The moon will cowl the solar on 8 April for individuals in elements of the US, Canada and Mexico, creating an expertise not like some other. A complete photo voltaic eclipse is an unbelievable expertise, explains Patricia Reiff at Rice College in Texas. The temperature out of the blue 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 – shiny flashes of sunshine attributable to the solar’s rays passing alongside the uneven floor of the moon.

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