How Eclipses Changed History

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Newton and Einstein had big ideas, but needed an eclipse to prove them. And scientists are still pursuing secrets of the universe one eclipse at a time.
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@KQEDDeepLook 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful explanation - thanks for posting.

@AppliedScience 7 жыл бұрын

Your videos have such a nice aesthetic, and are really interesting and informative. Thanks for all of the work you put into making these.

@rosewynd_art 5 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the most brilliant videos I've ever seen. And seriously...this channel deserves more acknowledgement.

@PK1312 7 жыл бұрын

The fact that y'all don't have hundreds of thousands of subscribers at least is a tragedy. I really appreciate all the work you do on these videos, and I hope they keep coming for years to come!

@iammrbeat 6 жыл бұрын

I made a video about the exact same topic. It appears we have different information. The Chinese started to document eclipses and tried to predict them as early as 2500 BC.

@skunkbear 6 жыл бұрын

+Mr. Beat Yes, as far as I know that's right. My understanding is that our knowledge of that documentation comes from secondary sources - people writing about earlier sightings/predictions. But we have the actual primary source for the eclipse I mentioned - we still have the tortoise shell. That's why I said "earliest surviving record" though I realize that language could be misinterpreted. I'm sure people were recording eclipses in some way for a long time before we know about it - this was just one place to start with a cool artifact attached to it.

@user-cu6dy9sb7m 3 ай бұрын

And also were correctly predicted in Indian documents called the Rigveda.

@enargins 7 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Thanks for doing what you do!

@Abelhawk 7 жыл бұрын

The totality of the eclipse is passing over my home town! Everyone's preparing for a disaster situation, because the number of people predicted to come have never been in the town at one time ever. :D

@carol8434 6 жыл бұрын

Abelhawk which town?

@Abelhawk 6 жыл бұрын

Rexburg, Idaho.

@joaorovira 6 жыл бұрын

I can only watch a partial eclipse since I'm from Portugal and have no money to go to the USA :'D

@adrianmilton1319 6 жыл бұрын

there is only a narrow path in the usa that im not in but i still get to see a 90% eclipse

@Abelhawk 6 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but anything less than 100% is nothing! Seeing the light darken a bit was fun, but I couldn't believe how indescribably beautiful totality was. See if you can find a video of it online!

@lawrencetchen 6 жыл бұрын

Love whomever does your sound/music mixing! Give them our thanks, SkunkBear!

@skunkbear 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks - it's a pretty small shop here. Just Adam Cole (host/illustrator/animator) and Ryan Kellman (producer/videographer). We both worked on the sound for this one.

@ChrisBrengel 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Well done! Thanks for making it

@kyzf 6 жыл бұрын

Great video - very informative and expertly produced. You've just won yourself a new subscriber.

@rgdstranger 6 жыл бұрын

this is your first video i watched & it was mind blowing...Continue to inspire the next generation astronomers...Thank you

@seabb 7 жыл бұрын

I'm so excited! My school is actually going to have a different schedule on August 21 just so we can go outside at lunch and see the eclipse! :)))

@TheModerndisciple 7 жыл бұрын

Loved it ! Skunk Bear super awesome!

@Elros22 7 жыл бұрын

That lady at the end needs to get herself some glasses. She'll go blind!

@Seip 7 жыл бұрын

Its safe to view during totality, no biggie

@itzballerytplayz9231 4 жыл бұрын

ya I agree

@XboxIssues 5 жыл бұрын

Genuinely the most informative and enjoyable video I've watched in a while

@GandalfTheTsaagan 7 жыл бұрын

Great job as usual!

@seanmortazyt 6 жыл бұрын

brilliant video, especially the animation!!!

@Aquactictraveler 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!!!

@chipadcock6704 6 жыл бұрын

Loved the video. I live in the path of totality and this got me even more pumped up.

@andromeda8325 6 жыл бұрын

This was amazing! Thank you

@sembayl 6 жыл бұрын

I thought I clicked on how to view the eclipse but this was a great precursor, fun and interesting. Good job!

@CinthiaAguilar8 7 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful video!

@vivillanueva1566 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! I never knew how much we learned from solar eclipses and their long history

@ashrafali1022 6 жыл бұрын

Do more these types of vids so you'll soon get a lot of subs...the vid was great , the animation and the speaker were just perfect for the vid

@CrankyPantss 7 жыл бұрын

Great video, as always.

