCITED. I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE IS EXCITED. WE WILL BE HERE WAITING FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN I WANTING FOR, THE ECLIPSE. WITH THAT, BACK OVER TO YOU, MEGAN. >> REALLY COOL TO SEE PEOPLE ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY. RECEIVING THE LARGE SWATH OF LAND AND EVERYBODY IN ATTIRE. SHORT-SLEEVE SHIRTS. DIRT WITH CLOUD COVER. AND HOPE THAT IT DOES CLEAR OUT FOR HIM. >> I FEEL LIKE WE COVERED ALL OF THOSE LAYERS OF WEATHER IN THE LAST DAY AND A HALF. HERE IN CLEVELAND. >> LOOKING NICE NOW AND THAT'S GREAT. PURPOSE WATCHING OUR SCREEN HERE, WE JUST HAD A VIEW OF THE ECLIPSEs ECLIPSE IN MAZATLAN, MEXICO. IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES, THAT IS WHEN WE WILL START TO SEE TOTALITY IN THAT AREA. IN THAT TIME, THE U.S.'S TOP DOCTOR IS ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO TRY TO WATCH THE CELESTIAL EVENT FOR OUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL BEING. ? >> HI, U.S. SURGEON GENERAL DR. VIVEK MURPHY. GLAD TO BE HERE AS YOU GATHER TO EXPERIENCE A AWE-INSPIRING EVENT. THE LAST CHANCE TO SEE A TOE SOLAR ECLIPSE IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. LIGHT AND NIGHT. AND CONTRIBUTES TO OUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING AND UNITES ALL OF US. TODAY, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE WATCHING FROM ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY OR A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. YOU ARE SHARING THE EXPERIENCE WITH MANY ACROSS THE NATION. MOMENTS OF CONNECTIVENESS TRULY MATTER APPEAR SURGEON GENERAL ADVISORY WARNING OF PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS POSED BY LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION. A POWERFUL FORCE THAT CAN PROTECT AGAINST THE DAMAGING AND PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF LONELINESS. WHAT BETTER REASON TO COME TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES TO SHARE A ONCE IN A GENERATION EXPERIENCE LIKE THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL STAY WITH US. PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THE AWE IT INSPIRES. AWE ALLOWS US TO STEP OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES, GIVING US FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND OPENING US UP TO EXCEPTIONS. GRAB YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES AND LET'S ENJOY THIS MOMENT TOGETHER. >> SOME GREAT ADVICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TIME FOR OTHER HASHTAG ECLIPSE QUESTIONS. SARAH, ARE YOU READY? >> I AM ABSOLUTELY READY. >> TAKE A LOOK AT HAVE VIDEO FROM A FAMILIAR FACE. >> HEY, EVERYONE, I AM SCARLET JOHANNESSON AND I PLAY A NASA PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR IN THE NEW FILM "FLY ME TO THE MOON." I HOPE EVERYBODY IS SAFELY ENJOYING TODAY'S ECLIPSE. I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE MOON FOR NASA. DURING THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, I HEARD THAT CRATERS AND FEATURES ON THE MOON PLAY A ROLE IN WHAT VIEWERS SEE ON EARTH WHEN THE MOON BLOCKS THE SUN. SOB WHY IS THAT? >> GOOD QUESTION, SCARLET. YEAH, THE MOON ISN'T A SMOOTH MARBLE. IT HAS HIGH MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS AND CRATERS. AS WE APPROACH TOTALITY, PEOPLE TALK OF BAILEY'S BEADS. THE LAST FEW MOMENTS OF SUN CREEPING THROUGH THOSE DEEP VALLEYS JUST BEFORE WE HIT TOTALITY. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND IF YOU PLAN TO TAKE MORE AND SEND THEM IN, HASHTAG ECLIPSE AGAIN. IF YOU WERE JUST JOINING US NASA MEGA CRUISE AND SARAH NOVA. AND YOU CAN SEE YOU ARE WATCHING THE OFFICIAL NASA BROADCAST OF TODAY'S SOLAR ECLIPSE. AND WE ARE IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND WHERE NASA IS CELEBRATING THE CELESTIAL ALIGNMENT. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SHOT FROM THE AIR. THAT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST HERE AT THE GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER ALONE. MANY MORE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT CLEVELAND. BECAUSE AGAIN THE LAST TIME THIS CITY HAD A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE WAS 1806. DOWN THE ROAD, THE ONLY NASA CENTER IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY. >> WHEN IT COMES TO NASA, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM CAPE CANAVERAL. ASTRONAUTS FLOATING ABOVE THE EARTH IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING AND TESTING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE ANYTHING CAN FLY. AND WE HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES. SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNELS, MICROGRAVITY DROP TOWERS, VACUUM, AND RESEARCH AIRCRAFT HANGARS AND PEOPLE COME TO NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER RIGHT IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. >> WHAT WE WORK ON, POWER, PROPULSION, COMMUNICATIONS. YOU NEED IT FOR ANYTHING THAT FLIES. >> WE LIKE TO SAY THE ROAD TO THE MOON GOES THROUGH OHIO, BECAUSE OUR TEST FACILITIES ARE CRUCIAL FOR ADVANCING THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM. >> PART OF THE VISION OF GOING BACK TO THE MOON AND ESTABLISHING A SUSTAINABLE PRESENCE IS A LUNAR GATEWAY. LUNAR SPACE STATION THAT FLIES SUCCESSFULLY AROUND THE MOON AND LEADING THE PROGRAM DEVELOPING THE POWER OF PROPULSION ELEMENTS. >> NASA'S FACILITY IN SANDUSKY, OHIO, THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU CAN TEST THE SPACECRAFT FOR ALL THE EXTREME CONDITIONS FOR LAUNCH AND SPACE FLIGHT. >> RIGHT NOW THE ORION SPACECRAFT. THIS IS A SPACECRAFT THAT WENT AROUND THE MOON USING AS A TEST ARTICLE TO MAKE SURE IN THE LAUNCH ENVIRONMENT, THAT SPACECRAFT IS SAFE. >> WHEN IT COMES TO AVIATION, EVERY U.S. PLANE HAS NASA GLENN TECHNOLOGY ON BOARD WHICH MAKES YOUR FLIGHT CLEANER, SAFER AND QUIETER. >> LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS LIKE ELECTRIC AND HYBRID ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS THAT COULD CONVERT DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE ENERGY. >> WE PARTNER WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE NASA'S DISCOVERY OR GET KIDS EXCITED OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY AND MATH. >> I ENJOYED THE V.R. EXPERIENCE. IT WAS VERY COOL TO SIT LIKE I WAS AN ACTUAL PILOT FLYING. I FEEL LIKE I COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK INTO CONSIDERING AEROSPACE. >> WE HAVE PREPARED CLEVELAND FOR THE APRIL 8 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. >> WE DEMONSTRATED DIFFERENT TYPES OF HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES FOR EDUCATORS TO SHARE WITH THEIR STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE SCIENCE BEHIND A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT GLENN IS OUR PEOPLE. NOT ONLY ARE THEY CRAZY SMART, BUT THEY ARE GENERALLY GOOD PEOPLE. WE ARE LITERALLY PART OF ALMOS EVERYTHING THAT NASA DOES. WHAT IS GREAT BEING HERE, YOU ARE IN THE HEART OF IT ALL. >> JOINING US LIVE IS NOW NASA ADMINISTRATOR BILL NELSON. SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE FOR THE CELESTIAL. THUMBS UP FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR. >> THANK YOU. >> ADMINISTRATOR, WHY ARE SOLAR ECLIPSES UNIQUE, UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY OUR SUN? >> BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ALIGNMENT OF THREE CELESTIAL BODIES. AND UNIQUE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN THAT OCCURS. AND IT HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT HERE ON EARTH. JUST THINK ABOUT IT. THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN GETS TOTALLY DARK OUR EARTHLINGS ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THAT. ALL THE OTHER EARTHLINGS, THE LITTLE ANIMALS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STUDY CELESTIAL. OUR STAR AND OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. WE CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT GASEOUS EXPLOSION THAT COMES OUT FROM THE CORE OF THE SUN. WHEN WE CAN SEE IT BETTER. AND WHEN WE CAN SEE IT BETTER BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT BALL. YOU ARE SUDDENLY LOOKING AT THAT CORONA, THE MASS OF GASES THAT ARE COMING OUT FROM THE EDGE OF THE SUN. >> RIGHT. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SCIENTIST, RIGHT, TO STUD THE EVENT, RIGHT. HOW DO WE GET HELP FROM PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HELP US STUDY THESE THINGS? >> WELL, BY ASKING THEM. MAKE A NOTE OF ANYTHING THAT YOU OBSERVE. AND THEN SHARE THAT WITH US. >> ALL RIGHT. ADMINISTRATOR, WE HAVE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN VIEWING A SOLAR ECLIPSE. REMIND EVERYONE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TODAY. >> OKAY. YOU GOT SOME GLASSES. THAT'S RIGHT. >> THE GLASSES ARE. >> WE ARE ALREADY. >> THE GLASSES ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. UP WANT TO PUT THEM ON AS -- YOU WANT TO PUT THIS ON AS IT IS STARTING TO TO HAVE THE MOON MOVE IN FRONT OF THE SUN. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO DAMAGE YOUR EYES. >> RIGHT. >> AND IT IS INCREDIBLE. YOU PUT THE GLASSES ON AND THE NORMAL SUN OF THE DAY, YOU CAN'T SEE A THING. >> CAN'T SEE IS A THING YOU. >> LOOK AT THE SUN, YOU WILL BE PROTECTED. >> ADMINISTRATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HERE. NOW HEAD IT OVER TO JAMES AT THE ECLIPSE BOARD. >> YEAH, THE COUNTDOWN IS ON. JUST A FEW MOMENTS LEFT UNTIL THE ECLIPSE MAKES LANDFALL IN MAZATLAN, MEXICO. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ECLIPSE TOTALITY SHADOW IS. WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO TORREON WHERE WE HAVE A LIVE FEED COVERING THIS EVENT. SUPER EXCITED FOR THAT MOMENT. PLAY AT 60 TIMES FEED. SCARLET JOHANNESSON HAD A QUESTION OF THE RIPPLING EFFECT OF THE ECLIPSE SHADOW. YOU FIRST SEE THIS FIRST GLANCE, YOU MAY THINK LOW RESOLUTION. THE INVERSE IS TRUE. THIS IS INCREDIBLY HIGH RESOLUTION, THE SHADOW PROGRESSION THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF DATA WE ARE GATHERING AT OUR MOON MORE THAN TEN YEARS THANKS TO THE LUNAR RECON SONS ORBITER. MAPPING IN INCREDIBLE RESOLUTION. JUST REALLY GETTING EVERY SINGLE BIT OF VALLEY OR CRATER AND MOUNTAIN. ALL OF THOSE LITTLE IMPERFECTIONS ON THE MOON ARE CORRECTING TO THE SHADOW WE SEE RIPPLING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU WILL NOT SEE THAT FROM THE GROUND. LOOKING FROM SPACE, THAT COOL EFFECTIVE KIND OF RIPPLING HERE. LET'S PREVIEW SOME THINGS TO COME MAZATLAN. KEEP THAT ON UNTIL THE SUN SOMEBODY BLOCKED OUT BY THE MOON. FEW MOMENTS. THEY WILL HAVE A LONG DURATION, FOUR MINUTES AND 17 SECONDS. SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF TIME BUT IT WILL MOVE LIKE THAT AND MOVE ON THE PULSE. LOCATIONS. SET A TIMER ON YOUR WATCH OR PHONE OR SOMETHING TO REMIND YOURSELF TO LOOK OUTSIDE AND EXPERIENCE THIS. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS. IF DO YOU MISS IT, A LONG TIME TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT BIG ONE ACROSS AMERICA WHICH IS IN 2045. MAKE SURE WATCHING AND WATCHING SAFELY HERE. YOU SAW FOOTAGE FROM KERRVILLE AND CLEVELAND AS WELL. A LITTLE BIT CLOUDY IN SOME PLACES. HOPES IT CLEARS OUT IN TIME TO HAVE THAT BEAUTIFUL VIEW. IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS RIGHT HERE THIS ECLIPSE HAVE BE COMING UP IN MAZATLAN, MEXICO. FOR NOW THIS IS REAL EXCITING. COUNTDOWN IS ON. FROM MAZATLAN. THIS IS THE LAST LITTLE BIT HERE. AGAIN, I AM KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT WEATHER AND ONE LITTLE NOTE OF OUR TOOL. YOU WANT TO SEE THIS LITTLE ICON PREVIEWS WHAT THE EXPECTED ECLIPSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. HYPER LINKABLE. AND WILL GIVE YOU THE EXACT TIME. FOR NOW, THE BIG MOMENT IS COMING UP. BACK TO YOU, MEGAN. LET'S CHECK IT OUT. >> AS YOU CAN SEE -- WOW, WE HAVE A TINY LITTLE FAINT SLIVER YET OF THE SUN IN MAZATLAN, MEXICO. WE ARE EXPECTING TOTALITY IN A MINUTE AND 35 SECONDS. JOINING US NOW TO WALK US THROUGH THIS, KELLY, AS ASTRO CYST NIS BE FROM HELIOPHYSICS DIVISION. TELL US OF THE SCIENCE THAT NASA WILL CONDUCT IN MAZATLAN. >> THE OVER B-57s. PLY PLANE AND SEE THE SOLAR ARRAYS CORE RHONA. THE HOT ATMOSPHERE THAT WE WILL GET ONCE WE REACH TOTALITY. >> LOOKS LIKE -- >> ALMOST THERE. >> YES, ALMOST THERE. WE HAVE A VIEW OF INSIDE THE COCKPIT OF ONE OF THE W B 57s. WE ARE EFFORTING IT, A HUGE PART OF WHAT WE DO IN MAZATLAN. >> THERE IT IS. >> LOOK AT THAT VIEW. >> WE ARE LOOKING OUT. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE ABLE -- WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF CLOUDS AND HOPEFULLY A SHADOW AS WELL AS WE ARE COMING INTO TOTALITY THERE. THESE WB-57s CARRYING THREE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS A EXPERIMENTS. TWO TO LOOK AT THE SUN AND THE OTHER TO LOOK AT OUR ATMOSPHERE. BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE RESPONDS TO THAT ECLIPSE. HOW THE EYE IONSPHERE RESPOND OVER LAND. >> WE HAVE A SHOT -- PULL THAT UP NOW. THE SHOT OF THE COAST. IT IS ALREADY GOING ON OVER. WHAT IS REALLY SCHOOL OF ALL OF THIS, WE HAVE EYES ALL OVER THIS THING BECAUSE WE ARE COLLECTING SO MUCH DATA. >> YEAH, DEFINITELY. THE STUFF HERE. ROCKETS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY LAUNCHED. STUDY THAT -- LOOK AT THAT -- THE DIAMOND RING! [CHEERING] >> I AM NOT THERE, BUT I FEEL THE ENERGY JUST WATCHING IT. >> BECAUSE OF THE CRATERS AND PEAKS AND VALLEYS OF THE MOON. THE LAST BITS JUST GETTING THROUGH AND NOW WE ARE GETTING TO TOTALITY! THIS IS GREAT. STARTING TO SEE THE PINK I THINK IF TERES OUT THERE STICKING OUT. >> AGAIN TOTALITY IN MAZATLAN, MEXICO. FIRST COMMUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE MOON COMPLETELY ECLIPSING THE SUN. IF YOU WERE IN MAZATLAN, SAFE TO REMOVE YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES FOR THE NEXT FOUR MINUTES. >> YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE PINK PHILLIES WE ARE SEEING. WALK US THROUGH THAT, KELLY. >> PINK FILAMENTS. THEY ARE APPEARING PINK. COULD BE THE START OF SPACE WEATHER. TONS OF MATERIAL THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE EXPLOSION FOR FACE WEATHER. THE REASON WE STUDY THE SUN UNDER UNDERSTAND HOW WE LIVE WITH THE SUN. