Total Solar Eclipse From Space
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00:00 The 2026 Total Solar Eclipse
02:00 Why there are more total solar eclipses in the Northern Hemisphere
03:30 How we get 5 solar eclipses a year
06:20 Why the Sun turns white only during totality
09:27 How the eclipse faked an element
11:10 The weird shadows during the eclipse
14:06 Shadow band effect
17:00 Filming the eclipse from space
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Special thanks to the experts and collaborators who made this video possible:
The Montana State University NASA Ballooning Team, for working with us on this video and for the incredible footage of the eclipse from the edge of space.
Project Leads: Angela Des Jardins and Michael Walach
Students: Ava Arbogast, Isabel Besel, Ryder Cole, Daniel Graves, Mari Greene, Mikael Savage, Gabriel Sova, Addison Zumwalt
The Exploratorium Team, for providing their insights and footage from their livestream
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Michael Kirk for taking the time to chat with us and sharing his expertise.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for speaking with us and for sharing details of their WB-57 aircraft eclipse mission.
The team at Astrum for their help and support on this video. We recommend you check out their video on how ESA’s Proba-3 mission uses satellites to create artificial eclipses in space and reveal the inner corona for the first time:
We’ve Seen the Sun’s Inner Corona For the First Time... and It's Not What We Expected
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References: https://ve42.co/EclipseReferences
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Credits
Writers: Emilia Gyles, Gregor Čavlović and Henry van Dyck,
Producer and Director: Emilia Gyles, Gregor Čavlović and Henry van Dyck
Presenter: Emilia Gyles, Gregor Čavlović and Henry van Dyck
Editors: Peter Nelson and Trenton Oliver
Assistant Editor: James Stuart
Animators: Archie Crofton and Emma Wright
Researchers: Sophia Rose, Aakash Singh Bagga, Shourya Shrivastava and Gabe Strong
Camera Operators: Archie Crofton, Emilia Gyles, Gregor Čavlović, Henry van Dyck, James Stuart and Peter Nelson
Thumbnail Designers: Abdallah Rabah, Daniel Ellacott & Ben Powell
Production Team: Jess Bishop-Laggett, Glen Griffiths, Matthew Cavanagh, Anna Milkovic, Justin St Laurent and James Dowse
Executive Producers: Emilia Gyles, Gregor Čavlović & Henry van Dyck Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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