Neil deGrasse Tyson on all things Great American Eclipse

[@edgepleb8516]

Neil Degrasse Tyson is my favorite

[@andrewp6455]

Just Got back from Nashville TN. Many people saw fantastic shadow bands and a beautiful chromosphere. I was near the Grand Old Opry unfortunately, a nasty, dark cumulus cloud passed in front of the sun just before totality and I saw only faint glimpses of the corona. A shorter eclipse is actually better for seeing the spectacular red chromosphere. I met Joe on the Canberra in1973. I used my ham radio set to get weather information after poking a small antenna out my porthole and got it to the ship's meteorologist. The Canberra was a great ship and the trip was a great adventure.

[@leftyfourguns]

That eclipse guy has a perfect voice

[@alexanderjakubsen2198]

I was in Sumter, South Carolina and despite predictions the weather was perfect. Clear sky for the entire event. I am very grateful to Sumter for being so welcoming to me and my family in allowing us to experience this spectacular event with them. I was super excited about seeing the eclipse and it still surpassed my expectations(I was an eclipse virgin until last Monday). I am already planning to travel to Kentucky in 2024 to see the next one!

[@academicjock]

I was one of those people who lived within 500 miles (actually, 530) of the eclipse and used Interstate 5 to get to Oregon from California. It took me 15 hours to drive home in 530 miles of bumper to bumper stop and go (sometimes stopped for minutes at a time) to get home. Rush hour traffic for 15 hours! IT WAS HORRIBLE. However, the eclipse was worth it!

[@crescentsmoon]

Mauna Kea is not extinct, very much an active volcano

[@Anthony-ov8jq]

Saw the total eclipse today...it was amazing...coolest thing I've ever seen hands down

[@seb5945]

These guys are extremely charismatic.

[@JV-nl7lh]

The weather down here in SC was GREAT for the Eclipse! Had some clouds during the day but once the afternoon came blue skies opened up and the darkness fell. FANTASTIC!!

[@GOCrannell]

I was in Portland, OR for this event... Very cool!!!

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

I drove to see it from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. We drove through Baltimore-Washington-Richmond down I-95 on Saturday before the eclipse. It was stop and go traffic for half or more of the distance.

[@juliette3597]

Thank you two for giving us some positive science education in the midst of all the political awfulness. This is a wonderful way to get the country together as a community!

[@mopacwestgate]

We drove from Austin to Nashville 1,700 miles round trip. We camped at a local families backyard ( found them on Craigslist)the weather was clear and we were in the path of totality ....It was akin to a religious experience for us... The next big one April 8,2014 will be much closer for us and a minute plus longer(about 30 miles away) of course you must keep an eye on the weather!! Be ready to truck it to clear skies....

[@jimfer22]

D.O.T. Is NOT the Department of Traffic !! It is the Department of Transportation

[@spookyhouses]

Jim Fernald It's going to be ok. Calm down.

[@bottomup2504]

Jim Fernald close enough

[@habirton]

J K Clay: S/he is right though. I can probably see how the uppercase "Not" may have seemed a bit too much;;; but nonetheless; it's accurate. BottomUp: ... I blame mediocrity for your statement.

[@antifreeze-30degrees49]

Ok flat earthers. Drink me, antifreeze. I'm refreshing and sweet. What could possibly go wrong.

[@manwithtwoeyes6911]

wtf i have adblock but it still plays an ad.

[@xenialafleur]

The viewing in central South Carolina was perfect.

[@wnnetwork]

subbed for veitch. also big tyson fan :) im happy

[@halburd1]

i will unsub cause they put that arrogant fool of a idiot on here!

[@FredTheRed27]

wnnetwork Same he's so funny!

[@andrewkovnat]

Your profile picture fits your comment too perfectly. By the way, get a more original picture. Sure, yours is funny as hell, but you can find it by searching nothing more than "black guy face".

[@semilivesixstringstrumist5595]

This is exactly what I would expect to see on anything with N.D.T. in it!

[@davidcastleberry1720]

Its supposed to be 92% where I am so thats good enough for me

[@EXDaniel]

I subbed for James Veitch I'm Happy with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Too he's my Favorite Astrophysics

[@texanwarrior8681]

Carlos Garcia I Did the Same thing lol just watched the TED video with James like yesterday and found him on here hahaha

[@dallas1373]

I bet in Neil never thought anyone would have a "favorite astrophysicist". We have come a long way.

