Chasing the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse With NASA Jets

The April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse will produce stunning views across North America. While anyone along the eclipse path with a clear sky will see the spectacular event, the best view might be 50,000 feet in the air, aboard NASA’s WB-57 jet planes. That’s where a trio of NASA-funded teams are sending their scientific instruments to take measurements of the eclipse.
Two teams will image the Sun’s outer atmosphere - the corona - and a third will measure the ionosphere, the upper electrically charged layer of Earth’s atmosphere. This information will help scientists better understand the structure and temperature of the corona, the effects of the Sun on Earth’s atmosphere, and even aid in the search of asteroids that may orbit near the Sun.
Read more: science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
Music credits: “Prophecies”, “The City in the Clouds”, “Rodin Museum” by Laurent Dury [SACEM]; “Depths Unseen” by Grant Fisher [PRS]; “Simple Story” by Fred Dubois [SACEM]
Credit: NASA
Producer: Joy Ng (NIA)
Scientist: Amir Caspi (Southwest Research Institute)
Scientist: Shadia Habbal (Uni. of Hawaii)
Scientist: Bharat Kunduri (Virginia Tech)
Cinematographer: Josh Valcarcel (eMITS), Joy Ng (NIA)
Support: Lacey Young ((MORI Associates)
Support: Peter Layshock (JSC)
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[@zukacs]

They did this in 70s with Concorde over Africa, wild story

[@POTENTDOMAIN]

I WILL DO MY RESEARCH, but what info did you come across that they found

[@bebeg604]

/mzwwofB5_Nc

[@dariush.2375]

I saw that video 2 days ago

[@fpz3491]

@@dariush.2375same here, very nicely made aswell

[@Arc_5]

@@fpz3491same

[@kurtdewittphoto]

I chased it with my 2005 Ford Focus and got an extra .00004% longer viewing time.

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

Worth it!

[@slater7080]

"authorities advise against driving"

[@user-bs9nu1cf6e]

Bet a Nissan Altima beat that 😂

[@Icouldnotthinkofanything]

Just imagine if NASA got ahold of that Ford Focus.

[@REAL_OINKGamerYT]

And extra 100% fuel cost💀💀💀⛽🛢️

[@weyrleaderkev]

I recall there were teams of super sonic jets racing from Washington State to Charlotte NC back in August of 2017 or 18

[@augl2702]

Wb-57s are such cool aircraft. April 8th was such a great day, I think a lot of us really needed to see something extraordinary.

[@xXxDSMer]

SR-71 would have got a lot more than just 25% longer lol

[@AndyGneiss]

Very interesting research. Good luck out there!

[@AldenDoble]

I actually saw one of these fly over just after totality ended, it was so cool!

[@OrbitingCastle]

This would make a great IMAX film

[@tlove6932]

Definitely agree! 🙌🏼💯💯

[@SK22000]

I will watch from my from yard with a pina colada

[@danieltroger1761]

Nice that this video is in 4k! Most shots were super crisp

[@bijoychandraroy]

Once in a lifetime opportunity

[@katherineweber8955]

This is interesting. Thank you!

[@OceanShark384]

That''s amazing! Thank you

[@diontaedaughtry974]

Great video 👍👍

[@tetra3ne56scur3]

Virginia Tech 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Matt_Nguyen]

This is cool af

[@dr.oobleck2317]

Whoa, they did it again!

[@DanielKolbin]

interesting. good luck!

[@CastanedaSound]

we did this in 73 we can do it again

[@usernotfound7481]

We?

[@leisybee]

​@@usernotfound7481humans/America yes. We.

[@JayLupe]

​@@usernotfound7481 Yeah, we taxpayers😂

[@tylerknight99]

why aren't they using an ionosonde at night when there is similarly a lack of solar radiation?

[@tlove6932]

🔥🙌🏼💯Awesome! 😎💯❤️

[@tyreseswipey6499]

Amazing , thank you to NASA for their accommodations they supply for our earth

[@lobomella128]

They said "corona" so many times for a moment I thought this was going to turn into a "Fast & Furious" trailer 😛

[@DarioushAryan]

Great...Bravoo

[@mikekozi-lester3887]

Nice

[@medievalmusiclover]

Great, I love NASA. God bless you all NASA members.

[@icyxxxxx]

Cool bruh!

[@cristophermoreno2290]

me: taskes photos with phone. america:

[@ucantseeme236]

That concorde chasing above Africa?

[@snowismas]

2:50 has anyone thought of doing this test at night?

[@camerone397]

no, nobody has thought of that

[@maggifixx1336]

xD

[@VTXHobbies]

I did it last night

[@wingeun5236]

good'ol B-57

[@thatomofolo452]

😎

[@ChrisManess1]

Then we fire rockets at them right?

[@GlennLandry-dd2ux]

They did that today. Not sure what happened after they launched but I watched it.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

They were peaceful science rockets!

[@hussienalsafi1149]

☺️☺️☺️

[@boardcertifiable]

Cool! Ill be there. 😊

[@seasong7655]

I need to buy a jet fr

[@IsabellaIsabella-mc1tx]

Hi! Good morning from Rome. Very interesting. Good luck. ❤

[@vo-d]

French Concorde did this in 1973 before it was cool

[@catsway2407]

Sonic booms?

[@linuslanser4719]

Getting ready for battle

[@muralidhararaoramaraju9285]

Less content more words

[@Ihjcjfcj]

Does NASA have nothing that can go supersonic for +37.5%?

[@RonaMahase-bx3gp]

Hi 👓

[@Rapbando]

Naza you are late, april fools was 2 days ago

[@RoboArc]

Yeah im expecting a ufo

[@rogerbarrett8744]

Nice to see NASA using variation of old British designed aircraft, then named Canberra which first flew in 1948ish. Were they a barn find, your'e welcome anyway.

[@A3Kr0n]

You know, not all of us can afford NASA jets to watch this.

[@Nan-59]

Yeah! You can say THAT again!!😮

[@tyket5929]

Then work harder.

[@phoenixuniverse-studio]

Yeahhh! But all of us afford to watch how NASA's jets perform for such moments😊 it's more than our affordable, let's see in other aspects😊

[@AdvalaSrinivas]

Bharat anna.. proud of you

[@ernieholder6580]

Would've been nice to have seen some chase time instead of blah blah blah me me me and blah blah some more , another yawned what shoulda been goner 💜

[@hwyy9046]

They want yall to watch em live so you dont see it in real time go outside its gonna hit different.

[@spearhead30]

Duster!

[@ZurielNunez-qk6eb]

Bro i just saw this plane when dad told me in April 8th

[@AdrianHertz]

FYI: All crimes will be legal under totality.

[@crazychicken8290]

bruh

[@GaryYates-pi9gy]

Ha! Ha! Ha! Very Funny! 😆

[@stacyeandrew2]

And again showed nothing

[@Privacityuser]

How about new NVIDIA tech to predict whether and temperature prediction for this century's? How they're benefiting from this data to improve temperature sensitivity 📊 📊?

[@oberonpanopticon]

There’s eight billion of us. We can study multiple things at once.

[@shanzi083]

so there is no climate change when chasing solar eclips or funds wasted that could be used for better..

[@Balu27.]

shut up you don't know anything about this

[@Le_epic_eclipse]

0:07 in mazatlan

[@Rmm1722]

Nice