The moon will cowl the solar on 8 April for folks in components of the US, Canada and Mexico, creating an expertise in contrast to another. A complete photo voltaic eclipse is an unbelievable expertise, explains Patricia Reiff at Rice College in Texas. The temperature all of the sudden drops, it will get darkish and you may see stars and planets throughout the day. There are all kinds of phenomena to be careful for earlier than and after totality, too, like unusual shadows and so-called diamond rings – vivid flashes of sunshine attributable to the solar’s rays passing alongside the uneven floor of the moon.
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