[@jonatallman]

This dude is an ACTOR!!!!!!!

[@johnnybrandon2206]

Margi Noser where does one get a dome? l would like one for my neighborhood. any ideas on how to get my neighborhood to help pay for it also what kind of maintenance is needed to keep it working and like dome itself how do I get my neighbor's to help pay for it. Any help wih this matter l appreciate. Thanks

[@1tnt12]

Margi Noser did you notice how he pronounced Oregon as ore-gone 🤔 I have a bad feeling about this eclipse

[@isakaner-roth4525]

I saw this guy at a museum in NY a few days ago!

[@luiabundi8371]

That guy is hilarious with his funny phrases during his straight face

[@stevegovea1]

4 hour drive from our home to the totality zone. 12 hour for the drive back. Well worth it.

[@aurorathekitty7854]

I went to hopkinsville Kentucky to watch it. Was pretty badass

[@audreywinter6910]

I saw that eclipse 18 years ago in Europe right in my hometown, it was amazing!!

[@richardmorgan1588]

Heading to Sparta, TN to sip wine at a private party and hopefully see an amazing sight in the sky! Weather prediction for Monday (as of Friday) is clear all day! Hope that holds out!

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

I guess I should've watched this beforehand but I was away looking at an eclipse. It was pretty amazing. If you missed it, I'm sorry.

[@cambonethewizard8146]

God, I'm happy to be alive to experience Dr. Tyson and all his brain stuff

[@stahpitt8531]

I'd love to see a flat earther try to explain this one.

[@alphega1983]

I think the bigfoot believers have more credibility than the flat earthers. Anybody who believes that our world is flat probably has a few screws loose.

[@stahpitt8531]

You'd be surprised at how in depth some of them are willing to explain and defend their laughable world view. Like millions of people believe in this i'm not fucking with you. Probably mostly those naive to science such as children and the "less educated among us."

[@MadNotAngry]

I don't get it. Is it a Christian thing? Why do so many insist on such nonsense? Seriously, is it from the Bible or something?

[@allengainzmma]

MadNotAngry so many people will tell you the bible says the earth is flat when it never said anything like that.

[@Aaron-wv1ww]

No, Christians believe in a spherical earth like all normal people.

[@jennylee9278]

It's going to be total in Hopkinsville KY, I live in Lex so if I'd known about it a couple of days ago I would have taken a little trip. I've heard that lots of people are there including NASA which has an observation point with all sorts of cool gadgets. The Vatican also has a member of it's science board (!) there to observe. Pretty cool deal.

[@Vladdie777]

Where's the best place to watch the eclipse online for those not in the US? There'll probably a bunch of KZbin steams with it and I'm guessing NASA will have a stream.

[@dojocre8]

Is there any other planet or moon in our solar system from the surface of which one could experience the same 'Solar Eclipse Coincidence' in regards to similar sizes? From any planet/moon and caused by any other planet/moon in our system? I.e on Mars caused by Venus or on Triton caused by Titan. Would this be the only way to see the sun's corona (with human eyes)? ....In history of life on earth.

[@shadowprince4482]

Forgot to calculate the number of people who have no fucking idea what the path of totality is so they decide to just watch it at home.

[@tylereastburn1721]

i love seeing all the angry flat earthers and religious people in the comments. primitive minds are extremely entertaining

[@danielhebard1865]

Most Americans are Christians; most are not flat-earthers. Don't throw half the country under the bus because of a few idiots who can't comprehend physics.

[@asdfffs]

half the country isn't just a few though...

[@Nonplused]

I watched the eclipse using a small telescope and the projection method (no, I did not ever look into the eyepiece). We didn't get totality here just around 75% but it was still super cool! Even saw some sun spots not very many though.

[@anthonytecchio6526]

oh the traffic was insane on 191 in wyoming, 20 mile long bumper to bumper moving 5 miles an hour.

[@JTstuff1]

8.21.17 Hendersonville TN 3 minutes till totality and a big cloud was in the way. I was getting scared, but the cloud moved out of the way and I saw all 2:40.6

[@pinuuturner7777]

people who cares whos right or wrong...? just lets come together as a species. please its important.

