Blog 1: Solar Eclipse
If you did not hear about the solar eclipse that recently took place August 21, 2017, you must be living under a rock. The number of people traveling to see the amazing phenomenon was astonishing and our generation has made this solar eclipse the most broadcasted one on social media, ever. The path of totality stretched from Salem, Oregon, all the way to Charleston, South Carolina. The excitement sent millions of people to stores and online websites to purchase eclipse glasses, which were easily sold out, everywhere. If you were lucky to be within the crowds of people in the line of totality, you would get to experience the exhilarating feeling of seeing the moon completely cover the sun and the bright oranges and reds of the corona explode around the blackness of the moon. It was truly an experience could not be missed (not only because it’s all everyone was talking about). Searching solar eclipse on google will lead you to millions of articles, pictures, and videos of the events that lasted only minutes that day. In the path of totality, where the moon completely covers the sun, makes the world all around you go dark. Animals get confused, birds hum night time songs, and even some night-time insects come out thinking that the sun has actually set. This amazing event that our universe is capable of does happen quite frequently, but it is only visible in some places of the world since the Earth is so much larger than the moon. America has gone wild sharing videos and experiences of the solar eclipse, and will hopefully be experiencing one soon in the nearby future, possibly broadcasting the event even more. Entering any site on social media on August 21, meant entering the world of the eclipse. Even turning on the television, every news station on had highlights of the eclipse from morning to night. Classes were even cancelled at universities to celebrate this event. The solar eclipse of 2017 brought America together more than we may realize and as technology is drastically advancing, we may be more connected than ever through events such as this one in the nearby future.