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW SPACE WEATHER IS IMPORTANT FOR US ON EARTH. >> DEFINITELY. NOT JUST SATELLITES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SPACE WEATHER BUT OUR POWER GRIDS. PARTICLES COMING FROM THE BIG EXPLOSIONS THAT CAN LAP IN THE SUN THAT CAN DAMAGE OUR POWER GRIDS AND IF -- IT CAN INTERFERE WITH GPS SIGNALS. WE USE OUR PHONES TO NAVIGATE. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT -- LOOKING TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER TO MITIGATE. >> SOME OF THE MOVEMENT WE ARE SEEING HERE. OUR TELESCOPE OPERATOR ADJUSTING. THEY NEEDED TO MAKE CHANGES BEFORE TOTALITY. NOW THEY ARE VIEWING IT A DIFFERENT WAY. AND AFTER TOTALITY, MAY SEE SOME SHAKES THERE AS WELL. I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE HOW THIS CRISP -- NOT A MARBLE, BUT A VIEW OF IT IS SO CRISP, BUT THE LITTLE -- AGAIN, THOSE FILAMENTS, THAT WE CAN SEE THAT TO SUCH RACK SEE. >> THE WHITE FUZZ. THAT -- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A MILLION DEGREES JUST HANGING OUT ALL AROUND THE SUN THREE BILLION EARTH CAN FIT INSIDE OF THOSE. A LOT OF ATMOSPHERE ALL AROUND THERE HANGING OUT BEING VERY WARM. ONE OF THE MYSTERIES IS AND WHAT THE WB-57s -- >> OUR WB-57. BASICALLY HE IS GOING TO FLY AND CHASE DOWN THE SHADOW AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. KEEP UP WITH IT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. >> SHADOW LONGER THAN THE PLANE. ON THE GROUND WE CAN GET FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES. HE WILL GET SIX AND A HALF. >> I LOVE THAT THEY ARE WAVING TO US. AND NOW WE ARE FLIPPED. NOW WE ARE SEEING THE FRONT. AGAIN, THEY ARE IN NIGHT. IT LOOKS VERY DARK WITH ONLY SOME LIGHT IN THE HORIZON, YEAH. >> LIGHT. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL EXPECT WHENEVER WE SEE TOTALITY. THE NIGHT SKY IS VERY DARK. YOU MIGHT SEE PLANETS AND STAR AS AND TWILIGHT. 360 DEGREES. >> WHAT AN AMAZING VANTAGE POINT AS WELL. MY GOSH. I AM VERY JEALOUS. KELLY, ARE YOU JEALOUS? >> I AM KIND OF A LITTLE JEALOUS. I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN MAKE A FASTER PLANE THAT. >> PLUS THEY ARE UP OVER THE CLOUDS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE CLOUDS. >> WE WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE WB-57 PILOTS AND THE GREAT TEAM SUPPORTING THEM. AN AWESOME VIEW. KELLY, YOU HAVE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE WHEN IT COMES TO THE SUN. IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE OF HER AND OTHER EXPERTS, NASA PODCAST. THAT QR CODE WILL POP UP ON THE SCREEN AND TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE EPISODES. AGAIN, LOOK AT THAT DOUBLE BOX WE GOT THERE. SHOWING YOU AMAZING VIEWS DURING THIS BROADCAST. A BIG THANK YOU, ACTUALLY, TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT OUR SERVY PROVIDING THE VIEWS FROM MAZATLAN. >> A COLLECTION OF TEAMS AROUND THE WORLD THAT STUDY THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND EX-EMPLOYEE RATION AND THE NEXT TRIP WITH HUMANS TO THE MOON. >> AMAZING. TOTALITY IS ABOUT TO END IN MAZATLAN. LET'S KEEP WATCHING OUR SCREEN AGAIN. WHAT ARE WE WATCHING FOR, KELLY? >> WE ARE WATCHING FOR THE DIAMOND RICK EFFECT. BRIGHT LIGHT. PUT YOUR GLASSES CONTINUE TO PROTECT THOSE BEAUTIFUL EYES BECAUSE BACK TO THE PARTIAL PHASE. >> WHOA! >> AMAZING! >> WOW! >> THAT IS A FILTER BY THE WAY, EVERYONE. WHEN YOU SAID PUT ON YOUR GLASSES. I AM SO TRAINED TO DO IT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN MAZATLAN IS WE NEED ADJUST THE FILTER. WAY PEOPLE ON THE GROUND NEED TO PUT ON THEIR GLASSES. OUR OBSERVERS NEED TO PROTECT THEIR EYES AS WELL AS THEIR EQUIPMENT. >> KELLY, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HERE WITH US AND LEARN ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND SEE THE FIRST ECLIPSE COME FOR NORTH AMERICA HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU CAN SEE REA LOT TO LEARN OF THE SUN AND ECLIPSES. AND TO EXPLAIN IT ALL NASA DEVELOPED A CLEVER GAME CALLED SNAP IT. AND TO SCAN THAT CODE AND WATCHING IT ON YOUR PHONE, SCREEN GRAB AND PRESS ON IT LATER AND CHECK OUT THAT GAME. ALSO THE WEB SITE IF THAT IS EASIER FOR YOU GO.NASA.GOV/SNAPIT. NASA CAN PREDICT THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE WITH HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY WITH A SPACECRAFT THAT LAUNCHED 15 YEARS AGO. IT IS HELPING THE NASA ASTRONAUTS ORBITING THE MOON NEXT YEAR. >> NASA'S NEXT STEP IN ESTABLISHING A LONG-TERM PRESENCE ON THE MOON IS SENDING FOUR ASTRONAUTS TO FLY AROUND IT WITH THE ARTEMIS 2 MISSION. PART OF THE CREW'S TRAINING HAS BEEN TO STUDY IMAGES FROM NASA'S LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER OR LRO. THE SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED IN 2009 AND CONTINUES TO USE SEVEN INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING A HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERA TO HELP US LEARN MORE OF THE MOON'S SERVICE. BECAUSE OF LRO, WE NOW KNOW MORE OF THE MOON'S TOPOGRAPHY. THE ARTEMIS CREW USED LRO DATA AND PHOTOGRAPHS TO IDENTIFY LUNAR LANDMARKS THROUGH ORBIT AND SITES OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST LIKE POSSIBLE LANDING SPOTS FOR FUTURE EXPLORERS. HELP ENVELOPE PLANNING ARTEMIS MISSIONS, PEOPLE HERE ON EARTH USE LRO TO LOOK AT THE MOON'S SHADOW OR UMBRA. IT WILL CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE ECLIPSE DEPENDING ON THE LUNAR DURATION AND ELEVATIONS ON EARTH. PEOPLE WILL SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN ARC OF SOLAR DIAMONDS AS SUN LIGHTS PEEKS THROUGH CREATORS. A LOOK AT YOUR ARTEMIS MOON MIN MINUTE. >> ALL RIGHT, JOINING US ON THE HOST DESK, A FAMILIAR FACE -- SORRY, SNOOPY -- I JUST REVEALED IT WAS SNOOPY. I WANT TO WAVE REAL QUICK TO THE NASA SCIENCE CENTER. WAVING BACK AT THEM LIKE THEY CAN SEE ME. I SPOILED THE SURPRISE. SNOOPY, OUR CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER HERE AT NASA AND HE IS HERE TO TELL US HOW THIS SAFELY WATCH THE ECLIPSE. SNOOPY, IF WE WERE ABLE TO WATCH IT BEFORE TOTALITY, WHAT SHOULD WE DO. THAT'S RIGHT. HAVE YOUR GLASSES ON. >> HOW ABOUT DURING TOTALITY, SNOOPY? LET ME HELP YOU OUT. >> I CAN SEE YOUR SHINE CAN BRIGHT EYES. I LOVE SNOOPY. HE IS SO FUNNY. SNOOPY, I HAVE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. I WAS POLLING EVERYBODY ASKING FOR THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. WHO IS THE BIG STAR OF THE SHOW. IS IT THE EARTH -- IS IT IS THE EARTH? THE MOON. IS IT THE SUN? YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE. ALL OF THEM IN ALL OF THEM ARE GREAT? SNOOPY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. HAPPY TO ARE YOU HERE. BYE! HEAD OVER TO TAHIRA IN KERRVILLE, TEXAS. >> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MEGAN. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE VIEW FROM MAZATLAN, MEXICO. >> IT WAS AMAZING. >> FOLKS AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, WE ARE LESS THAN ONE MINUTE FROM THE ECLIPSE CROSSING OVER TORREON, MEXICO. GINA, HOW FAST IS THE MOON MOVING. >> FLYING. GOING 1900 MILES PER HOUR AS WE ARE CHASING IT ACROSS THE U.S. >> INCREDIBLE. THIS MAZATLAN, WE WERE TIESHL SEE THE DIAMOND RING EFFECT SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN TORREON RIGHT NOW JUST TO SEE THE SLIVER CROSSING OVER THE MOON. >> GETTING SO CLOSE. >> WE ARE GETTING SO CLOSE. LOOK AT THIS. WE ARE ABOUT TEN SECONDS AWAY. >> HERE WE GO. >> WILL'S HE -- LET'S TAKE IT IN. >> WOW, WHAT A SPECTACULAR IT. >> GOING INTO TOTALITY. THERE YOU HAVE IT. >> THAT DIAMOND RING CAME THROUGH AND WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE BAILEY BEADS TOO AS WE ARE LOOKING AT IT. THE LIGHT TRICKLING AROUND THE SURFACES THE MOON GOING THROUGH THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS. >> WHAT ARE WE VIEWING ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THIS PINK COLOR EFFECT? >> RIGHT, WE HEARD THAT THESE PINK FINGERS ARE POPPING OUT A LITTLE BIT. SOLAR PROMINENCES BECAUSE OF THE HEED YUM RICH. FOCUS ON THE CORONA, THE GLOW WE ARE GETTING AND WE WILL SEE BASICALLY THE STREAMS COMING OUT AND A LOT OF THE ENERGY AND BRIGHTNESS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE TO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. WITH THE TOTAL ECLIPSE SEE THE CAR ROEHN THAT, NICE AND BRIGHT IN TORREON. >> JUST A MAGICAL VIEW. MY GOODNESS. >> IT IS. >> GINA, OKAY, WE HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS COMING IN ONLINE RIGHT NOW FROM VIEWERS WATCHING THIS. OUR FIRST ONE WILL BE FROM JUSTIN WHO WANTS TO KNOW. RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING PRETTY CLEAR AND SPECTACULAR VIEW OF THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. JUSTIN WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IF IT IS CLOUDED OVER. >> THE VIEW WE ARE GETTING RIGHT NOW, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SIGH IF IT IS CLOUDED OVER. A CHANGE IN THE TEMPERATURES. THE TEMPERATURE WILL DROP. IT WILL STILL GET DARKER. >> ALREADY GETTING DARKER HERE IN KERRVILLE. >> WE HAVE CLOUD COVERAGE AND EXTRA WIND. NOTICEABLY DARKER DESPITE THE CLOUDS WE HAVE. YOU WILL GET SOME OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS EVEN IF IT IS CLOUDY WHERE YOU ARE. >> GREAT FOLLOW-UP. WE HAVE YOUTUBE WHO WANTS TO KNOW AGAIN, WHERE THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TOTALITY. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT WILL GET A LITTLE COOLER. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY DEGREES WE CAN EXPECT? >> DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION, HUMIDITY, MULTIPLE FACTORS. CAN CHANGE BY TEN DEGREES AND WE ARE FEELING A LITTLE CHILLY COMPARED TO WHERE WE ARE SETTING COMPARED TO EARLIER. AND I AM STARING AT THIS VIEW OF TOTALITY THAT WE HAVE. >> WE ARE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH TOTALITY RIGHT NOW IN TORREON MEXICO. THIS IS ALMOST DOUBLE TOTALITY THAN 2017. >> RIGHT. THIS IN 2017, WITH AIDE LITTLE MORE THAN TWO MINUTES. WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH THIS TIME TO HAVE OVER FOUR MINUTES IN SOME PLACES TOO. >> THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. AND TO SOURCE NEXT QUESTION FROM SABEL ON INSTAGRAM WANTS TO KNOW, WHY IS THE SUN MORE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW? >> THE SUN IS MORE ACTIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN 11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE. FROM SOLAR ARRAYS MAXIMUM TO SOLAR ARRAYS MINIMUM CHANGING THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY. AS YOU ARE SEEING THE SCREEN -- I SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE PROMINENCE EXE EXTENDING OUT. AS WE SAW WITH MAZATLAN. IF THERE IS A TIME TO SEE ANY OF THAT SPACE WEATHER ACTIVITY DURING THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THAT. LET'S WATCH THAT AS WE GO THROUGH TOTALITY AND OUR OTHER LOCATIONS TOO AND MAYBE WE WILL BE LUCKY TO SEE SOME OF THESE FEATURES CHANGE FOR US. >> THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. >> IT IS GINA, TOO. WE ARE IN A HIGHER SOLAR CYCLE. HOW MEANS YEARS? >> SOLAR ARRAYS CYCLE GOES ON 11 YEARS. PEAKS IN PRODUCTIVITY. WE WILL REACH THE MAXIMUM SOME TIME THIS YEAR AND DECREASE GOING BACK TO SOLAR MINIMUM. >> GENE R A I HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION FROM CHRISTOPHER ON X. HOW MANY PLANETS HAVE THE BEST ECLIPSES. >> THAT'S RIGHT. ECLIPSES DON'T ONLY HAPPEN ON EARTH. TALK ABOUT MARS. MARS HAS ECLIPSES WHEN THE MOON CROSSES IN FRONT OF MARS. MARS HAS TWO MOONS, ROVERS ON ITS SURFACE HAVE CAPTURED IMAGES OF THOSE. >> OTHER PLANET HAS A VIEW LIKE THIS. >> JUST FOR US. DISTANCE AND SIZE OF THE MOON TO COMPLETELY BLOCK THE SUN AS IT IS DOING TODAY. >> THAT DIAMOND RING EFFECT COMING OUT OF TOTALITY IN TORREON. A BRIGHT ONE TOO. >> IT IS A GREAT ONE. BAILEY'S BEAD SOMEBODY IN. >> THAT DIAMOND RING HOW BRIGHT IT IS. BAILEY BEADS ARE SMALLER AS THEY BUBBLE OVER THE SURFACE, FOLKS IN THE LOCATION SHOULD HAVE THOSE SAFETY VIEWING GLASSES BACK ON TO NOW VIEW THE PARTIAL ECLIPSE THEY ARE EXPERIENCING. >> FANTASTIC. YOU KNOW THE NEXT TIME WE SEE THIS ECLIPSE, IT WILL BE RIGHT HERE IN KERRVILLE, TEXAS. SO FOLKS, THE COUNTDOWN IS ON. WE HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES UNTIL WE SEE THIS WITH OUR OWN EYES. LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH LAUREN AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. >> THANKS, TAHIRA, WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO ECLIPSE OURSELF. BUT FOR NOW A VERY SPECIAL GUEST, NASA VERY OWN PAM MELROY, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR AND FORMER ASTRONAUT. PAM, GREAT TO SEE YOU. >> GREAT TO BE HERE. VERY EXCITING. >> WHAT IT LIKE IN INDIANAPOLIS FOR AN EXCITING EVENT LIKE THIS? >> A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE. AND I LOVE THE FACT WE ARE WITH THOUSANDS PEOPLE AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. AND JOINING WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND AMERICA LOOKING UP TOGETHER TO THE SKY. >> TELL ME, YOUR FIRST ECLIPSE? >> NOT MY FIRST ECLIPSE, BUT MY FIRST TOTALITY. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL PARTIAL ECLIPSES, BUT SOMETHING MISS CAL AND MYSTERIOUS AND UNIFYING OF A TOTAL CLECLIPSE AND WE WILL EXPERIENCE IT TOGETHER. >> COULDN'T HAVE LUCKED OUT BETTER. SUN AND SCIENCE IS TO KEEP ASTRONAUTS SAFE. WHAT IS SPACE WEATHER. WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT IT? WHAT IS NASA DOING TO STUDY IT? >> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. CONCERN FOR ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE BECAUSE EXPERIENCE THE RADIATION OF THE SUN THAT COMES FROM SOLAR FLARES AND SOLAR WEATHER. THE REALITY IT IS AFFECTING LIFE ON EARTH. IMPACTS THE UPPER REACHES OF OUR ATMOSPHERE CALLED THE IONSHERE. ELECTRIFIED A CONDUIT FOR COMMUNICATIONS. IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. IT CAN AFFECT POWER GRIDS. IF YOU EVER SEEN THE NORTHERN LIGHTS, YOU SEEN THE EFFECT OF SOLAR WEATHER BUT REALLY THE FOCUS FOR TODAY WHERE THAT SOLAR WEATHER STARTS AND THAT IS IN THE CAR ROEHN THAT. THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE. AND VERY UNUSUAL AND WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING. THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE IS MILLIONS OF DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE SURFACE OF THE SUN. WE ARE HOPING TO LEARN TODAY MORE ON WHAT HAPPENS AND WHY THAT HAPPENS TO WE CAN BETTER PREDICT THOSE SOLAR FLARES AND THINGS THAT IMPACT US HERE ON EARTH. >> THOSE ARE ALL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND SOMETHING WE ARE LEARNING A LOT TODAY TOO. PAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. >> THANK YOU. >> WE LEARNED THAT SOLAR ECLIPSE ARE IMPORTANT FROM MANY, MANY REGIONS. STUDYING THE ECLIPSE FOR THAT VERY REASON. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WORK. >> WHEN THE MOON BLOCKS THE SUN DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE, THERE IS A NOTICEABLE IMPACT ON EARTH'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE KNOWN AS THE IONSHERE. CAN EFFECT COMMUNICATION AMATEUR RADIO KNOWN AS HAM RADIO. >> HAM RADIO IS A WAY TO TALK TO PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. YOU SET UP A RADIO AND AN ANTENNA. YOU TALK IN THE RADIO, SENDS THE SIGNAL UP TO THE ANTENNA AND THE ANTENNA UP TO THE SKY, BOUNCES OFF THE ELECTRIFIED LAYER OF THE SKY AND BACK DOWN TO EARTH AND TALK TO THE PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE. >>Reporter: DURING A 2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. THE CITIZENS SCIENCE PROJECT WANT HAM OPERATORS TO TRANSMIT RADIO SIGNALS. THE GOAL TO HAVE PEOPLE MAKE AS MANY RADIO CONTACTS THAT THEY CAN WITH OPERATORS IF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WHICH RECORDING HOW STRONG THEIR RADIO SIGNALS ARE AND HOW FAR THEY GO, HAM RADIO AND SCIENTISTS CAN LEARN HOW THE IONSHERE CHANGES. SOMETIMES YOU CAN TALK AROUND THE WORLD AND SOME TIMES YOU CAN'T. BASED ON WHAT THE IONSHERE IS DOING AND WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO TALK TO THE FAR AWAY PLACES, I FIND THAT MAGICAL. >> TO LEARN HOW TO PARTICIPATE, FOLLOW DONASASCIENCE ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. >> AND WE ARE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE FROM KERRVILLE, TEXAS. THE TEMPERATURE IS DROPPING. THE SKY IS DIMMING. WE ARE ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEAT. ASTRONAUT AND COMMANDER OF THE ARTEMIS MISSION TO THE MOON, REID WISEMAN. AN HONOR. >> THE FACT THAT THE SUN IS BEHIND THE CLOUDS MOST OF THE TIME AND WAKING OUT. >> WE ARE READY. >> WE ARE RIGHT THERE. >> TELL US, REID, OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY IS EXCITED.HAVE YOU SEEN A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. >> EITHER A TOTAL. I WILL SHARE THIS DARKNESS WITH YOU. >> WOW, THIS SIN HE HAD CONSI -- INCREDIBLE. WHAT DO YOU AND YOUR FELLOW NASA ASTRONAUTS NEED TO THINK ABOUT TRAVELING TO THE MOON. >> GOOD TO SEE PAM ON THE LAST CLIP. A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE. NICE TO SEE PAM'S FACE OVER THERE. HEADED TO THE SUN, REALLY RADIATION IS THE BIGGEST THING -- SORRY, HEAD TODAY MOON, THE SOLAR RADIATION IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THERE IS THE DANGER FROM THE SUN AND THEAL MOW LOW ASTRONAUTS DEALT WITH IT AND WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH IT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATION. WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT HE WILL ENCOUNTER. >> GREAT. TELL ME, REED, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A COMMANDER OF HAS IN' FIRST CREWED MISSION BACK TO THE MOON SINCE APOLLO. >> VICTOR GLOVER, CHRISTINA KOCH AND HANSON. >> DREAMY. >> EVERY DAY I GO INTO WORK -- I WON'T SAY EVERY DAY IS EASY BUT FUN. THEY HAVE PRINCIPLES. THEY HAVE INTEGRITY. THEY HAVE SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE AND PROFESSIONALISM. A DREAM COME TRUE. GETTING TO WORK FOR THE WHOLE TEAM. THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM IS THE BEST. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE, REED. REALLY QUICKLY, ANY ADVICE FOR ANYONE IS THAT WANTS TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. >> WE ALWAYS SAY FIND THE JOB THAT YOU LOVE. GO ALL IN ON IT. LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE. BE AS GOOD OF A PROFESSIONAL THAT YOU CAN AND SOME DAY APPLY TO THE PROGRAM AND WE LOOK FORWARD FOR SEEING YOUR APPLICATION COME ACROSS OUR DESK. >> REED, GOOD LUCK ON YOUR UPCOMING WEEKEND. >> GREAT TO BE HERE. >> IF ANYBODY FEELS LIKE REACHING FOR THE STARS, NASA A IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS TO BE A ASTRONAUT. YOU CAN ONE DAY TRAVEL TO THE MOON AND EVENTUALLY MARS, TEACHERS, SCIENTISTS AND THOSE IN OUR ARMED FORCES. DIVERSE GROUP TO TAKE HUMANITY INTO THE COSMOS. APPLY THROUGH APRIL 16 HAVE I VISITING GO.NASA.GOV/ASTRO024. TIMING IS EVERYTHING PULLING OFF SUCCESSFUL SCIENCE DURING A DAY LIKE TODAY. A SPECIAL GUEST LEARNING SOMETHING OF PERFECT ALIGNMENT. >> PAUL D[L]EYOUNG, SHORTSTOP FOR THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DO MY JOB? YOU GO THE TO KNOW YOUR PHYSICS. I SPECIALIZE IN PREDICTING THE PATH OF FAST-MOVING OBJECTS AT SPLIT-SECOND PACE. AT MY POSITION, IT IS KEY TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE AND WHEN TWO PATH ALSO CROSS, JUST LIKE NASA NEEDS TO KNOW WHEN THE EARTH, MOON AND SUNDAY WILL ALIGN TO BE PREDICT A SOLAR ECLIPSE. WORKING IT ALL OUT ON THE WHITEBOARD IS ONE THING -- >> SOLAR ECLIPSE AWAY! >> BUT SEEING IT IN ACTION IS A WHOLE ANOTHER BALL GAME. APRIL 8, A TOTAL SOLAR ARRAYS CROSSES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. NASA HAS MAPPED A DETAILED CHASE OF THE MOON'S SERVICE SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE MOON'S SURFACE. SO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS TO SEE THE ECLIPSE IN PERSON EVEN FROM THE SAND. DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF SCIENCE IN ACTION AND MAYBE CATCH A BALL GAME. >> WE ARE TWO MINUTES -- ABOUT TWO MINUTES -- UNDER TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM TOTALITY HERE IN KERRVILLE, TEXAS, WHICH WILL MARK THE START OF OUR ECLIPSE COVERAGE ACROSS AMERICA. FOLKS, A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVERAGE IN KERRVILLE AND WE ARE SHOWING THE DALLAS FEED. WE ARE HOLDING OUT HOPE. GINA AND I ARE THRILLED TO HAVE WITH US DR. NICOLETTE FOX OF NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> I WOULDN'T BE ANYWHERE ELSE. >> THANKS FOR BEING HERE, NIKKI. TELL US HOW THE SCIENCE CONDUCTED TODAY WILL IMPACT THE FUTURE OF NASA EXPLORATION AT NASA SCIENCE. >> SO MUCH WE WILL BE DOING TODAY. STUDYING THE SUN AND THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND YOU CAN SEE IT GETTING DARK HERE -- AND WE HAVE GOT -- WE GOVERNMENT TH THESE IN,AGNETROMETERS. I HAD OLD IT ON. >> I LOVE MAGNETROMETERS. WE WILL HAVE THEM ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE PATH OF TOTALITY. >> SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD GET UP. >> LET'S GO! >> MY GOODNESS. >> LESS THAN A MINUTE. OH, MY GOODNESS. >> WOW. GLASSES ON. >> YES. >> YEAH, GLASSES ON, BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO GET -- >> SOME CLOUD COVERAGE. >> SOME CLOUD COVERAGE. >> IT IS TRYING TO PEEK OUT. IT IS TRYING, IT IS TRYING. IT IS GETTING DARK HERE. THE WINDS PICK UP. BIRDS STARTED FLYING IN A VERY WEIRD PATTERN A MINUTE AGO. COME ON, CLOUDS. YOU KNOW I MIGHT VERY TO SWITCH TO TEAM SUN. OH, MY GOODNESS. >> WE ARE THERE. WE ARE NEARLY THERE. >> HERE WE GO. >> THE CROWD IS COUNTING DOWN. YES! [CHEERING] >> YES! YAY! WOW! WHOO! THE CORONA! YES! >> OH, MY GOODNESS. >> THAT IS AMAZING! I TOLD YOU. GO AWAY, CLOUDS. GO AWAY, CLOUDS! LOOK AT THAT! MY GOODNESS. I HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL DAY -- LOOK HOW DARK IT IS AROUND HERE. >> IT IS JUST THIS WHITE -- GREEN WHEAT RING. >> SO DARK. >> SO DARK. IT IS SO DARK. >> WOW. PLANES AND HELLI COPTERS AND DRONES. >> THE WHOLE CROWD. YES! WHOO-HOO! >> OH, MY GOD IF LOOK AT THAT -- JUST LOOK AT THAT. >> WE HAVE, WHAT, FOUR MINUTES. >> FOUR MINUTES. >> TO GET BACK. >> AND 25 SECONDS. >> REALLY AGAIN REMINDS THAT YOU WE ARE ON THIS ONE PLANET. A LARGER SYSTEM. >> AND YOU HAVE TO BE ON THIS PLANET TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. >> WHY WE ARE TEAM SUN, EARTH AND MOON. YOU NEED THE MOON FOR THE ECLIPSE. YOU NEED THE SUN FOR THE ECLIPSE. STANDING ON THE EARTH TO SEE IT. >> OH, MAN. >> ALL OF NASA SCIENTIST REPRESENTED BY A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. >> GOING THAT, WHAT, OVER 30 MILLIONS OF US TODAY ABLE TO WITNESS THIS. >> THOSE LIVING IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY. IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY TRAVEL HERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THIS IS GET ME EXTRA EXCITED OF ALL THE SCIENCE. >> ALL THE SCIENCE WE ARE DOING. YES. Y WUSHZ /* YE . >> IT IS NIECE GET A TASTE. SO DARK>> IT IS NIECE GET A TAS SO DARK SO DARK. ABLE TO SEE THIS TAKE PLACE. >> SUCH A GREAT ATMOSPHERE HERE ALL DAY. EVERY TIME THE SUN COMES OUT, EVERYBODY CHEERS. >> CHEERING. COUNTING DOWN. IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. AND SO -- WOW. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> OH, NIKKI, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF -- ABOUT AN ECLIPSE? IS THIS YOUR FIRST? >> NO, THIS IS MY SECOND ONE, 2017 I WAS IN NEBRASKA AND I SAW IT THERE. I THINK -- YOU CAN STUDY THE SUN. YOU CAN STUDY THE CORONA, BUT WHEN YOU SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES, IT IS THE FEELING THAT, WOW, THAT IS OUR STAR. NOT JUST A SUN ANYMORE. A STAR. YOU SEE IT LOOKING LIKE A STAR. AS WE STUDY -- AS WE LOOK FOR EXTRA PLANETS AND OTHER GALAXIES THAT SUPPORT LIFE, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND OUR RELATIONSHIP HERE ON THIS PLANET WITH THAT STAR. SO IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU ARE JUST LIKE, WOW, IT IS ACTUALLY IS A STAR. NOT JUST A BRIGHT POINT OF LIGHT IN THE SKY. YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW EXCITING THE SUN IS. AND ACTUALLY HOW DYNAMIC IT IS. >> YEAH. >> NOT NONE OF HELIOPHYSICIST THAT WE CAN SEE THE SCIENCE THAT WE ARE SEEING WITH OUR OWN EYES. >> THAT IS RIGHT. >> OR SHARE IN IT. MILLIONS OF US TODAY. >> SO MANY PEOPLE PARTAKE. >> YEAH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. PRETTY WENDY TOO. >> IT IS WINDY. >> IT IS WINDY. >> EARLIER IN THE SHOW WE MENTIONED THAT THOUGH TALL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAY PASS THROUGH OCCASIONS THREE OUT OF EVERY 75 YEARS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE DON'T SEE ECLIPSES LIKE THIS EVERY MONTH. >> THE MOON'S OR BIT IS TILTED. WHEN IT PASSES IN FRONT, IT DOESN'T BLOCK OUT THE LIGHT FOR US. AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. IT IS RIGHT BETWEEN -- ON THE PLANE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SUN. ACTUALLY THE CLOSEST POINT TO THE EARTH. IN THE PLANE OF THE SKY, THE MOON IS EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE AS THE SUN. UNIQUE. >> SO SPECIAL TOO. WHAT ARE THE ODDS? >> THE 400s. DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE MOON IS 400 TIMES CLOSER THAN THE EARTH AND THE SUN AND THE SIZE IS 400 TIMES SMALLER AS WELL. MARKS IT PERFECTLY. >> IT DOES, RIGHT NOW THE CLOUDS ARE BLOCK IT PERFECTLY. >> WE GOT A TASTE OF IT WHICH IS VERY SNOW AND ICE. WE ARE CHASING THIS ECLIPSE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. >> WE ARE. >> I THINK IT WANTS TO COME OUT AGAIN. CLOUDS ARE THINNING. >> THE CLOUDS ARE ANYONE. THE CROWD ARE GETTING EXCITED. >> WE ARE HOPEFUL, HANDLING ALL THAT GOOD PUBLIC HEARING. >> THIS PATH HAS BEEN GREAT ALL DAY. ALL DAY. CRAZY TO BELIEVE IT IS SO DARK AND ONLY MIDDAY. >> OH, YES. YEAH. >> WHAT IS STARTING TO -- >> STARTING TO GET THE LIGHT BACK YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT SEE THE DIAMOND RING AT THE END OF THE ECLIPSE BECAUSE OF THE CLOUDS. WHICH IS A CROWD PLEASER. WE SAW IT RIGHT BEFORE TOTALITY, SUDDENLY THIS BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT LIGHT, AND IT ALL WENT DARK. SO WE ACTUALLY DID SEE QUITE A FEW GREAT -- GREAT FEATURES ON THE SUN. AND SOMEBODY WAS ACTUALLY SAYING THEY COULD SEE A SUN SPOT OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THEIR GLASSES. THEY COULD SEE A SUN SPOT. >> CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE SUN SPOTS ARE FOR OUR VIEWERS? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. LOOKING FOR YOUR GLASSES. MIGHT SEE A COUPLE OF DARK SPOTS ON THE SUN. THEY ARE VERY INTENSE PLACES. VERY, VERY INTENSE MAGNETIC FIELD THERE. VERY ACTIVE CANNED CAUSE SPACE WEATHER. EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, THOSE ACTIVE REGIONS CAN EXPLODE AND SEND MILLIONS OF TONS OF SOLAR MATERIAL TOWARD OUR PLANET. >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH, NIKKI. INCRED BIBLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT WITH YOU. LET'S FOLLOW THE ECLIPSE ON THAT PATH. NEXT UP IS DALLAS. JOY AND MICHAEL STANDING BY FOR THEIR BIG MOMENT IN THE SUN. >> YOU CAN FEEL THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE. WIND HAS COMPLETELY QUIETED DOWN. YEP. >> SO THE ENERGY HERE WITH AMAZING. DR. MICHAEL KIRK, OUR ECLIPSE EXPERT. WE YOU A AN ANNUAL ECLIPSE BACKS IN OCTOBER. HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY? >> TOTALLY ECSTATIC. THE ANNUAL ECLIPSE WAS COOL. YOU CAN FEEL THIS HERE. THE ENERGY IS ELECTRIC. >> THE DARKNESS IS COMING. A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE ALMOST THERE AND A COUPLE OF MINUTES AWAY. >> OOH, YEAH, A CRESCENT LEFT. >> LET'S QUICKLY TALK OF SOME OF THE WAYS THAT THE PUBLIC IS PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT RIGHT NOW. TALK OF THE CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT? >> PEOPLE RIGHT AROUND THE COUNTRY MAKING MEASUREMENT OF AUDIO RECORDINGS TO SEE HOW THE ENVIRONMENT IS CLOSING AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY DO GENUINE SCIENCE WITH JUST THE AUDIO RECORDER. >> FANTASTIC. WE ARE ALMOST LIKE -- A FEW MINUTES AWAY MINUTE 30 OUT. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE. MICHAEL, WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT TO SEE MOMENTS BEFORE TOTALITY. >> AS WE APPROACH TOTALITY, YOU WILL SEE THE CRESCENT SUN SLOWLY DRIFT AWAY. THEN YOU WILL SEE THE BAILEY'S BEADS. THE BRIGHT POINTS OF LIFE THAT ARE LAST BITS OF SUNLIGHT CASCADING THROUGH THE MOON'S VALLEYS. RIGHT BEFORE TOTALITY, A DIAMOND RING, LAST POINT OF LIFE AND THEN TOTALITY. A THUMBNAIL OF SUN LEFT. WE ARE CLOSING IN ON TOTALITY HERE. >>. >> WOW, WE SEE A SLIVER OF THE SUN LEFT. REMEMBER YOU CAN ONLY TAKE YOUR SAFETY GLASSES OFF WHEN THE MOON HAVE COMPLETELY COVERED THE SUN AND IN DALLAS TEXAS, WE ARE SECONDS AWAY. >> MY GOODNESS. YOU CAN HEAR MY HEART RACING. CROWDS GETTING EXCITED. BIRDS ARE CHIRPING AND THEY ARE GOING INTO THEIR NIGHTTIME ROUTINES. >> A FEW SECONDS WAY I AWAY. YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD CHEERING. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. ABSOLUTELY ECSTATIC. DARKNESS IS COMING OVER DALLAS. >> FEW SECONDS LEFT. >> TEN SECONDS. >> I AM SO EXCITED. >> WE ARE FIVE SECONDS AWAY FROM TOTALITY! ONE LITTLE BIT. TOTALLY DARK HERE. DEEP TWILIGHT AROUND HERE. >> WOW. YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWDS. >> LAST BIT OF LIGHT AND -- WE ARE IN TOTALITY. >> WHOO! >> OH, MY GOD. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING. >> OH, MY GOD, MICHAEL. HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW? >> I AM JUST AWE-STRUCK. THERE ARE A FEW HIGH CLOUDS, BUT THE BEAUTY OF THE CORONA IS TRULY VISIBLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT SPIKY STRUCTURE JUST POKING OUT. IT IS HEART-STOPPINGLY BEAUTIFUL. >> OH, MY GOODNESS, TEARS IN MY EYES. I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS. >> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU JUST NEVER FORGET. I FEEL SO SPECIAL TO BE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW EXPERIENCING IT. AND KNOWING THAT PEOPLE LITERALLY ACROSS THE NATION ARE DOING THE SAME THING IS -- IT IS TRULY AMAZING. >> WOW. LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO TAKE IT ALL IN. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BREATH TAK TAKING. >> WOW WITH. WOW. WO WO WOW. >> YOU CAN SEE THE SPIKY STRUCTURE OF THE CORONA, THAT ASYMMETRICAL OF THE CORONA. THAT WILL BE HAPPENING FEW MONTHS FROM NOW THAT MEANS THAT THIS VIEW CORONA WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN EVER. AND EWE FREAK. IF YOU RECEIVE A FEW SOLAR CLIPSES, YOU WILL NEVER SEE ONE LIKE THIS. >> YOU STUDY THE SUN. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SEE THE CORONA THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE. >> NO WORDS. I SPENT MY LIFE STUDYING THIS THING. TO SEE IT AND FEEL IT, IT IS JUST TREMENDOUS. YOU CAN SEE A PROMINENCE IN THE CHROMOS. HERE. THE PINK LOOP IS WHAT I SPENT FIVE YEARS DOING A DISSERTATION ON. THAT ONE LITTLE PINK LOOP. MAKES IT FEEL LIKE IT IS IN ALL PERSPECTIVE NOW. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW HE SEEN THIS PINK LOOPS WITH THE CORONA. >> A FEW PLANETS AS WELL. A PLANE RACING ACROSS THE SHADOW AS WE SPEAK AS WELL. >> I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT A HUGE THANKS TO OUR STILL SCOPE OPERATOR VANESSA THOMAS OF PROVIDING THESE VIEWS. THIS IS SO, STUNNING. >> PEOPLE ARE APPLAUDING AS YOU CAN HEAR. EVERYBODY IS GETTING EXACTLY WHAT THEY CAME FOR, THAT SENSE OF YOUR PLACE IT THE UNIVERSE. THIS IS -- THIS IS OUR CLOSEST STAR. BEING ABLE TO SEE A STAR LIKE THIS IS TRULY SPECIAL. >> WE HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT OF TOTALITY. >> THE TIME JUST PASSES WAY TOO QUICKLY. >> THE NEXT ECLIPSE WON'T HAPPEN ACROSS THE U.S. FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS. SO THIS REALLY IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. >> ABSOLUTELY. OUR FRIENDS UP IN ALASKA WILL SEE THEIR NEXT ECLIPSE 2342033. I AM, LIKE, ALREADY THINKING I NEED TO GO THERE. IT -- >> DEFINITELY. >> DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I NEED TO DO, I JUST HAVE TO GO THERE. >> WOW, 30 SECONDS OFF RIGHT BEFORE THOUGH TOE ENDS. OUR TELESCOPE OPERATOR VANESSA WILL PUT THE SOLAR ARRAYS FILTER BACK ON HAVE CHERISH THE LAST MOMENTS OF TOTALITY IN DALLAS, TEXAS. MICHAEL, WHAT WILL HAPPEN RIGHT BEFORE TOTALITY ENDS? >> AS TOTALITY IS ENDING, YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS IN REVERSE. DIAMOND, BAILEY'S BEADS AS THE SUN SCREENS OUT OF TOTALITY AND THEN A CRESCENT SUN. THERE IS THE DIAMOND RING AGAIN. SO TIME TO PUT YOUR GLASSES BACK ON. >> ECLIPSE GLASSES BACK ON. >> AND COMING BACK AGAIN. >> WOW. WOW. THE SLIVER OF THE SUN. >> YOU CAN SEE SHADOW BANDS ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. LOOKS LIKE IT IS ALMOST RAINING. OR YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOW BANDS RACING DAY CROSS THE GROUND AS WE COME BACK IN OUT OF TOTALITY. >> WOW. OH, MY GOODNESS, MICHAEL. THAT WAS AMAZING. I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO FEEL SO EMOTIONAL. I STILL HAVE TEARS IN MY EYES. >> IT JUST GRABS YOU. UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE. IT IS AMAZING AS SEEING ANYTHING IN THE NATURAL UNIVERSITY. UNIVERSE NO WORDS. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS SPECIAL MOMENT. >> I FEEL HONORED TO BE HERE. WE TRULY ARE IN A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE RIGHT HERE AND SO HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. >> SO LET'S HEAD BACK TO JAMES AT NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WHO IS WITH THE ECLIPSE MOON. HE TRACKING THE SHADOW MOVING ACROSS THE U.S. JAMES, HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING ON YOUR END? >> YEAH, WELL, JOY AND MICHAEL, VERY COOL VIEW. INSANE TO SEE HOW DARK IT GIFTS. LITERALLY LIKE NIGHTTIME. YOU CAN SEE THE BIRDS CHIRPING IN PRESIDENT GARDENS. BEAUTIFUL. NEXT ECLIPSE PATH BROADCAST FOR THE NASA BROADCAST IN RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, FOUR MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS. EXPECTING TO KICK OFF AT 1:50:05 TO BE EXACT. TRACK US WITH OUR ECLIPSE TOOL. GO..GOV/ECLIPSEEXPLORER. HOW QUICKLY. I AM PLAYING THAT SHADOW THAT IS GOING TO THE NORTHEAST. THE FUN IS NOT JUST FOR OUR FRIENDS ON THE PATH OF TOTALITY. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE PATH OF TOTALITY. 31 MILLION PEOPLE RESIDE ON THE PATH OF TOTALITY. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THAT PATH. IF I PUT ON THE OVERLAY FOR THE PERCENTAGE COVERAGE A LOT OF FOLKS INCLUDING US IN FLORIDA ARE EXPERIENCING THAT PARTIAL ECLIPSE. IF YOU ARE IN A PARTIAL ECLIPSE, BE SURE TO WEAR THE ECLIPSE GLASSES TO PROTECT YOUR EYESIGHT AS YOU ARE VIEWING IT. BANDS ARE GREATER THAN 75% VIEWED. WATCHING IN MILWAUKEE. A GREAT VIEW, ALMOST 100%. 89.4%. GOOD CLOUD COVER THERE. 20% CLOUD COVER. HOPEFULLY A NICE VIEW TOO. I PUT ON THIS OVERLAY AND THE DURATION OF THE TOTALITY. A LOT OF OUR PLACES ARE WITHIN THIS MIDDLE BAND RIGHT HERE THAT ARE GETTING MORE THAN FOUR MINUTES MAY SEEM LIKE A LOT OF TIME. MICHAEL, SEEMS LIKE HIS DISSERTATION ON JUST THAT PIECE FIVE MINUTES THERE. NEXT TIME YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR IN THE U.S. IS NOT UNTIL 2045. MAKE SURE YOU ARE PREVIEWING EXACTLY WHEN TO EXPECT THAT PEAK TIME OF COVERAGE WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY OR OUTSIDE OF THE PATH OF THOUGH TOE. OUR FRIENDS AT RUSSELLVILLE HAVE GREAT COVERAGE. 9% CLOUD COVER. HOPEFULLY GET A NICE VIEW. CHECK IN WHY JASMIN TO SEE -- HOPEFULLY YOU ARE LOOKING GOOD FROM THERE. HOW IS IT LOOKING FOR YOU IN RUSSELLVILLE? >> EVERYTHING IS LOOKING ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS IN RUSSELLVILLE. WE COULD NOT ASK FOR BETTER WEATHER. OUR DOWN AREA AND HELIOPHYSICIST EXPERT DR. PATRICK CAME ALL THE WAY FROM D.C. HOW ARE YOU FEELING OF THE FIRST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. >> INCREDIBLY EXCITED. WATCHING THE CHANGES -- THERE GOES THE CROWD -- LOOKING AT CHANGES THINK OF THE TEXT BOOK. ALL ACADEMIC. NO LONGER ACADEMIC. >> THE INTO ELSE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WILL READ IN A TEXTBOOK. DESCRIBE THE ATMOSPHERE PARTICIPATED US AS IT IS CHANGE.ING. >> RIGHT NOW AS I AM LOOKING AROUND, THE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN FALLING THE LAST 20 TO 30 MINUTES AND LIGHT IS DIMMING AND DIMMING FASTER AND FASTER AND FASTER. ACCELERATING. THE CROWD IS DEFINITELY GETTING EXCITED. LOOKING AROUND THE GROUND TO SEE THE SHADOW SNAKES. I DON'T. REALLY EXCITING. >> WE ARE FEELING THAT COOLER WEATHER. CROWD BEHIND U.S. JUST ERUPTED. THEY FALL LITTLE BIT QUIETER TOO. A BEAT OF SILENCE AS WE GET INTO TOTALITY. I THINK WE ARE LESS THAN 15 SECONDS AWAY. LOOK OVER OUR SHOULDER WITH OUR SOLAR GLASSES STILL ON UNTIL WE ARE IN FOR TOTALITY. HERE WE GO. JUST A SLIVER OF THE SUN LEFT. GETTING CLOSE CROWD IS YOU GETTING EXCITED. >> THE CROWD AROUND US. COMPLETELY ELECTRIC. GOING -- GOING -- WOW. >> OH, MY GOODNESS HERE WE ARE. AND THE CROWD GOES WILD! WOW! >> BAILEY'S BEADS. >> ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. >> THAT IS SPECTACULAR. WE SEE PHOENIX OVER TOWARD THE SIDE THERE. >> AT THAT TIME TRICK, IT GAME AND WENT SO QUICKLY BUT WE SAW A DIAMOND RING AT THE BEGINNING. DESCRIBE TO US WHAT IS THAT. >> THAT DIAMOND RING EFFECT IS THE MOON NOT BEING PERFECTLY SMOOTH. MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS JUST LIKE HERE ON EARTH AND WE GET A SUNRISE AND SUNSET THROUGH THE VALLEY. WE HAVE WATCHED A SUN SET THROUGH A VALLEY ON THE MOON. >> ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. >> OH, MY. >> YOU SAID WE COULD SEE ONE PLANET. I SEE IS RIGHT THERE. CAN WE SEE ANY OTHERS? >> WE HAVE VENUS ON THE -- OVER TO ONE SIDE. JUPITER UP HERE. TO THE LEFT OF THE SUN. AND THERE IT IS THE CORONA. >> THIS IS ASH BE A BEAUTIFUL. >> THAT IS SPECTACULAR. >> YOU SAID THIS IS HAPPENING DURING WHAT WE ARE CALLING A SOLAR MAXIMUM. PATRICK, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE SUN IS STRONGER THAN NORMAL? >> NOT THAT MUCH STRONGER. MORE DYNAMIC. CHANGING A LOT. DURING SOLAR MAXIMUM, THE MAGNETIC FIELD ON THE SUN IS MORE CHAOTIC, MORE DISORGANIZED. SUE HE MORE RANDOM DIRECTIONS FOR THE JETS OF GAS LEAVING THE SUN. >> RIGHT. >> THAT IS SPECTACULAR. WE COULD SEE A -- >> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE REACHING THAT HALFWAY MARK ALREADY. TWO MINUTES INTO TOTALITY. >> THERE IS EVEN JUST A HINT OF A DIAMOND RING DOWN ON THE BOTTOM. >> I CAN SEE IT. LOOKING AT A DIAMOND RING FROM ARKANSAS, THE DIAMOND STATE. NOW PATRICK, OF COURSE, AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE HELIOPHYSICS BIG YEAR. YOU ARE A HELIOPHYSICS EXTRAORDINAIRE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. >> STARTED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR WITH THE ANNUAL ECLIPSE. AND, OF COURSE, WE TAKE A PAUSE HERE IN THE MIDDLE TO WATCH THIS PARTICULAR ECLIPSE. BUT THEN IT WILL END DECEMBER 24, 2024 WHEN PARKER SOLAR PROBE PASSES AS CLOSE AS IT EVER WILL GET TO THE SURFACE OF THE SUN, WITHIN NINE SOLAR RADII. >> THAT MEANS A LOT TO YOU BECAUSE YOU WORKED ON PARKER 20 YEARS AGO DURING ITS INTENTION. TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> I WORKED ON A CONCEPT STUDY AT PARKER SOLAR PROBE WHEN I WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT AROUND 2002 OR SO. BACK THEN, THE IDEA WAS FOR IT TO DIVE INTO THE SUN RATHER THAN OR BIT THE SUN. A SUN DIVE. >> WOW. THAT IS FABULOUS. A VERY FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR YOU, PAT INTEREST I CAN. >> BRILLIANT. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. THAT DIAMOND RING HAS BEEN PERSISTENT -- WAIT A MINUTE. THAT IS PINK. WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING IS IN THE CHROMOSPHERE INTO THE SUN. TEACHER THAN THE CORONA, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE OF THE PINKISH COLOR, THE CHROMOSHERE, THE NEXT LAYER OF THE SUN. >> WOW. >> WOW. OH MY GOD. >> LIKE NOTHING WE HAVE EVER SUBPOENA HERE IN ARKANSAS AND LIKE NOTHING WE WILL SEE FOR THE NEXT TWO DECADES, RIGHT, PATRICK? >> THAT'S RIGHT, 21 YEARS BEFORE WE SEE IT AGAIN HERE. 20 2045. >> ALL RIGHT, AS WE EXIT TOTALITY. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH OUR EYE IT IS NEEDED. WE WILL PUT THOSE SOLAR GLASSES BACK ON. CROWD ERUPTING. >> I AM ACTUALLY SEEING BATS FLOATING THROUGH THE AIR. >> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL BE VERY CAREFUL THEN. WHY IS THAT, PATRICK, NOCTURNAL ANIMALS ARE COMING OUT? >> AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED PRESIDENT NIGHTSTIME AND COMING OUT TO FEED ON THE MOSQUITOES WE HAVE BEEN SWATTING. >> CAREFUL FOR ALL THE NOCTURNAL CRITTERS AROUND US RIGHT NOW. >> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GETTING CLOSER AN GET -- GET CAN READY TO PUT THE GLASSES BACK ON. >> OH, MY! >> A SECOND DIAMOND RING FROM ARKANSAS. >> BEAUTIFUL. >> THE DIAMOND STATE. >> ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING. >>. >> BEAUTIFUL. >> PATRICK, ONE QUESTION I HAVE TO ASK YOU BEFORE YOU GO. TEAM SUN, MOON AND EARTH. >> TEAM SUN. TEAM SUN ALL DAY LONG. >> I FIGURED FROM A HELIOPHYSICIST EXPERT LIKE YOU, THANK THE CITY OF RUSSELLVILLE FOR HOSTING US, ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY AND YOUR TELESCOPE OPERATOR JILL MADDIS. NOW OVER TO JAMES AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. JAMES, OVER TO YOU. >> THANKS SO MUCH, JASMIN. YOU WERE RIGHT THERE IN RUSSELLVILLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT SHADOW HAS OFFICIALLY MOVED OFF AND ON OUR WAY TO THE NEXT TARGET WITH I IS UP HERE IN CARBONDALE. CARBONDALE IS ONE OF THESE LUCKY CITIES BECAUSE BACK IN 2017, THEY WERE RIGHT AT THAT INTERPRETER SECTION POINT OF THE 2017 -- INTERSECTION OF THE 2017 ECLIPSE IN AMERICA. THEY ARE BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR MUCH LONGER SLOT. IN 2017, TWO MINUTES 40 SECONDS. NOT AS MUCH AS THIS YEAR WHICH IS FOUR MINUTES AND 10 SECONDS IN THE TOTALLY ECLIPSED SON. A VERY GOOD VIEWING WINDOW TO REALLY TAKE IN THIS BIG MOMENT. EXCITING TO TRACK THAT FOR THEM AS WELL. AND ALSO DETAILS OF THAT TOOL MERE AS WELL. IF I CLICK ON TO THE ECLIPSE 1:59:15 LOCAL TIME. THIS ICON. SIM LATED OF THE DAY FROM FROM THE PARKER SOLAR PROBE WHAT WE EXPECT THE CORONA AROUND THE SON TO LOOK LIKE. AS YOU JUST HEARD, THE SUN IS A LOT MORE ACTIVE THIS TIME AROUND. LIKE A WILD HAIRBALL, IF YOU WILL, STREAMERS AND THINGS STREAKING OFF THE SUN. YOU ARE SEEING ALREADY IN OUR COVERAGE COOL ACTIVITY AROUND THAT SUN'S CORONA. IF YOU WERE REALLY LUCKY AND THE TIMING IS JUST RIGHT, YOU MIGHT GET A CORONA PROJECTION STREAKING OFF THE SUN. HOPING THAT SOMEONE GETS TO SEE THAT. IF YOU DO, SEND US THE PHOTO. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE PATH OF THE MOON. ALL PLAYS IN REALTIME. YOU CAN SEE IF I GO TO MY LIFE MOMENT THERE. THIS IS PLAYING FOR WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING IN REAL ESTATE. MOVEMENT OF THE MOON ACROSS THE SON. CARBONDALE HAD A LITTLE CRESCENT. THAT SHADOW WITH CLOSING -- CLOSE OFF THE 017 PATH AND ZOOM IN -- THEY ARE NEARING TOTALITY. THE WEATHER IS LOOKING GREAT. WE HAVE BEEN CHECKING IN WITH THEM. 20% CLOUD COVER. TIME OF TOTALITY AT 1:59:15. REALLY EXCITED AND KIND OF PANG, BANG A WHEEL FOR A LOT OF OUR SITES. MOVING ON TO INDIANAPOLIS ALL THE WAY TO OUR FINAL TARGET IN HOULTON, MAINE. A LOT COMING UP AND IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR PATH OF TOTALITY, HAVE YOUR GLASSES AT THE READY TO OBSERVE THAT PARTIAL ECLIPSE. THIS WILL BE GOING ON FOR A WHILE. FOR NOW, LOOK AT CARBONDAME AND UP CLOSE HOW IT IS LOOKING. HOW IS IT LOOKING OVER THERE IN CARBONDALE? >> COUPLE MORE MINUTES. >> WELL, THE CROWDS ARE GOING NUTS HERE IN CARBONDALE. BOB BEHR IS WITH US. BOB, IT IS AMAZING. AFRAID TO LOOK UP. I KNOW IT IS QUITE NOT READY YET. BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FOR THE ECLIPSE TODAY, GOOD WEATHER? >> GOOD WEATHER. WE HAVE HIGH CLOUDS. TOTALITY WILL LOOK A LITTLE FUZZY TO US, LITTLE HAZY .WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY FROM SEEING THE DIAMOND. >> OH, I THOUGHT WE SAW IT. >> ABOUT ONE MINUTE. >> ONE MINUTE AWAY. TODAY WE ARE HAVING LONGER TOTALITY. >> YEAH. >> ARE YOU FEELING THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE. BECAUSE I AM ALREADY FEELING A TEMPERATURE DROP. >> I FELT THE TEMPERATURE DROP BEING 20 MINUTES AGO EVEN. AND THE WIND PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT. AND I THINK -- YEAH, FOUR MINUTES AND NINE SECONDS. IT WILL CONTINUE TO GET COOLER. WE HAVE A LOT TO LOOK AT IN THE SKY. >> I AM VERY EXCITED. LOOKING UP AS I CAN. >> IT IS SO CLOSE. >> IT IS GETTING VERY DARK RIGHT NOW. VERY DARK. YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOW GOING ACROSS. >>. >> THIS IS THE TART OF IT. DARK OVER HERE AND LIGHT OVER HERE. THE SHADOW IS COMING. >> CROWDS ARE GOING NUTS. WE ARE ABOUT TO GET WORD THAT WE ARE IN TOTALITY -- OH, YOU ARE SEE THE PLANETS. THE CROWD IS GOING NUTS. IT IS CRAZY! BOB, THIS IS AMAZING. >> THERE WE GO. >> DON'T LOOK AT THE SUN YET. NOT QUITE TOTALITY, BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME OF THE PLANETS RIGHT AWAY. >> VERY CLOSE. 15 MINUTES. SHAD DEE BAN. >> TOTAL DARKNESS HERE. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. OH, WOW. THERE IT IS. DIAMOND RING. >> DIAMOND RING. >> ITS AMAZING! [CHEERING] >> LOOK AT THAT! OH -- BOB, THAT IS -- THAT IS AMAZING. >> WOW. JUPITER. >> COMPLETE TOTALITY. I HAVE SEEN JUPITER. >> OH, MY GOSH. THAT GORGEOUS! >> WOW, THIS IS AMAZING, BOB. >> WOW. THAT IS HUGE. SO WE HAVE SOME PROMINENCES. I THINK WE WANT TO GO LOOK THROUGH THE SCOPE. >> LOOK THROUGH THE SCOPE. IMWALK OVER WITH YOU AS YOU TALK THROUGH THE SCOPE. WE ARE RIGHT HERE AT ONE OF THE TELESCOPES WE HAVE POSITIONED HERE. BOB IS LOOKING THROUGH WITH THE NAKED EYE. >> SO YOU HAVE PROMINENCES. >> FEEDBACK ON THAT -- MAYBE SOME PROMINENCES WE ARE SEEING. >> WE HAVE PROMINENCES ALL AROUND IT. >> AMAZING HOW DARK IT IS COMPARED TO 2017. MUCH DARKER. A LOT MORE ASTRONOMICAL FEATURES. WE HAVE SEEN JUPITER. AND I BELIEVE -- WHAT PLANET IS THAT, BOB. >> VENUS TO THE RIGHT. I CAN'T QUITE SEE MERCURY. I THINK IT IS OBSCURED BY THOSE LIGHT CLOUDS OUT THERE. 360-DEGREE SUNSET AROUND US. >> THIS IS AMAZING. >> GOING TO GET DARKER. >> GOING TO GET DARKER. WE ARE NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHADOW QUITE YET. DO YOU SEE IT? >> YEAH, TIMER HAS STARTED. >> 2:46 TO GO. >> YEAH. >> SORE WITH GETTING LIVE DATA FROM THE TEAM THERE. I TELL YOU, IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, BOB -- MY GOSH, IT IS GETTING BETTER. >> SEE THAT PROMINENCE AT THE BOTTOM OF IT. >> AT THE BOTTOM. I SEE IT. >> WOW. I KEEP LOOKING FOR MERCURY. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE THE CLARITY. SO MUCH DARKER THAN 2017. >> WHAT IS AWESOME, TELESCOPES. DATA STREAMING THIS. >> A BIG PARTISAN PART OF THIS. NOT JUST CAPTURING IMAGE TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE WATCHING THE SHOW. YOU ARE ACTUALLY CAPTURING SCIENTIFIC DATA THAT CAN BE CAPTURED EVERYWHERE. >> WE ARE AND WE HAVE SEEN TOTALITY ACROSS AMERICA. MAZATLAN. AND EXPERIENCING IT TO OURSELVES. AND EXPERIENCE IT ON THE JUMBOTRON FROM THE OTHER GOV SITES. >> LIKE THE AMAZING ECLIPSE TRAIN THAT YOU CAN RIDE ON. >> THIS IS BETTER THAN 2017. NO CLOUD. >> WITHOUT A DOUBT. WHAT IT INTERESTING, THE CROWD IS KWAI YETTING DOWN. THEY SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING THE MOMENT. TAKING IT ALL IN. A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT HERE -- >> SO WE MUST BE CLOSE TO THE CENTER -- WHERE ARE WE AT, TWO MINUTES -- ONE MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS. THE CORONA IS LOOKING BRIGHTER BECAUSE OUR EYES ARE ADJUSTING NOW? >> AMAZING, BOB. HOW MUCH CORONA YOU SEE. >> VISUALLY -- THERE GAS BAT OVER THE CROWD. >> WE SEE THE ANIMALS BEING ACTIVE. >> WE FOUND A LUNA MOTH AS WELL. THAT CORONA IS FOUR DIMES THE DIAMETER OF THE SUN. >> THAT IS MASSIVE. >> ONE MINUTE? OKAY. >> I AM CURIOUS OF THE PROMINENCE AT THE BOTTOM. >> HAVE YOU LOOKED, BLAIR? YOU HAVE TO LOOK. TAKE A LOOK. SO BLAIR IS LOOK CAN THROUGH THE SCOPE NOW. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. THAT ONE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM IS SIGNIFICANT, BOB. LOOK LIKE A CORONA MASS INJECTION, BUT DON'T FACT CHECK ON ME ON THAT BECAUSE I AM A NOVICE. TWO ON THE BOTTOM -- THERE ARE TWO -- BE. >> 30 SECONDS. >> 30 SECONDS. >> 30 SECONDS LEFT OF TOTALITY. >> JUMP IN THERE. TAKE A LOOK. IT'S GREAT. >> IT IS CLOSE. >> WE HAVE TELESCOPES OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT. >> YOU CAN SEE MORE CORONA. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SEEING ON TELEVISION, BUT -- >> TEN SECONDS, WE GOT TO CUT IT OFF. >> TEN SECONDS BEFORE. WE NEED TO PUT OUR GLASSES BACK ON. SORRY, YOU ARE GOOD. YOU ARE GOOD. >> WE PUT THE CAP BACK ON THE TELESCOPE TO MAKE SURE NOBODY LOOKS. >> WHAT AN AMAZING EVENT, BOB. >> THERE IS THE DIAMOND RING. SECOND ONE. OH, SNAP. THAT IS AMAZING. JUST LIKE IT WAS ASK HE HAD ULD. >> SOMEBODY FOR THE TIMING RIGHT HERE. >> AMAZING. >> WE WILL SEE SHADOW BANDS AGAIN HERE. [CHEERING] >> YOU HEAR THE CROWD! EVERYBODY IS EXCITED! >>. >> IT'S AWESOME! >> HERE WE GO. AMAZING MOMENT OH, MY GOSH. >> WITH BOB BEHR AND 10,000 FANS LOVING EVERY PART OF IT. BOB, FINAL WORD. >> WELL, I THINK WE JUST HAD AN EAGLE FLY OVER. BUT INCREDIBLE. >> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID. WE SAW ANIMAL REACTION. WE HEARD IT. FELT IT. >> WONDERFUL. KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR SHADOW BANDS. WE WILL SEE IT AGAIN IN ONE MINUTE AT THE GROUND. >> WE WILL KEEP LOOKING FOR THE SHADOW BANDS ON THE GROUND, BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU GUYS BACK AT THE STUDIO. I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN ECLIPSES ALREADY. STILL SOME TO COME. AN AMAZING MOMENT. BACK TO YOU GUYS. GOOD WEATHER ALL THE WAY TO THE EN END. >> THANK YOU, BLAIR. WE ARE IN INDIANAPOLIS ALMOST AT TOTALITY. NIKKI, THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR FLIGHT FOR THE HELIO DIVISION AND OUTREACH COMMUNICATION NEED FOR THE NASA HELIOPHYSICS LOCATION. YOU GUYS, LET'S GET OUR GLASSES ON. YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD START TO ROAR AS EVERYONE GETS ON THEIR GLASSES. WE ARE SO, SO CLOSE. LADIES, WHAT ARE WE SEEING RIGHT IS NOW? >> I MEAN JUST THE AMBIENCE OF THIS MOMENT. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. WE ARE SEEING A VERY SMALL CRESCENT, BUT THE LIGHT ALL AROUND US, IT IS SO DUSKY AND ODD. >> I AM FEELING A TEMPERATURE DROP ALREADY. IT IS FEELING COOLER. THE CROWD IS ISN'T THAT RIGHTING TO TO GO WILD. HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO! ALL RIGHT! >> WE ARE SO CLOSE. >> THE BEST SOUNDTRACK THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN ASK FOR IN THE BACKGROUND. >> ABSOLUTELY. OH, WE ARE SO CLOSE. >> JUST A LITTLE BIT LEFT. YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD. HERE WE GO. >> HERE WE GO. ALMOST. ALMOST. >> WE ARE SO, SO CLOSE! >> THERE IS THE BRIGHT DIAMOND RING. >> TOTALITY. >> OH, MY GOSH. I CAN ACTUALLY VISUALIZE THE CORONA. I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE THAT. WOW, FANTASTIC. >> OH, MY GOD, GORGEOUS. >> THAT IS INCREDIBLE SIGHT. >> AMAZE AND DARK. >> LOOK HOW DARK IT IS. OH, MY GOSH. YOU COULD REALLY SEE THOSE STREAMERS COMING OUT RIGHT OUT IN. I AM SEEING BRIGHT LIGHTS AROUND WHERE WE SEE IT CRATERING AND SEEING THE STREAMERS COMING OUT OF THE CORONA. SEEING BAILEY'S BEADS. >> WE ARE SEEING BAILEY'S BEADS. THE BRIGHT LIGHT WHERE THE SUNLIGHT. >> SHINING THROUGH CRATERS OF THE MOON, MOUNTAINS AND CRATERS. THE STREAMERS OF THE CORONA. PUT ON A SHOW. >> IT IS DARK. HOLY MO MOLY. IT IS DARK. >> I HAVE GOT TO TAKE A PEEK. >> LOOK AT THE CROWD ABSOLUTELY GOING WILD. SAFE TO LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE WITHOUT YOUR GLASSES. FOLKS, FOUR MINUTES. FOUR MINUTES TO ENJOY THIS. AND IF IN YOU OPINION AN OPEN FIELD RIGHT NOW, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SEE A SUNSET, 365-DEGREE SUNSET ALL AROUND US. I CAN SEE THAT A LITTBIT NOW. >> THIS IS MY FIRST TOTAL ECLIPSE. >> MY FIRST TO SEE IT. TOTALITY. A BUCKET LIST MOMENT. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. REALLY A ONCE IN A LIFETIME UNLESS YOU ARE AN CLIMATE CHANGE CHASER. I AM CONSIDERING IT. >> I MY BECOME ONE AFTER THIS. >> I QUIT MY JOB. >> WOW, FANTASTIC WE HAVE SPENT SO LONG WITH THAT CORONA AND SEEING IT WHY YOUR OWN E EYES JT GORGEOUS. I AM IN AWE OF BEING THIS PERSON ON THIS ROCK MOVING AROUND THE SUN. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT RIGHT NOW. >> TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH 50,000, 60,000 PEOPLE ALL LOOKING UP AT THE MOON AND THE SUN ALL AT ONCE. JUST AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. FOR ALL THE FOLKS HERE IN INDY AND ALL THE FOLKS WATCHING, I HOPE YOU CAN TAKE THE AMAZING ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT FROM THIS CROWD. WHAT A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES. >> DO YOU HEAR THAT. >> THERE YOU GO. THE CROWDS. WOW. >> I THINK WE ARE SEEING -- YEP, THOSE BEAUTIFUL PROMINENCES. >> THE CORONA IS PUTTING ON QUITE A SHOW. FULL ATTENTION. ALL I CAN WATCH. >> HOLY COW. >> WE HAVE GOT SOME VERY APPROPRIATE MUSIC GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND HERE. >> YES. >> THE BEST VERSION OF GETTING MOONED THAT I EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE. >>[LAUGHTER] DON'T STRAIN YOUR EYES. [LAUGHTER] OH, WOW. I AM JUST IN AWE. JUST AREN'T THE RIGHT WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS. >> I AM NOTICING IT FEELS SO STRANGE FOR ME RIGHT NOW. I SEE THE HAIR ON MY ARMS STANDING UP. I FEEL LIKE IT IS NIGHTTIME AND WHAT AM I DOING IT WAS DAYTIME. >> WE ARE STARTING TO GET SOME NIGHTTIME INSECTS COMING OUT. STARTING TO C-BUGS. >> SEEING BUGS. HARD TO HEAR THEM OVER THE CROWD, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY SEE THEM CRYING. >> THE ANIMALS ARE A LITTLE CONFUSED. NIKKI, WHILE I HAVE YOU, A LOT OF PROGRAMS IN NASA LOOKING AT THE SUN, NO ECLIPSE GLASSES PROVIDED. AND TELL US WHAT NASA WILL BE SENDING TO THE SUN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. >> SO EXCITED IN THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF SOLAR MAX. >> THE DIAMOND RING. TAKE A LOOK! TAKE A LOOK! PUNT YOUR GLASSES BACK ON. BE SAFE. THAT IS THE DIAMOND RING, FOLKS. WOW, SPECTACULAR. OH, MY GOSH. YOU CAN SEE FIREWORKS IN THE DISTANCE. OH, MY GOSH. THE LIGHT IS ALREADY STARTING TO CHANGE. >> REALLY IS. >> WOW. >> AND THE CROWDS ARE LOVING IT MY GOSH. >> WHAT A MOMENT I LOVE THE FIREWORKS. INDIANAPOLIS IS PULLING OUT ALL OF THE STOPS AND I LOVE THEM FOR IT. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR OUR TWO TELESCOPE OPERATORS, JOHN AND DANA, THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING TELESCOPE VIEWS FROM BALL STATE UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, FOR JOHN AND DANA. LIKE SOMEBODY FLIPPED THE LIGHTS BACK ON. >> I KNOW. >> I CAN FEEL IT WARMING UP ALRE ALREADY. >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE MOMENT FOR THE HELIO, LADIES, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. FANTASTIC. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> SO EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TO SEE THIS INCREDIBLE SIGHT. >> ABSOLUTELY. MEGAN AND SARAH, BACK TO YOU. >> SO FUN TO EXPERIENCE AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR US TO DO IT NOW. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DRONE SHOT WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT DEFINITELY GOT NOTICEABLY DARKER. WE FEEL IT HERE. IT IS COLDER. THE CROWD IS CHEERING NOW. THEY ARE READY FOR TOTALITY HERE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. WE ARE ABOUT THREE -- LESS THAN THREE MINUTES AWAY, TWO MINUTES AND 18 SECONDS AWAY FROM TOTALITY HERE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. THE CROWD OVER HERE TO OUR RIGHT GOING CRAZY. FEELING THE EXCITEMENT READY FOR THIS. HOW ARE YOU? >> SUPER COOL. ALL OF A SUDDEN GETTING TO DARK AND YOU FEEL IT LIKE IT DIMMED OUT, IT IS LIKE NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF SECONDS. LET'S LACK AROUND. NOT THE ONLY ONE ENJOYING THE TOTAL ECLIPSE TODAY. WE HAVE WATCH AND ECLIPSE VIEWING EVENTS WE HAVE SEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE. >> WOW, OH MY GOSH! TIMES THIS SQUARE. THE NASDAQ. AND THEY ARE TAKING OUR FEED LIVE AND WE ARE SEEING CLEVELAND OHIO'S SUN. >> ONLY A PARTIAL ECLIPSE BUT THEY GET TO WATCH OUR ECLIPSE. >> SLIVER OF CRESCENT JUST LEFT. PERFECT ON THAT BUILDING, THE SHAPE OF THAT BUILDING. PEOPLE IN THE FOREGROUND TAKING A LOOK. HARD TO STOP IN TIMES SQUARE, BUT THEY ARE STOPPING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WITH US. >> BEAUTIFUL. OH, AWESOME. PRO DRESS SIEVE FIELD IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. GUARD IANS HAVE THEIR OPENING DAY AND FIRST PITCH IS AFTER 5:00. YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE OPENED UP THE STADIUM AND PEOPLE ARE IN THERE TO ENJOY. >> BIG CROWD TO WATCH THAT. >> OH, MY GOSH. IT JUST GOT DARKER HERE. SO INTERESTING. AND THE AMPHITHEATRE AGAIN. THE FIELD STARTING TO FILL. AND EVERYBODY IS LOOKING UP AT THE SKY FOR THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SEE TODAY'S SOLAR ECLIPSE. THIS IS US BACK HERE IN CLEVELAND. EVERYBODY LOOKING UP AT THE SKY. WE HAVE 30 SECONDS. 