[@MSIMark-pi8ep]

Is there any possibility that sun, earth and mars get aligned and created solar eclipse on mars?

[@MurderBong]

uhhhh,... eclipse in Canada, 93/94???? no mention?

[@av_cali4958]

Murder Bong who the fuk cares about canada

[@davidcastleberry1720]

Av_cali all the kids at degrassi

[@av_cali4958]

David Castleberry lmao

[@tekvax]

'mericans only know about one country!

[@-RizonGaming-]

fuk u, Canada is the best country in the world =)

[@EvilEves1]

Leaving Madras OR 13:00 they hit 10 hours to go 80 miles. Leaving madras OR 15:30 5 hours to go 30 miles. What would normally take us 8 hours took us 20 hours Madras OR to Sacramento CA

[@DaxxTerryGreen]

Holy christ me and every other Coloradoan drove up to Casper, Wyoming for the total eclipse. Traffic on I25 was HORRIFIC! I certainly believe it was in fact the most viewed eclipse ever!

[@joemasters2270]

I was in Philly on Sunday. I could have driven to SC instead of heading back to NY

[@TheTaz232]

It's probably gonna be a cloudy day.....

[@BenieTheDragon]

Fucking hell, that "LOL moon is made out of cheese!!" question...

[@thetawokiddos6337]

someday someones gonna make extreme history by standing on the mon while an eclipse

[@calderon551]

The Great American Eclipse? Only in the US?

[@MadNotAngry]

16:40 the word you two 'scientist' are scrambling for is: Terminator. Meridian would also work.

[@ejanocrowsnatcher6785]

Luv Neil and that other guy is pretty cool too. (and Joe too) Thanks for the vid

[@scottgrzymkowski]

I have a question why are some people predicting earthquakes because of an eclipse? Would that possibly have any bearing on our fault lines? Doesn't the moon pass over the fault lines everyday?

[@wesleywallace4426]

S Grzymkowski Yeah I would ignore the people that think that the giant rock in space has any effect on the seismic activity on Earth.

[@paranaut23]

3:24 In all of RECORDED history was what Neil meant, right?

[@iyot1020]

Best trip ever no traffic on my way to madras had great spot when it occurred and had both of my cameras took awesome pics!!!!! Clear weather all day

[@mellyhollow]

Thank you Dr. Tyson!

[@Plystire]

Nice shirt, Chuck Nice! I actually wore that NASA shirt for the eclipse :D (Mine is a little more worn out than yours tho, lol)

[@daniellelemond7426]

Bad Moon Arising -- Creedence Clearwater Revival It may be a very prophetic song considering our upcoming solar eclipse Aug 21 2017 Some whiz guys and math geeks say that unprecedented earthquakes and wild weather will proceed it and follow it due to the tremendous forces the moon and sun's alignment will put on the earth's crust. Just in the past 72 hours an increase in seismic activity has been noted. Listen carefully to the lyric's and tell me I'm wrong.

[@Nilguiri]

You're wrong.

[@cesarconh895]

All I know is my AC went into ECO mode because of the eclipse, I live in Florida and my house got a little warm inside.

[@themightyparthos]

I gave the video a thumbs up not because of the solar information, but because of the truth in the comment... "Just like your congressman, we can be bought".

[@acemanhomer1]

species of various forms when the eclipses were long etc, I wonder how that could've positively/negatively affected their evolution.

[@SlurpieDoo]

iv laughed so hard at that last question omg. Its jot even laughing at him its laughing cuz i just imagin the scene omg. i gota make an animation with that part of the audio. i will credit

[@jtleon7086]

Slurpie Doo ...seriously? I stop video and went to comments right when I heard the absurd question mentioning moon and cheese. Comics that try too hard to be funny are a drag

[@Xanderqwerty123]

Couldn't go to the path of totality. But I watched it on a rig durring my physics lab

[@fletcherlucas7908]

I'm surprised no one asked about Planet Niburu crashing into Earth. Even though we've found no proof of such planet.