@willrun4fun 7 жыл бұрын

Such a neat art style to this video. Like a charcoal canvas.

@VitaminDJ-qt7cj 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic visuals on this video

@russellobrien6797 4 жыл бұрын

Oh WOW!!! my class really loved this Yeye! :)

@iamalurker1239 5 жыл бұрын

Your animations are the best

@wingman210 7 жыл бұрын

Holy shit this video is amazing. Great work!

@tsommers1 7 жыл бұрын

Terrific artwork!

@amivlogsmx 6 жыл бұрын

the end, makes me wanna cry!!!

@Slattery777 7 жыл бұрын

Most slept on channel ever

@TysonGill 5 жыл бұрын

Man!! you make science so much fun😍

@oldmanofsacramento 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice. Thank you.

@michaelhope8899 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!

@holdmanchristmas 6 жыл бұрын

Great Video!

@shadabfariduddin6784 6 жыл бұрын

Superb. Welldone.

@MindLaboratory 7 жыл бұрын

The end needs a warning: please don't look directly at the sun

@OhioBallMapping 3 ай бұрын

Nice that it’s top comment

@rashahamra7859 3 ай бұрын

You are very right

@LlamissIGuess 3 ай бұрын

Six years ago…

@skylermorgan5742 6 жыл бұрын

For the people asking why your retina can burn during an eclipse...Think about what happens when you are in a dark room- your pupils expand to compensate for that lack of light. That's why it's okay to take the glasses off DURING totality (not before or after). So you've got big expanded pupils as the sun in losing light exposing your eye to sunburn. The moon begins to move exposing your pupils with your doe eyed stare letting in light to the retina.

@DigitalTraveler 6 жыл бұрын

2:39 the graphic has the wrong year. Excellent video I'm subscribing can't wait for more content.

@skunkbear 6 жыл бұрын

Yep, typo!

@AntarcticAssasin 7 жыл бұрын

I just hope to God that these clouds clear up in the next few days

@kisore20gp 4 жыл бұрын

A wow video telling the history in a wow way

@amyhandy5147 6 жыл бұрын

I saw the full eclipse in South Carolina it was amazing!

@DynestiGTI 2 жыл бұрын

The ending was really nice

@elikintisch1046 7 жыл бұрын

Crazy good!

@TotalNoobAtEverythin 6 жыл бұрын

I managed to see the eclipse in totality on the Kentucky/Tennessee border. I live in Indianapolis and we had a ninety percent totality but I wouldn't settle for anything less than a total eclipse so I took the three hours to drive there and back. It was such an amazing moment for me I actually started crying. It's a shame I won't be able to see it again for a couple decades, but I look forward to it

@sciencetoymaker 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@AndrewMeans 7 жыл бұрын

More info on the music please! Who is "Hopkins" who wrote "Friends and Family"?

@sullivan342 6 жыл бұрын

2:12 I always thought it was pronounced "Hailey's Comet" not "Halley." ?? Edit: forgot to mention, this was a very well made video! great job!!

@skunkbear 6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately we don't know exactly how Halley pronounced his last name, but it probably wasn't HAY-ley. That pronunciation started up thanks to a band called Bill Haley and the Comets. Britons say Halley, and I figure they know best.

@mariagarabito3310 6 жыл бұрын

Skunk Bear its scary

@johnmatthewcajilis5524 6 жыл бұрын

sully i

@iammrbeat 6 жыл бұрын

I made a video about the topic. Actually, historians continue to debate about how to truly pronounce his name. No one actually knows!

@sullivan342 6 жыл бұрын

Ah, interesting! Thank you for the response! :)

@jeemiranda4253 4 жыл бұрын

Now waiting for Solar Eclipse 2020! ♥️

@madelynngoyack8167 6 жыл бұрын

I live in the path, I live in Charleston so I get to see it fully!

@SmittyWerbenjagermanjensen 7 жыл бұрын

Loved it.

@KerryHallPhD 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@kathryncarter6143 6 жыл бұрын

This was great. I have one question that I never see addressed anywhere. I get the warning that you need eye protection to avoid burning your retina.Why is this so??? It seems one would have a more chances to burn their eyes all year long when the sun is largely exposed. So if during an eclipse when the sun is mostly blocked, why is it problematic then? Is it because we spend more time watching than otherwise?I don't get it. Please explain.