30 SECONDS UNTIL TOTALITY HERE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. OH, MY GOD! I HAVE GOOSE BUMPS EVERYWHERE! EVERYONE IS STARTING TO CHEER! [CHEERING] >> I KIND OF FEEL LIKE CRYING. THIS IS SO COOL. IT IS GETTING SO DARK, SO FAST. >> LOOKS LIKE NIGHT JUST DESCENDED ON US. >> LOOK AT THE CRESCENT, SLOWLY DISTRICT APPEARING, CELL PHONES, CAMERAS UP. FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE! AND TOTALITY. TOTALITY, EVERYONE. >> OH, MY GOD. OH, WOW. OH, MY GOD. >> I AM SO NERVOUS. I WASN'T SURE BECAUSE WE HAD HIGH CLOUDS. MY GOODNESS, YOU CAN SEE THAT CORONA EXTENDING OUT. OH, WOW. >> THE CLOUDS, REALLY BOTHERING ME. >> VERY CLOUDY HERE IN THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF BUT WE HAVE A GREAT VIEW HERE. >> BEAUTIFUL. >> HERE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. >> WOW, LOOK AT THE CORONA! >> HEAR THE CROWDS. EVERYONE HAS THEIR PHONES OUT. >> OH, MY GOSH. >> WOW. I SAW PICTURES OF WHAT THE SHAPE OF THE CORONA MAY LOOK LIKE. IT LOOKS EXACTLY HOW THEY PREDICTED. >> YOU CAN SEE JUPITER AND VENUS. JUPITER IS TO THE UPPER LEFT OF THE ECLIPSE WE ARE WATCHING AND TO THE RIGHT OF IT, VENUS. >> I SEE THOSE PI PINK PERTUBERANCES IF ALL AROUND US YOU SEE LIGHT, BUT THE TOP WHERE WE ARE. >> INDIANAPOLIS DESCRIBED THAT AS WELL. WE HAVE TOTALING FOR THREE MINUTES 507BD SIKDZ. >> SUCH A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME. 2017, WE HOME TWO MINUTES. >> WHY IS THAT? WHY DOES THE LENGTH OF TOTALITY DIFFER? >> THE MOON IS CLOSER OR FURTHER AWAY. ITS OR BIT IS ELLIPTICAL. WHEN IT IS AWAY, CLOSER IN FURTHER AWAY. BUT CLOSER, YOU SEE IT. >> ON THE BO THE TOMORROW. >> BRIGHT PINK. >> INSANE THAT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THERE -- FROM HERE. >> YES. >> JUST LIKE THE POWER OF OUR SUN. I AM TRULY IN AWE RIGHT NOW AND COLD. I AM IN AWE AND COLD. >> IT DID DROP. TEN DEGREES. >> IT IS COLDER. YES, LOOKING AROUND TO THE CROWD. A LOT OF PEOPLE VIDEOTAPING IT. TRYING TO TAKE PHOTOS. >> THE LOVELY BACKDROP OF THE CLEVELAND SKYLINE. >> THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. WE HAVE THE STADIUM RIGHT NEXT TO US. MY GOSH. AND, AGAIN, THANKING THE GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER AND NASA FOR HOSTING THE EVENT IN DOWNTOWN, CLEVELAND, OHIO. >> GREAT TO JOIN HUMANITY AND ALL COME TOGETHER AT ONCE. >> HERE IS A SHOT OF THE SCREEN. THE SKYLINE. WOW! THE SKY LOOKS ON FIRE! BEAUTIFUL. A LOT OF EXCITEMENT STILL HERE IN THE CROWD SARAH IS TAKING IT ALL IN. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE COMMENT TATING. >> IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL! >> YOU CAN TELL WE HAVE SOME CLOUD COVER. KIND OF HAZY HERE, BUT STILL -- >> HIGH CLOUDS. I WAS WORRIED BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE. WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD VIEW HERE. >> WOW. >> AND, AGAIN, THIS IS SO RARE FOR PEOPLE IN CLEVELAND TO SEE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. LAST TIME IN WAS 1806. THE LAST TIME, 2024. >> HOPE EVERYBODY TOOK THE TIME COME OUTSIDE AND WITNESS THIS. >> YOU CAN SILL SEE THE PROMINENCE. TALK WHAT A PROMINENCE IS. >> THE PINK COLOR COMES FROM THE PREMIUM IN THE OUTER ATMOSPHERE OF THE SUN THERE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. >> GIVES OFF THAT PINK GLOW. WOW. TOTALITY ENDING HERE. WHOA, THERE ARE IS THE DIAMOND RING. OH! WHOO! >> TIME TO GET OUR GLASSES BACK OUT. >> TIME TO PUT YOUR GLASSES BACK ON, EVERYONE. THAT IS IT YOUR CUE. GLASSES BACK ON. >> DIAMOND RING. BEAUTIFUL. >> WOW! WHAT AN EXPERIENCE. MY FIRST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. SEE HOW THEY THINK OF THIS IN NIAGRA WITH DARYL. >> OVER THE ENTIRE AREA, YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD ERUPTING AT VARIOUS MOMENTS WHEN THE ECLIPSE HAS BEEN SEEN. WE ARE UNDER CLOUDY CONDITIONS. AND THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE HELIOPHYSICS DIVISION. DAVID, CHALLENGING SITUATION TO SEE THIS ECLIPSE. WE HAVE SEEN GLIMPSES. >> WE ARE SEEING GLIMPSES. SPENDING THE TIME STARING AT THE SKY AND HOPING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A GLIMPSE OF TOTALITY. RIGHT NOW THE SKY IS COMPLETELY GONE DARK. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE LIGHTS BASICALLY. EVERYBODY'S CAMERA AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALL MAKING IT LIGHTER. SO SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AFTER THE LAST SEVERAL MINUTES. >> IT'S LIKE -- FASCINATING TO SEE IT GO NIGHT LIKE THIS. WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY SEEING TOTALITY AND SEEING IT CLEAR. NOT THE EXPERIENCE WE ARE HAVING HERE. SO CLOUDY THAT THE TELESCOPE OPERATOR JESSICA, WHO IS WORKING VERY HARD TO GET A LOCK ON IT, HORSE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT TELESCOPE FEED DIALED IN BECAUSE HAS TO HAVE VIEW OF THE SUN. WE DON'T HAVE A FEED FOR FROM YOU NIAGRA. WHAT WE HAVE IS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU WILL HEAR PART OF THE PROUD -- ONLY PART OF THE CROWD WILL CHEER. THEY HAVE AN ANGLE THROUGH THE CLOUDS TO SEE JUST A LITTLE BIT. >> THE CLOUDS HAVE ONLY REALLY CLEARED OUT ENOUGH OCCASIONALLY TO EVEN USE ECLIPSE GLASSES. TO THE MOST PART, A THICK ENOUGH LAYER OF CLOUDS TO SEE THE ECLIPSE WITHOUT THEM. JUST FINE. ABLE TO TAKE REGULAR PICTURES FROM OUR CAMERAS. >> LET'S TAKING A LOOK AND ENJOY THE MOMENT OF -- OF DARKNESS THAT WE ARE IN NOW. SUPREME COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> YOU CAN SEE SOME -- IT IS STARTING -- LOOKS LIKE IT IS A LITTLE LIGHTER UP THERE. OUR SPOTLIGHTS -- SPOTLIGHTS ARE MINDING THESE GUYS. >> CAN WE TURN THEM DOWN. >> LITTLE BIT OF THE ECLIPSE RIGHT THERE WITH THE -- WITH PEOPLE WATCHING. SO WE ARE JUST -- WE ARE JUST CATCHING LITTLE GLIMPSES OF THINGS AS WE LOOK UP INTO THE SKY. SO THIS MAY NOT BE AS EXCITING TO COME, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE GET. HOPING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A GLIMPSE. >> THREE MINUTES AND 29 SECONDS. WE ARE ALREADY A MINUTE OR SO IN. >> RIGHT. WE HEARD THERE WILL BE SKYDIVERS THAT WILL JUMP OUT. PROBABLY HARD TO SEE THEM. >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL GET TO SEE THE SKYDIVERS. CAN'T SEE ANY OF THE NIAGRA REALLY. BASICALLY ALL -- AS IT MOVES TO NIGHT HERE. >> YOU CAN START TO SEE THE NIGHT COME IN FROM THE OTHER SIDE. >> WE ARE TAKING NOW A VIEW OF TUPPER LAKE, NEW YORK. THERE IT GOES. TOTALITY RIGHT THERE. GETTING TOTALITY RIGHT NOW. THAT WE CAN SEE IT. THERE IT IS. NICE CLEAR SPOT RIGHT THERE. >> WOW! >> A LITTLE BIT OF HOLE THROUGH THE CLOUDS SO EVERYBODY COULD SEE. JUST OPENED UP. AND NOW -- THAT WAS THE ROAR FROM THE CROWD THAT YOU JUST HEARD. AND JUST AS SOON AS IT SHOWED -- >> WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THE TOTALITY THAT WE ARE GETTING RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT DOWN ON THE SIDE AS THIS -- AS THIS IS SHINING THROUGH. DUCK DOWN. >> YES. >> JESSICA -- >> A VIEW -- ANOTHER LITTLE VIEW HERE. STARTING TO PEEK OUT AROUND. >> THERE IT IS. >> STARTING TO PEEK OUT AROUND. RIGHT THERE. YEP. TOTALITY IS COMPLETE. >> YEP. >> WELL, THAT WAS A FUN EXPERIENCE TO BE WATCH AND HOPE JUST LIKE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND HERE HOPING FOR A VIEW. >> THAT WAS AN UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. TURN THE LIGHTS UP. AND SUDDENLY NIGHT IS TURNING INTO LIGHT AND DAY. >> YEP. WE ARE GETTING -- WE ARE GETTING SOME LIGHT AGAIN -- ALTHOUGH THAT IS A LOT OF LIGHT. >> I AM WORRIED FOR A SECOND WE WEREN'T GOING TO GET ANY. DAVID, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS EXPERIENCE. I WAS REALLY WORRIED WE WEREN'T GOING TO SEE SOMETHING. FORTUNATELY FOR US HERE IN NIAGRA. WE GOT TO SEE SOME BIT OF A ECLIPSE. AND THEY ARE CHEERING NOW. AS WE LOOK AROUND THE FALLS. PEOPLE HAVE NOT MOVED. THEY ARE STILL LOOKING UP, ENJOYING THE PARTIAL ECLIPSE NOW. WE ARE GOING TO BRING IN JEREMY HANSON. EHE IS CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY ASTRONAUT WHO HAS BEEN AT THE FALLS WITH US THE PAST FEW DAYS. JEREMY, YOU ARE GOING TO BE ON ARTEMIS 2, THE MISSION. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. >> I WILL BE LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER HERE, DARYL. >> PUT ON YOUR GLASSES. >> WE ARE STILL PRETTY SAFE. A LOT OF CLOUD COVER. THAT WAS ACTUALLY EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS. >> WHEN THE EXPECTATIONS START OFF WITH CLOUDS ANY. WHERE. I DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD GET ANYTHING. HOW DID YOU IT FEEL WHEN IT POKED THROUGH. >> SUCCESS. WE ALL WANTED TO SEE IN TOTALITY AND THE HIGH. HAVE ALREADY SAW YOU IT IN FIVE SPEECONDS. WE SAW THE CORONA. PASSED TOTALITY, AMAZING DOCTOR HOPEFULLY THE CAMERA CAPTURED. LIKE AN AMAZING SUNRISE COMING ACROSS THE CLOUDS. @P . THE CLOUDS MADE THE NICE BACKDROP. >> VERY UNIQUE AND VERY SPECIAL. SO GLAD AND A LITTLE RELIEVED WE GOT TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF IT. THE MOON PASSING IN FRONT OF THE SUN. YOU ARE GOING AROUND THE MOON IN SEPTEMBER 2025 CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR THAT. THE FIRST CANADIAN TO DO SO. YOU JUST SAW A REAL SPECIAL MOMENT THAT IS ANOTHER ONE. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS OF GETTING READY TO TAKE THAT BIG TRIP? >> YOU CAN IMAGINE I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS FOR ART THIS 2. WHAT REED, CHRISTINA, VICTOR AND IT I ARE GETTING READY TO UNDERTAKE. IF WE HAVE TO BOIL IT DOWN, A LOT COMES TO PRIDE. REALLY PROUD OF HUMAN DEEP FOR TAKING ON THESE BIG CHALLENGES AND PROUD OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AN CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE OTHER COUNTIES CAN EXPRESS OUR GENIUS, BRING REAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROGRAM AND NOW CANADA THE SECOND COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO SEND HUMAN IN DEEP SPACE. HAS NOTHING DO WITH ME, BUT THE GENIUS THAT THE WORLD IS SHARING. I LOVE THAT. >> AMAZING. I WANT TO MENTION FULL TOTALITY IN TUPPER LAKE, NEW YORK. NOT FAR FROM HERE AND NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK, WE ARE NEAR WESTERN NEW YORK, WHERE LIGHT IS CONTINUING TO SHINE AND BRIGHTER. IT IS SPECIAL AND WE FELT THAT IN THE FOUR DAYS YOU WERE HERE INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC. IS THAT YOUR SENSE? >> JUST A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THIS CELESTIAL EVENT THAT IS HAPPENING AND AROUND SPACE EXPLORATION IN GENERAL WHICH IS REALLY UPLIFTING. SPACE EXPLORATION DOESN'T SOLVES EVERY PROBLEM BUT IT IS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF EXPLORATION. SPACE PLAY AS ROLE. I LOVE OUR YOUTH GETTING FIRED UP. HOW CAN I WORK AT FAST? HOW CAN I WORK AT THE CANADIAN AGENCY? WE ARE ON THE U.S. SIDE, I HAD CANADIAN HAS IN CAME UP TO ME. SOMETHING THAT BRINGS US FORGET. SPIRIT OF HUMANITY. LIKE THIS EXPERIENCE. IT FEELS LIKE -- HUMANITY. WE ARE OUT HERE AS HUMANS. SPECIAL. >> SHARING IT TOGETHER WAS REALLY NAEPT. THAT COMMUNAL PART. I FEEL 'BOND. YOU AS WELL. APPRECIATE SEEING YOU AND HAVING DINNER THE PAST FEW NIGHTS HAVING TO WORK OUT. GREAT WORDS AND WE ARE BE ROOTING YOU ON FOR YOUR MISSION COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. GOOD LUCK. BE SAFE. ROOTING YOU AND YOUR CREW ON. >> WE WILL TAKE IT. APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T KNOW UP IF SAW WHEN YOU WERE ON CAMERA AN BUSY. BIRDS WENT NUTS IN TOTALITY. OUT OF THE WOODWORK. BIRDS FILLING THE SKY. COOL TO E. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME 'PLEASURE. >> FILL THAT OUT IN YOUR CITIZENS SCIENCE JOURNAL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO NEW YORK STATE PARKS, NIAGRA SPECIFICALLY. WE COULDN'T DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THROW IT NOW KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WITH JAMES ITTRALEY IS TRACKING TOTALITY AT TUPPER LAKE. JAMES. >> THAT IS RIGHT. WE ARE STILL IN TOTALITY IN TUPPER LAKE. NEARING THE END OF OUR CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS AMERICA. HOULTON, MAINE IS ALMOST OFF, THE SPEED OF THE ECLIPSE SHADOW. GROUND SPEED 200 MILES PER HOUR. A FAST CLIP. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FLEETING MOMENTS. IF YOU ARE NOT IN THAT PATH OF TOTALITY. HOPEFULLY YOU DIDN'T MISS IT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING IT ALL DAY. IF DID MISS IT, ZOOM IN WHAT TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE FUTURE. THE ECLIPSE PATH IN 2025. W WE ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH PARTS OF MONTANA SAND NORTH DAR COTA IN 2024. 