[@shadowboy813]

I was looking at the size / distance ratios of all of the gravitationally round satellites of our solar system (using the distance/radius figures from Wikipedia), and plotted out the ratios of sizes to distances and only 2 satellites had a ratio of proportionate size to proportionate distance that was less than one (meaning disfavorable to total eclipses): Earth's moon, and Iapetus (a satellite of saturn, which was really small and very far away from saturn). Earth's moon was pretty close to 1 though (about 0.97). Anything greater than 1 means possible total solar eclipse. This means every gravitationally round satellite in our solar system can potentially eclipse the sun with the exception of Iapetus. This is, of course, assuming the satellite lines up with the sun.

[@AMDphenomX3rocks]

7:55 " I told you earlier, just like your congressman..we can be bought"

[@6Fiona6_P_6]

Darn it I live in Sydney. There'll be no eclipse 4 me. As it happens around 04:26 give or take 5 minutes Sydney Time. But America enjoy it. And please remember, if there are going to be a lot of people congregating in certain places over there -: don't look directly at it. And don't eat any beans, broccoli or cauliflower before the event🌞🌙☮

[@beth-rg8bm]

You know people are going to jam the roads!

[@HelgaCavoli]

Unfortunately it was on a Monday. Imagine if it was yesterday.

[@Nilguiri]

It was yesterday.

[@08Darkra80]

I didn't even see it, I fell asleep

[@Aten0506]

Yeah I'm in the path...I can't wait, but I'm on the Atlantic coast. THE CLOUDS WILL BE OUT

[@joeblankenship377]

Goddamnit, Neil, LEAVE PLUTO ALONE!

[@swinde]

13:45 What about Jupiter?? While it would be hard to stand on the cloud tops, Jupiter has total eclipses almost constantly from the Galilean satellites. They can be seen from Earth. (the shadows on the clouds) What makes these eclipses so common is that Jupiter rotates and its major satellites orbit very close to the ecliptic, and, of course, Jupiter is really BIG..

[@erictaylor5462]

I live in Salem, Oregon (It's gin, not Gone knuckle head). My dad came down from Portland and my friend drove up from San Fransisco. It took my dad 5 and a half hours to drive 45 miles! My friend actually had to go to work on Tuesday so she went down to Albany to see it, and she STILL got stuck in traffic. Also, I live very close to the Salem Airport and it has been especially busy this weekend.

[@Nilguiri]

Cool story.

[@Wrathura]

Would it be possible to stop the moon from drifting away? hmmm

[@robertnorthrup5415]

Did he really just say "just like your CONgressman, we can be bought"? These people are nuts and are laughing in our faces.

[@joshuadespain5048]

WOW, 11 total eclipses. Impressive.

[@jtank7107]

Ok, if the earth is flat, then what is on the other side? Can we look underneath with the satellites that orbit us?

[@Nilguiri]

I think these nut jobs say that satellites don't exist. One guy once told me that they are projected onto a dome or some such bullshit.

[@shiloniousmonk]

Nilguiri satellites as we know them do not exist.

[@Icanfigureitoutintime]

Why is none of this stuff mentioned in the Christian mythology Bible?

[@Nilguiri]

The bible doesn't even mention other continents or anything out of the area where the people who wrote that load of nonsense lived. If it had talked about kangaroos in Australia or penguins in the Antarctic, for example, or if the Jesus character had magicked up a bar of soap instead of turning water into wine, that would be impressive... but no. It's all talking snakes and talking donkeys. It's a load of old bollocks from beginning to end.

[@Icanfigureitoutintime]

Nilguiri Amen (giggles)

[@blitzwolf1845]

Those who are Watchers confirm belief. Those who believe will witness anew.

[@Nilguiri]

Grow the fuck up.

[@HotelPapa100]

Umm, there are photos of the larger Jupiter moons casting shadows on Jupiter. So there ARE other planets that get eclipses.

[@JacobHayden911]

It's really not Neil. It's the metorologist, Joe. Now I like him. I think he's fascnating to listen too. But the title is wrong. lol It's 70% Joe and 30% Neil.

[@ijustpostedth1s724]

How long before Total Eclipse of the Heart goes away? How many billions of years do we have to wait until that song is gone in Totality? .... see what I did there? Yeah, I can do astronomy puns too. Thanks Neil !!