@bohlin01 6 жыл бұрын

Because people are more prone to look at the sun during an eclipse.

@skunkbear 6 жыл бұрын

I think most people naturally shy away from looking directly at the sun most of the time - it hurts, it feels uncomfortable - we just don't do it. And if we do, it's for just an instant. During an eclipse though, people overcome this instinct and stare at the sun for seconds on end. The longer the exposure, the more damage.

@ImworriedImgettingspyedon 6 жыл бұрын

Your pupils dilate more or something like that

@adrianmilton1319 6 жыл бұрын

no your retinas burn up because its so bright

@Violianom 6 жыл бұрын

Another point is that when it's dark, your eyes dilate (the black part) opens up a lot wider to allow as much light in as possible (so you can see better). This combined with the fact that you're looking at the sun for a long period of time (especially when the sun starts showing after the eclipses has finished) makes it damaging.

@Maren-rs8mb 6 жыл бұрын

I live in the best spot in America to see the Total Solar Eclipse on August 21th 2017!!! Southern Illinois is the BEST!

@tigerfun8644 3 жыл бұрын

5:12 The corona....

@crybaby2122 5 жыл бұрын

Love it.

@shoyuramenoff 7 жыл бұрын

First! I never thought that a video being uploaded and me looking at my subscriptions would eclipse.

@mihailazar2487 6 жыл бұрын

Love the live long and prosper hand sign when he did that the planet should be named Vulcan. 🖖

@XboxIssues 5 жыл бұрын

Could only imagine how fucking hyped Newton was as he saw the eclipse forming as he predicated

@angliase 7 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@Answer4canceR 7 жыл бұрын

I live in Kansas City.. Cant Wait!

@aliseadillon7032 7 жыл бұрын

Answer4canceR I live in Paola I can't wait either

@neilomeister4013 3 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video about the history of camera?

@joshuaxavier696 5 жыл бұрын

2:32 how is he impressively close if it was 200 years late (1715->1915???!??!)

@theBigLubarski_1977 5 жыл бұрын

On a serious note, can anyone describe what, just before and after totality, causes: *a)* "Solar snakes"/shadow bands, and *b)* Crescent light patterns though small openings (for instance, when little bits of sunlight shine through the tiny openings between leaves in the trees, creating several crescent-shaped light patterns on the ground, or a nearby building? I actually find these phenomena even more fascinating than the eclipse, itself! ...then again, being in Chicago, I've never been in the "path of totality" before, in my nearly 42 years of life (though, had I stayed in southern NC, for a few more years, I would have been driving distance from the 2017 "path of totality." Here in Chicago , the skies were so darn cloudy, I barely noticed the partial eclipse, aside from a very slight drop in temperature, but that's about it. Fortunately I was 16 when we had a partial eclipse, and the skies were clear, so I actually got to witness the crescent light patterns, which *totally blew my mind!* Out teachers let us all go outside (plus some people were on lunch period already, anyway...we had 3 lunch periods, as it was a HUGE school!). If anyone knows what causes these phenomena, I would be very interested to hear! Thanks.

@FlorinSutu 3 жыл бұрын

In one of his expeditions, the ships of Columbus were marooned somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. The stranded Spaniard sailors were short of food, and the Natives were in no mood to offer any. But Columbus had some records predicting a Sun eclipse to occur soon. He told to the Natives that is they are not willing to provide food, he has no choice but to eat the Sun. To make it short, this deception was successful.

@Cod4Wii 6 жыл бұрын

cool vid

@rainevermore4683 6 жыл бұрын

Ok I laugh at the subtle star trek reference XD

@TuhinBagh 5 жыл бұрын

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@efrenogas2935 3 ай бұрын

The end for some. A new beginning for others. Depends on what you think..........

@Mykasan 6 жыл бұрын

can't wait for 2024 total solar eclipse!