2025, BIG ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA. IT WILL COME -- I DIDN'T DRAW HERE. HERE WE GO. CALIFORNIA INTO PARTS OF FLORIDA TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE FLEETING MOMENTS TO OBSERVE THIS MOMENT. CLICK ON BURLINGTON WHO IS IN THAT PATH OF TOTALITY EXPERIENCING THAT TOO A TUPPER LAKE EXPERIENCING THE LAST FLEETING MOMENT. OFFICIALLY MOVED OFF TUPPER LAKE. REALLY A FANTASTIC SHOT THEY HAVE NOW. THAT DIAMOND RING EFFECT. THAT BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE. THIS, AGAIN, IS SUCH A QUICK MOMENT AND DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. A ONCE IN A LIFETIME MOMENT. TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THIS. HOW CLOSE TO HOULTON MAINE. IT WILL CONTINUE ON INTO PARTS OF CANADA AND BEYOND. HOULTON, MAINE HAD SOME SNOW THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. HOPE TAG CLEARS OUT. THEY ARE EXPECTING A DURATION OF THREE MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS TO OBSERVE THAT TOTALITY AT 3:32 LOCAL TIME. EXCITED TO SEE THAT VIEW. THAT SHADOW CREEPING SO QUICKLY UP TO THEM UP THERE. CHECK IN A ANGELIQUE UP THERE IN HAD-- HOUTON, MAINE, HOW IT LOOKING ANGELIQUE? >> IT IS A AWESOME HERE. FEW MINUTES AWAY FROM TOTALITY. YOU CAN HEAR IT ANNOUNCING IT IN THE BACK. PEOPLE ARE GETTING EXCITED AS AM I. DR. ERIC SMITH FOR THE WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE. GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> GLAD TO BE HERE, ANGELIQUE. VERY EXCITING. >> YOUR FIRST ECLIPSE? >> THE FIRST TOTALITY I AM GOING TO SEE. I AM SUPER PSYCHED AND DELIGHTED TO BE NEAR MAINE TO EXPERIENCE IT. >> WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN KIND OF WATCHING AS IT GETS CLOSER. AND WE ARE STARTING TO FEEL IT GET COOLER SEEING THE SHADOWS CHANGE. >>THE LIGHT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHEN THE SUN SETS AND SHADOWS ARE DIFFUSE. YOUR BRAIN TELLS YOU SOMETHING DIFFERENT IS HAPPENING. >> SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY UP. SPEAKING OF UP -- [ LAUGHTER ] -- THAT IS WHERE THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE IS. IS INTERESTING OF THE TELESCOPE. CAN'T LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN LIKE WE CAN. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE WHY THAT IS? >> SURE, WE DESIGNED WEBB TO LOOK FOR DISTANT THINGS IN T UNIVERSE. THE SUN IS BRIGHT. WE NEED MAKE SURE IT NEVER LOOKS AT THE SUN. SOLAR POWER TO POWER THE SPACECRAFT BUT IT CAN'T LOOK AT THE SUN. >> BE. >> STARTS TO MAKE SENSE. CLOSER TO THE PHENOMENON. BAILEY'S BEADS AND PUT ON GLASSES. WOW. >> LITTLE STEINY -- >> JUST A LIL BIT LEFT. THAT IS CHRISTIAN HE HADABLE. WOW. SO ERIC, I HAVE A LITTLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. ANOTHER THING THAT I AM WONDERING ABOUT, HOW WE CAN USE ECLIPSES TO STUDY EXO PLAN NETS. PLAN NETS OUTSIDE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM USING THE TRANSIT METHOD, SISTER THAT WHAT IS CALLED YOU? >> RIGHT NOW DURING THE ECLIPSE, THEY ARE -- [CHEERING] >> PEOPLE ARE GET CAN EXCITED. CLOSE TO TOTALITY HERE. >> THE MOON IS TRANSITING IN FRONT OF THE SPUN JUST THE W PLANETS IN FRONT OF OTHER TARS TRANSIT IN FRONT OF OTHER STARS. WEBB USES THE EXO, ETC. AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NOON EXCITING THE SUN. >> WHEN SOMEONE CROSSES IN FRONT OF SOMETHING ELSE. >> YES. >> VERY COOL. THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE ECLIPSE THROUGH DIFFERENT TELESCOPE FEEDS. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN ACTUALLY -- WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD. >> HERE WE GO! >> WE ARE GETTING CLOSE! OH, MY GOSH! A FEW MORE SECONDS UNTIL WE ARE IN COMPLETE TOTALITY! OH, MY GOSH, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! [CHEERING] >> YOU CAN HEAR EVERYBODY CHEERING! THIS IS INCREDIBLE! TAKE OFF OUR GLASSES! IN TOTALITY NOW. >> YOU CAN SEE THE CORE RHONA SPIKES. AMAZING. BEAUTIFUL. YOU CAN SEE A PLANET IN THE SKY THAT YOU COULDN'T SEE BEFORE. >> OH, WOW! AND I THINK IT IS -- IS THAT ONE OF THE -- GOSH, THE -- I AM FORGETTING. >> A DRONE UP IN THE SKY TOO. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. >> WOW. >> IT'S INCREDIBLE THE WAVESES OFF OF THE CORONA. STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL. >> ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS. THE GRADATION IN THE SKY. TO THE HORIZON. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. I AM SEEING A BIT OF THAT 360-DEGREE SUNSET. >> YES, YEAH. >> THAT IS REALLY COOL. >> IT'S -- IT IS -- IT IS AMAZING. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN THE TOTAL SHADOW HERE, THERE IS STILL -- THE CORONA IS STILL PRETTY BRIGHT. COULD YOU READ BY THE LIGHT OF THE CORONA THERE. >> I WOULD HAVE TROUBLE READING. I COULDN'T TECHNICALLY READING IS. SO ERIC -- AND OH ACTUALLY WE HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FLYING OVER RIGHT NOW. SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY SEEING NOT ONE BUT TWO VIEWS OF THE ECLIPSE. THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE NOT JUST THE MOON PASS FRONT OF THE SUN, BUT THEY ARE ALSO ABLE TO SEE THE SHADOW OF THE MOON PASSING OVER EARTH WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. I CAN HARDLY BEING A VIEW BETTER THAN THE ONE WE HAVE NOW. IF THERE IS ONE -- >> GOT TO BE ON THE SPACE STATION. >> ON THE SPACE STATION FOR SURE. WOW, THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES OF THAT AND JUST INCREDIBLE. JUST INCREDIBLE. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TOLD PEOPLE TO DO IF YOU ARE FAR AWAY, HEAR OUT NATURE CHANGED. IT IS INTERESTING SURROUNDED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO HEAR THEIR REACTION OF TOTALITY. >> THE HUMANS IN NATURE HAVE NOT GOTTEN QUIETER BUT LOUDER, I WOULD SAY. YOU CAN DEFINITELY HEAR THE LOUDNESS HAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF DHOOSHG IT. LOOM LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW IF WONDER HAS A SOUNDS, BUT I THINK THIS MIGHT BE IT. >> HUSHED AWE SUPERVISE. >> HUSHED AWE. THAT IS WONDERFUL. I CAN SEE ONE LITTLE READ -- LIKE PROTRUSION. >> RED SPOTS ALMOST. I NOTICED THOSE TWO. >> NOW THERE ARE TWO. >> YEAH. >> WOW. THAT IS JUST SO COOL. >> I LIKE THE 360 SUNSET. A LITTLE HARD TO SEE BEHIND US. >> WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO DR DRONES. >> OUR ROBOT OVERRECORDS. >> CURRENTLY WITH THE DRONES, PEOPLE ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN THE ECLIPSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED. CITIZEN SCIENCE. TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HOW PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY BE INVOLVED? >> SURE WITH WE HAD CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAMS WHERE PEOPLE CAN USE THEIR CELL PHONES TO TAKE PICTURES DURING THE ECLIPSE. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> THERE IT IS. PEEKING OUT. >> EVERYBODY IS CHEERING. [CHEERING] >> WE CAN -- WE MADE IT TO THE END OF TOTALITY! WE ARE STARTING TO SEE. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE SUN PEEKING BACK OUT AGAIN. >> LOOK AT THE GROUND HOW MUCH BRIGHTER IT HAS GOTTEN. >> ALMOST SO MUCH BRIGHTER. SOB WILD PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING AND FASTEST THREE MINUTES OF MY LIFE I WISH I COULD DO IT ALL AGAIN. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. INCRE INCREDIBLE. THE CITY OF HADHOULTON. THANK YOU, DR. SMITH FOR COMING OUT AND EXPERIENCE THIS EVENT. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF HOULTON WHO DONE AN AMAZING JOB COVERING THE CLIMATE CHANGE. AMAZING. >> ABOVE AND BEYOND. I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO PHOTOGRAPHER DAVE BOWMAN GIVING US INCREDIBLE IMAGES FROM THE TELESCOPE FEED AND WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY AS THE REST OF THE ECLIPSE KIND OF ENDS HERE GOING BACK IN THE DIRECTION. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL SEND IT OVER TO YOU, MEGAN. >> ALL RIGHTY. THANKS, ANGELIQUE. SO, GINA, I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE LITERALLY HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE ECLIPSE TRAVEL 2600 MILES IN 88 ANYONE. >> 1900 MILES PER HOUR THAT THE SHADOW IS TRAVELING. >> I MEAN, DID YOU HAVE YOU A FAVORITE LOCATION? >> FOR ME I THINK BETWEEN RUSSELLVILLE AND DALLAS, GETTING TO HEAR MY COLLEAGUES. AND THEIR EXCITEMENT TAKING IT IN IS AMAZING. >> I HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT BIAS. WE HAD SOME CLOUD COVER HERE, BUT TO SEE IT WITH YOUR REAL EYES IS JUST. >> WE HAD THAT MOMENT. >> YES. >> IT WAS AMAZING AND REALLY COOL, TOO, TO THINK OF HOW MILLIONS OF US NOW HAVE THIS SHARED MOMENT OF WHAT COO BE A ONCE OF A LIFETIME EVENT. >> IT IS TRUE. >> FOLKS, WE HAVE TIME FOR MORE QUESTIONS FOR OUR VIEWERS. AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION FROM McKENZIE IN THE THIRD GRADE. LET'S ROLL IT NOI NOW. HI, MY NAME IS McKENZIE. I AM IN THIRD GRADE. MY QUESTION IS -- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LUNAR ECLIPSE AND A SOLAR ARRAYS ECLIPSE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, McKENZIE. LET'S TALK OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ECLIPSES. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE THAT WE HAVE TODAY WHEN THE MOON CROSSES BETWEEN ITS EARTH AND THE SUN. WE ALSO GET LUNAR ECLIPSES. THE LUNAR ECLIPSE WHEN THE EARTH CROSSES BETWEEN ITS MOON AND THE SUN. WHERE THE SHADOW IS GOING. MOON'S SHADOW PROJECTING ON THE EARTH. LUNAR ECLIPSE, THE EARTH'S SHADOW ON THE MOON. >> WE JUST SAW THOSE TWO INCREDIBLE VIEWS FROM SPACE. THE SECOND PERSPECTIVE VIEW. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. ELI ON REDDIT WHO WANTS TO KNOW, QUITE A FEW SOLAR ECLIPSE IN THE WORLD EVERY FEW YEARS. WHY IS THIS ONE SCIENTIFIC LEAVE INTERESTING? >> WE DO GET SOLAR ECLIPSES AND LUNAR ECLIPSES TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR. THE TOTAL ECLIPSE ARE EVERY ONCE AND A HALF YEARS. A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THE CORONA. STUDY THE CORONA IN A WAY WE CAN'T DO DUE TO THE OTHER TYPE OF SOLAR ECLIPSES. >> SOLAR MAXIMUM. >> SOLAR MAXIMUM. THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR. TALKING OF THE SOLAR ACTIVITY ON THE LENS DURING THE TOTALITY. A BUNCH GOING ON TODAY FOR THIS ECLIPSE. >> SO WE HAVE ANOTHER INCREDIBLE VIEW. LIVE VIEWS FROM SPACE, WHICH IS JUST MIND BLOWING IN GENERAL AND WE SEE THE MOON SHADOW ACROSS THE EARTH. IT IS JUST AMAZING. SO, YOU KNOW, GINA, TO THINKING OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA TODAY WITNESSED THIS ONE MOMENT. >> A GOOD REMINDER THAT HUMANITY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THESE ECLIPSES FOR CENTURIES. DIFFERENT MEANINGS FOR THESE EVENTS. JOY IN DOOLS LEARN OF INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMY. JOY? >> HI, AND WELCOME BACK TO DALLAS, TEXAS. I AM WITH DR. DAVID BEGAY, AN INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMER AND A MEMBER OF NATION. WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF SCIENCE, THINKING OF WESTERN SCIENCE. HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO INDIGENOUS SCIENCE. AND WHAT DOES THE TOTAL ECLIPSE MEAN TO THE NAVAJO PEOPLE? . >> I THINK THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE ECLIPSE GOES WAY BACK FROM TIME AND MEMORIAL TOLD BY MY ELDERS. THEY KNEW THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUN, DIRECTLY, YOU CAN HURT YOUR EYES PERMANENTLY. THEY KNEW THAT -- ABOUT THE DANGER OF LOOKING AT THE ECLIPSE WITH THE NAPE KID EYE. SO PEOPLE WERE ENCOURAGED TO GO INSIDE TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T LOOKING UP, ESPECIALLY THE KIDS. SO IT GOES WAY BACK. AND AS FAR AS THE ECLIPSES. IT'S A TIME OF RENEWAL. THE -- THE SUN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MOON AND ALSO THE EARTH ALIGNMENT. THE WHOLE COSMIC CYCLE GOES THROUGH A REGENERATION PROCESS. IT REVITALIZES THE PROCESS. SO IT IS A GIFT THAT GOES ON. FOR MANY YEARS OVER AND OVER. A CYCLE AND AS FAR AS SCIENCES GOES, THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF SCIENCE. >> THANK YOU, DAVID THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR CHATTING WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US. FOR THIS VERY, VERY MAGICAL MOMENT. THIS HAS BEEN AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME AND ONE I DEFINITELY WON'T FORGET. LET'S HEAD BACK TO TAHIRA AND GINA BE IN KERRVILLE, TEXAS. >> THANKS, JOY. WE ARE JOINED NOW BY JA JAMIE FABERS, DIRECTOR OF NASA'S SPACE WEATHER PROGRAM TO TELL US COOL SCIENCE THAT LAUNCHED DURING THE ECLIPSE. WELCOME. >> HOW ARE YOU. >> GOOD. >> WHY DID NASA LAUNCH ROCKETS BEFORE, AFTER AND DURING THE ECLIPSE. >> TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS UNIQUE SITUATION. THINGS HAPPEN LIKE THIS EVERY DAY FROM DAYLIGHT TO SUNSET INTO DARKNESS. HAPPENS SO QUICKLY THAT YOU CAN MAKE MEASUREMENTS ONE DAY TO THE NEXT. QUICK BACK TO BACK THAT WE CAN'T DO WITH THE LARGE ROCKETS. >> JAMIE, HOW HIGH DID THE ROCKETS ACTUALLY GO AND WHAT IS SPECIAL OF THIS AREA THE ATMOSPHERE. >> WE JUST LAUNCHED THE SECOND OF THE THREE A FEW MOMENTS AGO AND THAT IS GOING VERY WELL SO FAR. THE ROCKETS 250 MILES ABOVE THE SURFACE RIGHT WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. BEFORE YOU ASK, EVERYTHING IS SAFE. >> YOU HAVE A PLAY BACK OF THAT RIGHT NOW. OH, WOW. WALK US THROUGH THIS. >> WALLETS ISLAND IN VIRGINIA ON THE VIRGINIA SPACE COACH, ROCKETS HAVE MULTIPLE STAGES TO THEM. ONE STAGE BURN FOR BE TWO SECONDS. THAT DROPPED OFF AND NEXT STAGE. THEY WILL TAKE IT ALL THE WAY UP TO THAT 250 MILE MARKER AND SURFACE TO MAKE IT IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. >> INCREDIBLE IS. >> WHAT IS THAT AREA OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND WHY DO WE CARE BEFORE IT? >> THE UPPER PART OF OUR ATMOSPHERE. IONSHERE AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SUN AND ALERT. CHANGES THE WAY HOW OUR COMMUNICATION WORKS. AND EVEN LITTLE BIT HIGHER, THE SUN CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO CHANGE IN DENSITY IN A WAY THAT CAN BE IMPACT SATELLITES ORBITING THE EARTH SUPERVISE. >> TODAY WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FUN POLL TO SEE WHO IS TEAM SUN, MOON OR EARTH. WHAT TEAM ARE YOU REAP SOMETHING IN. >> I AM WITH TEAM SCIENCE. >> DON'T CHOOSE THE WRONG ANSWER. >>[LAUGHTER] MY BOSS WOULD LIKE SURE I GO FOR TEAM SUN TODAY FOR THEIR. >> OH, MAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AGAIN, JAMIE. FOLKS, IT IS TIME TO GOODBYE TO OUR FRIENDS, JAMES TRALE THAT MADE US KNOW WHERE AND WHEN TO LOOK UP ALL DAY. JAMES, THANK YOU. >> THANKS SO MUCH TAHIRA. FANTASTIC TRACKING THIS ECLIPSE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA ALL IN THE AFTERNOON. IF YOU WERE STILL IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY, ON A BOAT OFF THE CANADIAN COAST AND TAKING THIS ALL IN. HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THAT