[@torjones1701]

Callisto has the same ratio as earth's moon & the sun.

[@SeraphimHD]

I love NDT, but sometimes I just scratch my head with the crazy stats scientists say. How could anyone possible say that the moon was 20x larger 4 billion years ago? There is no possible way to know that.

[@Nilguiri]

Er, yes there is. Something tells me you're not a physicist, are you?

[@paulskillman6634]

So eventually we will not have tides in our oceans.

[@escott1981]

So the eclipse just happened and it seems like the weather cooperated. There was some cloud cover but not enough to ruin our view.

[@cambonethewizard8146]

What a time I live in. It's kinda crazy to think about, what are the odds ... haha .... o_o

[@ittdust]

They didn't get the "moon is made of cheese" joke?

[@origamidude2013]

Oregon (ore-ah-gin) not ore-eh-gone

[@niunot8868]

This is new to me... funny

[@MoonTheGoat]

The comments in this section are hilarious just a wave of people who hate Niel and think he's a "satanist" for whatever reason

[@RatusMax]

I live in Texas I probably won't see shet due to the clouds coming in. 2024 I guess.. I am so lucky lol... right over the heart of Texas damn son.

[@outremer91]

are his eyes like that because he stared at 11 eclipses?

[@Spi2M]

15:29 Neil addresses the ALL MIGHTY Flat Earth again!!!!!! Kudos Neil.... Show us the "Pear"............................................

[@gamertherapyconsoleyoursel5804]

How is anyone just idly working when NdGT is nearby talking about science?

[@slowburntm3584]

Hmmm, the Moon doesn't turn or rotate per say, it revolves around the Earth. Must be what Neil meant at the end there. Well, I guess it rotates in relation to the Sun, but not in relation to the Earth, right?

[@wesleywallace4426]

Slowburn No it both rotates and revolves around the Earth. Honestly if you're not sure about something you can always look it up on Google.

[@slowburntm3584]

Lol, really? Can I look it up? Why does anybody EVER ask questions? Also, if you looked at my next message you can see that I did look it up 2 mins later.

[@wesleywallace4426]

Slowburn Nobody has time to keep up with your messages, sorry to say you're not that important. But as long as you know to use Google as much as KZbin, we're cool.

[@slowburntm3584]

??? I left the second message seconds afterwards. So unless you get a notification for every single new message started, you saw both my messages on your screen at the same time. Or you must be one of those people that like to answer questions that have already been answered cuz you too bothered to look down one inch. Either way, I do know how to use google, though I used KZbin to answer the question, so I am cool with you at least.

[@ericrodriguez7134]

Why is the moon earth and sun the same size and don't tell me that is because distance 🤬

[@Eugensdiet]

I want to know if you are still an alarmist? Sorry if it is off subject. I can't afford to go and I think there a lot few people interested in this than you might think. Real people work.

[@amadhertube]

The eclipse has now been nationalised

[@gulgaffel]

Total solar eclipses occur somewhere on earth every two years or so. So just calm yourself when people tell you they're rare. -Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@elliothaney]

gulgaffel the rarity is not the eclipse itself, it's the amount of people that are in the direct path of totality. It's rare that so many people will be able to see it so easily. Many times those eclipses happen over oceans or over slivers of land, it's rare for a coast to coast path of such a populous area

[@gulgaffel]

Elliot Haney yes I know I was only quating Mr Neil Tyson. Who talked about how special this is. Yet he twittered about how unimportant it was later.

[@citlalie9791]

Na im staying in Az cus it will be stressful and you just never know something bad happens those areas were 90 or a hundred percent of the eclipse will happen :)

[@yukigamine]

"In a billion years, total solar eclipses will be a thing of the past." That would imply that the Earth will still be here in a billion years. At the rate we're going, it might not last another three. Much less another hundred or billion.

[@pablocristian7266]

Kevin Colwell The Earth will be here. The humans... not so sure.

[@Monochromicornicopia]

So egocentric. What could possibly obliterate the Earth within a billion years? A gamma ray burst? That would only sterilize it, not destroy it.

[@BlackStudies]

If the earth isn't here in a billion years that would still be a true statement.

[@godsatan212]

GDI Probably the sun in it's red giant state

[@godsatan212]

GDI or an Asteroid