@teddy327 7 жыл бұрын

This is so amazing I wish I could go south to see the total but I'm stuck with 73% 😞

@carol8434 6 жыл бұрын

Ted Fein man I'm stuck with 4% in London

@itzballerytplayz9231 4 жыл бұрын

Save the date, may the fourth be with you

@sergiobaranitasoares2344 5 жыл бұрын

Sergio baranita Soares

@thema1998 4 жыл бұрын

Today was the *2* year anniversary of when this video was uploaded. 🤓 EDIT- 11:13 P.M.: *finishes video 6 minutes later* I never realized how important that eclipses were to science.

@DigitalTraveler 6 жыл бұрын

1:59 the voice over, did you mean 18th century instead of 17th century? You show a graphic reading 1715 and then referred to the 17th century, 1715 is the 18th century. Excellent video good content, thanks for sharing.

@skunkbear 6 жыл бұрын

I can see how that's confusing. The stage is set in the 17th century - it was in the 1600's that Newton did his major work and published books on gravity. But the critical eclipse that is featured in this story comes later, in 1715 (as you say, the 18th century). Thus "by the 17th century" when the story begins clashes with the time of the story's climax.

@michaelel8602 6 жыл бұрын

who they get the info from? all the history around from the original man!!

@legend.gaming7957 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@venturasanchez9435 5 жыл бұрын

Wait would eveyone be blined?

@NiLowther 7 жыл бұрын

Do those critics not believe in aging?

@bidhan9559 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive

@ramonnogueira8927 Жыл бұрын

What are the odds that the sun and the moon would be in just the right relative sizes and distances from earth to create eclipses?

@BABYANKAN 4 жыл бұрын

The planet pulling on Mercury and Uranus

@savithrisrinivasan8525 5 жыл бұрын

Sir I need how evolution taka place

@zkent5732 6 жыл бұрын

Wtf so smart!

@Beachcheeka 6 жыл бұрын

How did they look at it?

@ben-l-6234 6 жыл бұрын

apparently using mirrors or pinhole cameras www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/08/a_history_of_eclipse_glasses_and_injuries.html

@greenwaterdragon888 6 жыл бұрын

In 1999 ring it is distinct diamond ring sharp clean edges, no Fuzzy edges like I've seen in all the pictures, on the Internet something doesn't look right, now can't my finger on what it is, everything is fuzzy edging, I think

@pjotrsc280 3 жыл бұрын

Well boys we did it.Corona comes from the sun.

@reba2611 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@mira.severson8797 6 жыл бұрын

Is it safe to watch the eclipse using the selfie mode on phone camera?

@skunkbear 6 жыл бұрын

+Mira .Severson safe for you? Yes! Safe for your camera? Probably, though there is a small chance the sensor could be damaged. A high quality viewing experience? No.

@mira.severson8797 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, hope it didn't do damage. Didn't see anything for an hour and a half. Took videos, also.

@seantomlinson3320 6 жыл бұрын

Yay fun! But I hate it when a planet pulls on my... nevermind. So how about going over the equations that are used to determine when an eclipse will occur?

@adrianmilton1319 6 жыл бұрын

anus

@christianlemur 6 жыл бұрын

The person staring at the eclipse with no eye protection at the end is blind now.

@skunkbear 6 жыл бұрын

+Christian Lemus you can look directly during totality

@reba2611 2 жыл бұрын

5:13 corona sun

@sol8598 4 жыл бұрын

CORONA WTH CORONA VIRUS OMG

@JJ-nz8nb 5 жыл бұрын

Wait if you see the eclipse doesnt it make you go blind or hurt your eyes? How did this people watch the eclipse?

@larryscott3982 3 ай бұрын

1:23 I’ve never years BC displayed as a negative number. How odd for a presentation that is academic in nature.

@freshboy3968 4 жыл бұрын

Newton had a hypeman? Lmao

@aliseadillon7032 7 жыл бұрын

Im right by the Path of totality so I will see it well

@MambaAfrica 4 жыл бұрын

Corona 😷🤔

@justfranxis1570 6 жыл бұрын

Is it true something will happen to world if the eclipse happens?

@fowlover1232 6 жыл бұрын

Joemike 19 Nah, it's just the moon going in front of the sun. Nothin' to worry 'bout, darling.

@KryssLaBryn 6 жыл бұрын

Yes; bits will temporarily get darker than they normally would. Don't worry. It's a freaky thing to experience (especially if you're along the path of totality!) but it's not an omen or anything. It's no different from those moments in the rain when the bus's independent wipers temporarily synch up. :)