VIEW, FLEETING MOMENT. WE MADE A JOURNEY ACROSS. STARTED TALL THE WAY DOWN IN MAZATLAN, MEXICO. WE TRACKED ALL THE WAY CROSS AND BREEZING ACROSS CANADA INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. IF I TURN ON THE SHAD TOE OF OUR PENABRA. THEYWHERE IN THERE IS CELEBRATING THAT PARTIAL ECLIPSE. IF YOU WERE THERE IN THE PARTIAL ECLIPSE, HAVE YOUR ECLIPSE CLASSES AT THE READY TO TAKE IN THAT HE MOMENT. WE SPENT A FEW MINUTES OUTSIDE AT KENNEDY FACE CENTER TO TAKE IN IT IN. CHUNK OVER THE SUN. 507% COVERAGE AND FANTASTIC TO SEE. QUESTION NOMINAL. THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS UP AND DOWN HERE. AND REALLY FANTASTIC TO BE SEE THIS. A LOT OF FUN TRACKING WITH OUR ECLIPSE EXPLORER FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU TAHIRA. >> HERE WITH US NOW IS NASA CHIEF SCIENTIST KATE CALVIN. KATE, WELCOME. >> HI, KATE. >> HI, NICE TO BE HERE. >> SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK HERE AGAIN. THE PLEASURE OF SHARING THIS DAY FOR THE ANNUAL ECLIPSE. NOW WITH TODAY'S TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. TELL OUR VIEWERS WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS YEAR'S EVENT. >> OUR NUMBER ONE TAKEAWAY OUR UNIVERSE IS BEAUTIFUL AND UNDERSTANDABLE. WE CAN PREDICT WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN AND WE DID A LOT OF SCIENCE TODAY. >> THAT IS GREAT. SPEAKING OF THE SCIENCE CONDUCTED, HOW DOES THAT FOLD INTO THE GREATER SCIENCE WE ARE DEALING WITH NASA IN THE FUTURE WE DID A LOT OF SCIENCE AND COMPLEMENTS SCIENCE WE DO. YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE. WE HAVE A MISSION, PARKER THAT'S ORBITING CLOSER AND CLOSER THAT STUDY THE CORONA. AND HOW THEY CHANGE. WE ARE STUDYING ALL THE TIME. IT WILL TELL US ALL ABOUT OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE ON HERE ON EARTH. ED OTHER THING SOMEBODY INSTRUMENTS CALL T THE CORONAGRAPH. MOON BLOCKED OFF THE SUN AND AN UPCOMING MISSION THAT WILL BLOCK OUT THE LIGHT OF OTHER STARS TO SEE WHAT IS FLYING AROUND THEM. >> AMAZING. SO MUCH GOING ON THROUGH THE SUN AT NASA HONESTLY. AND THE HELIOPHYSICS HAS A BIG SUN CELEBRATION. HELIOPHYSICS BIG YEAR. HOW CAN WE GET INVOLVED. >> THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IS ONE EVENT WORKING TOWARD PARKER SOLAR FROM CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE SUN. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES WHERE BE YOU CAN EN GABLE IN OUR SCIENCE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUN. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE, FIND UBS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT NASA SUN. >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATE, FOR BEING HERE WITH US. EXCITING TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH YOU. >> NICE TO BE HERE. >> GENE R, AN HONOR. TO HAVE THIS ANNUAL ECLIPSE WITH YOU AND TO SHARE THIS TOTAL ECLIPSE WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY FINAL THOUGHTS? >> THIS IS AMAZING. THE ENERGY HERE. >> THE TOTAL WAS GREAT. >> WHOLE ANOTHER LEVEL. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW A BIG THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF KERRVILLE, TEXAS, THE PARKS AND REC TEAM, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MADE TODAY'S INCREDIBLE EVENT POSSIBLE. I WANT TO THANK OUR TELESCOPE OPERATOR KATHRYN FOR THE GREAT VIEWS OF TOTALITY IN KERRVILLE. FOLKS, THAT IS A WRAP FROM KERRVILLE TEXAS. BACK TO YOU IN CLEVELAND. >> THANK YOU, TAHIRA AND GINA. KATE CALVIN. AT THE HOST DEGREES. THE PASSTRONAUT HIMSELF. SIGNED ON FOR THE 49ers. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT. >> EXCITING TIMES. I SPENT A COUPLE OF YEARS IN CLEVELAND. HAD TIME IN NASA GLENN. EXCITED TO HAVE. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE IN SAN FRANCISCO. NASA IS DOING GREAT WORK ON THE WEST COAST AND STAY TUNED TO THAT AS WELL. >> THE PASSTRONAUT NICKNAME COME FROM THE INCREDIBLE PLAYS AND BACKGROUND HERE AT NASA WITH EXTERNALSHIPS. YOU ARE AN AIR YO SPACE ENGINEER -- AEROSPACE ENGINEER. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE CLEVELAND TO VIEW THE TOTAL ECLIPSE? IF THE EVENT LAST OFF-SEASON. CLIPTZ COMING THROUGH CLEVELAND. LOVE TO HAVE YOU. A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EEXPERIENCE IT ON THE BEAUTIFUL GREAT LAKES AND GREAT WEATHER. I MARKED ON MY CALENDAR A YEAR AGO AND MAKE IT BACK HERE AND TAKE IT IN AND GET A CHANCE TO HANG OUT WITH THE CITY I SPENT TWO YEARS IN. IT HAS BEEN GREAT. BIGGEST THING I ENJOYED SEEING THE INTEREST FLORIDA THE CITY OF CLEVELAND AND HOW MANY PEOPLE TRAVELED IN HERE TO TAKE IN THE EVENT AND TAKE IN -- TO LEARN ABOUT THE FUTURE OF NASA AND THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION AS WELL AT THE SAME TIME. SOME A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE IT IN. AND AN HONOR TO BE HERE. >> JOSH, NASA IS COMMITTED THE NEXT GENERATION THROUGH DISCOVERY. HAVE WE CREATE A FEW NEW FUTURE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEER I THINK SO. A WAIT OF YOUTH. AND TAKING IN -- NOT ONLY -- BUT THE GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER INSIDE AND SEEING THE HISTORY OF THE SPACE PROGRAM. IT IS PERSPECTIVE. AND JUST LIKE NASA, THAT IS MY APPROACH. YOUTH OBVIOUSLY IS THE NEXT GENERATION. A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE WORLD AND BEING ABLE TO INSPIRE THE YOUTH OUT HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN STEM AND ALSO VERY GOOD AT SPORTS YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPLIT YOUR EGGS. YOU CAN GOING OUT AND PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN BOTH BASKETS&AND WORK HARD TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS AND DREAMS. >> THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION I WILL ASK YOU. WHO WAS THE STAR TODAY. THE SUN, THE MOON, OR THE EARTH. STAY THE RIGHT THING, JOSH. SAY THE RIGHT THING. >> THE STAR OF THE DAY WAS THE MOON! I GOT TO GO WITH IT. I GOT TO GO WITH THE MOON. I AGREE. I AGREE. I DO. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTLY -- I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU, JOSH, GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US. >> THANK YOU GUY FOR HAVING ME. >> WE TALKED OF THIS CONTROVERSIAL BUT FRIENDLY COMPETITION. SO ACTUALLY WE ASKED YOU GUYS TO VOTE. YOU HAVE THE RESULTS OF THAT POLL RIGHT NOW. LEAPT US BRING IT UP -- LET US BRING IT UP. ALL RIGHT, CONGRATS. CONGRATS WILL. TEAM EARTH, 26%. TEAM SUN, 36%. BUT TEAM MOON, 48%. CONGRATS TEAM MOON. >> THANK YOU BE EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED. REAL WINNER OF TODAY. SEND IT OVER TO INDIANAPOLIS FOR ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT INTERVIEW. >> THANKS, MEGAN. BACK HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS. IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE DAY AND NOT OVER YET. WITH ME JAKE BLEACHER, THE CHIEF EXPLORATION SCIENTIST FOR NASA. JAKE, WELCOME. >> I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER TO BE HEREBY. >> HOW WAS THAT ECLIPSE FOR YOU REALLY QUICKLY. >> AMAZING. WARM AGAIN. I HAVE MY FLEECE ON WHEN WE WERE IN TOTALITY. >> INCREDIBLE. TODAY HAS ALL ABOUT THE ECLIPSE AND THE SUN'S LIGHT. I WANT TO PIVOT BECAUSE YOU ARE GETTING ASTRONAUTS READIED TO GO BACK TO THE MOON. LIVE AND WORK THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 502023-2024. HOW THE SUNLIGHT SHINES ON THE MOON. >> JUST LIKE ECLIPSE, THE CELESTIAL DANCE BETWEEN THE SUN, THE EARTH AND THE MOON. WHEN WE GO TO THE MOON, WE WILL HAVE INSTANCES OF ECLIPSES WHERE THE EARTH WILL CLEPZ THE SUN. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT -- ECLIPSE THE SUN. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. IN THE NORTH POLE. OUR ARTEMIS 3 WILL LAND ASTRONAUTS TO THE SOUTH POLE. MOON HAS NO AXIOS TILT. MOON IS AROUND THE HORIZON, HIGH PEAKS AND LOW COMPRESSIONS SEE NO SUNLIGHT AND NEVER SEE THE SUN. WE THINK THERE MIGHT BE WATER TRAPPED THERE. >> SPIN CREDIBLE. ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT ON YOUR BROADCAST A SPACE WEATHER. VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF OUR ASTRONAUTS. CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW THE INSTRUMENTS URSA AND HERME ZSHGS HELPING TO MAKE OUR SNAUPT SAFE. >> SURE, SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS THAT THEY WILL HAVE ON OUR GATEWAY. GATEWAY IS A STATION, RESEARCH STATION ORBEST THE MOON AND ASTRONAUTS CAN STOP THERE ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. THE PAYLOADS OR SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS WILL BE THERE TO DETECT WHAT THE SOLAR WEATHER IS LIKE SPACE WEATHER. THAT RAID DWIATION. AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR WEATHER IS SOMETHING TO BE PREPARED FOR. >> YOU GIVEN US A LOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT. JAKE, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS INCREDIBLE DAY. >> I WOULD NOT HAVE MISS IT. >> THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FROM INDIANAPOLIS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. APPEAR WILD RIDE. PUN ABSOLUTELY INTENDED AND WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME. SO FROM ALL OF US HERE, BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU, LAUREN. I DID ENJOY YOUR PUN. BACK HERE IN CLEVELAND, JIMMY KENYON, DIRECTOR OF NASA'S GLENN RESEARCH CENTER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND HOSTING US REALLY. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE. >> GLENN RESEARCH CENTER IN CLEVELAND RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. THE ONLY ONE IN TODAY'S PATH OF TOTALITY. EVERYTHING LITERALLY ALIGNED FOR US TO GET A GOOD SHOW HERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT SHOW HERE. COULD YOU NOT HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER WEATHER AND SPRINGTIME IN THE MIDWEST. ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEBATE. COULD YOU NOT HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER WEATHER. WHAT A GREAT OUTING. HERE WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER HOST OUR VISITORS CENTER WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE AN CONNECTING WITH WHAT WE DO. >> YOU HOSTED THIS WONDERFUL THREE-DAY EVENT HERE AND INVITED THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE ADVICE NORSE TO COME IN, EXPLORE AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GLENN. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU? >> IT IS IMPORTANT -- AS YOU KNOW HAVING A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE PASS OVER YOUR COMMUNITY FOR MOST PEOPLE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. TOP HAVE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE PASS OVER A NASA COMMUNITY LIKE CLEVELAND. >> RIGHT. >> THAT IS EVEN MORE RARE. WHAT IT DOES CREATES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT PEOPLE WHAT WE DO. EVERYBODY IS HERE PAY ATTENTION TO OUR PLANET, TO THE MOON AND SUN AND HOW THE THINGS WORKED. OUT SOLAR SYSTEM AND OUR UNIVERSE AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE DO AND SECOND PEOPLE. AND YOU CAN'T PASS AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THAT UP. >> ALL THE SCIENCE. AND DISCOVERY WE ARE ENABLING TODAY BY THE ECLIPSE. LET'S TALK MORE OF THE SCIENCE, YOU KNOW. I KNOW THAT NOTHING FLIES WITHOUT GLENN. THAT IS WHAT YOU EXPLAIN, JIMMY. EXPLAIN THE CRITICAL ROLE. >> NASA GLENN, AIRCRAFT PROPULSION. SPACECRAFT PRO PROPULSION. POWER FOR SPACECRAFT AND COMMUNICATIONS. WORK ON MATERIALS AND TESTING IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, BUT OUR CORE COMPETENCY IS POWER, PROPULSION AND COMMUNICATIONS. NO AIRCRAFT AND NO SPACE SPECIFIED CRAFT FLIES WITHOUT THOSE THREE THINGS AND NEVER WILL. NASA GLENN IS LITERALLY PART OF VIRTUALLY EVERY PART OF NASA MISSION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND AGAIN HOSTING US. A WONDERFUL EVENT. I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE JOINED US HERE. AND REALLY ENJOYED IT. WE WERE WATCHING. WE WERE LOOKING OUT AT THE CROWD. LOTS OF SMILES. SO REALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU AND THE GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING PART OF THIS WITH US PUTTING NASA AND NASA GLENN ON.MAP FOR US. >> THANK YOU, JIMMY. HAVE A GREAT DAY. BIG THANK YOU TO THE TEAM POSITIONED THROUGH THE PATH FROM OUR CORRESPOND DENTS AND EXPERTS AND TELESCOPE OPERATORS. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT ALL OF YOU. SARAH AS WE ARE TAKING, AGAIN, THE AERIAL SHOT OF THE GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER. SO BEAUTIFUL. SUCH A WONDERFUL WAY TO EXPERIENCE MY FIRST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. IN IS NOT YOUR FIRST. >> IT IS MY SECOND AND GREAT TO EXPERIENCE IT WITH YOU AND PEOPLE HERE. >> RIGHT PAR PEOPLE WERE -- A LOT OF FUN EVENTS HAPPENING IN CLEVELAND. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN. I HOPE THAT THEY TOOK SOME TIME TO LOOK UP TODAY AND REALLY ENJOY WHAT THEY SAW. >> NOT ONLY ALL OF THE GREAT VIEWS THAT WE HAD, BUT WE HAD COOL SCIENCE TODAY TOO. >> REALLY, REALLY COOL SCIENCE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. NASA'S HELIOPHYSICS BIG YEAR IS NOT OVER YET. ANNUAL ECLIPSE AND THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. TALK TO US WHAT IS HANG IN DECEMBER. >> COMING UP ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN FACT. PARKER SOLAR PROBE WILL MAKE THE CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE SUN. 3.9 MILLION MILES WHICH IS AN LOW WITH A TOMMY AND APPARENTLY VERY CLOSE. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IS HAPPENING. JUST THAT -- WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS ALL DAY APPEAR ALIGNING. ALIGNING FOR US TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SHOW. SO, YEAH, SARAH, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WATCH THIS TOGETHER RACE ACROSS MEXICO TO MAINE AND ONLY AN HOUR AND 28 MINUTES AND SOME MUCH MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. SO WE HOPE YOU ALL STAY WITH US AS WE CONTINUE STUDYING OUR SUN AND HOW IT AFFECTS US FROM ALL OF US HERE AT NASA WHERE WE MAKE AIR AND SPACE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY. . .
