Sun Smarts: The Movie
In the “Sun Smarts” feature in OWL’s June issue, we told you that a total eclipse of the Sun would be visible from parts of Asia this summer. As astronomers predicted, the solar eclipse happened earlier this week.
And, as if I’d even think of letting you down, I’ve got some footage of the actual event for you to feast your eyes on.
Here is a clip from Japan (sadly, no English subtitles):
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNF4sEwyS2Q]
Wow. The fiery loops you can see around the 5:00 mark are part of the Sun’s corona, which is only visible during a solar eclipse. It’s a rare sight (North Americans won’t see it live until 2017), and cool that they captured it on video.
Thanks to Owlkids book editor John Crossingham for pointing me to the smokin’ hot clip. Talk to you next week!
Craig, owlblog@owlkids.com
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FIRST COMMENT!(i think)
That was amazing! to bad we cant tell wut he is saying!: (
Craig, wasn’t there a solar eclips not that long ago?(like last year or somthing?
I loved That! I like when at the very end it was morning because I moon moved.
Hey Jellybean! There was a total eclipse visible from parts of Canada last year. Isn’t it crazy that we won’t see another one for eight years?
That was totally cool!
hey craig !!! iam half japanese…. ican under staned most of it….they are saying how rare the eclipse is and how dark it is ….it was 6mins and like 53 seconds….i think ….thats a record
Thank you Iola!!
Cool video!
Me likey.
:))
Lola u are sooooo lucky. I can speak 3 languges, but not japanese. Although I’ve been like half around the world I’ve never been to Japan or China.
Wow! Cool! Hello people! As you may have noticed, I was gone for a bit because my computer is zoinked. I am actually posting this here comment from my dsi! I couldn`t watch the video, but how you described it helped a lot! I will be posting from here until my computer gets dezoinkified,so what did I miss? Anything special! Update my brain, please, p.s, rocky says hi!
I got back from 2 weeks of camp yesterday.
I didn’t read the post until after I watched the video. I could tell they were speaking japanese. The only word I could understand that I think I heard was “watashi”, but I could be wrong that I heard that word.
Emily who is rocky? I’m new to the blog.
Hey that’s cool that you’re half japanese Lola! I’m actually full Chinese! Hey Cupcake, what languages do you speak. BTW, I’ve been to Italy before, so I guess that’s almost half way around the world right?
Hey Emily! I never knew you could on the internet via D.S….weird.
Emily, do you have a DSi or something? Because my DS sure doesn’t have internet connection.
All you guys know all these languages, but I can only speak english. Kinda lame huh?
thats so cool that you can speak japenese! im like 3/4 fluent in french.
Via DSI, that is. And cupcake, rocky is my new cat. I just got him in november.Cool, Katie! You went camping! Fun. Sydney, YOU`RE CHINESE!?!?…awesomeness.
Peace to the people,
Emily
dont worry sinead i always manage to make a mistake when i speak french. once i tried to tell someone i wanted milk, but i ended up saying i wanted a cow!
That’s a funny story, Jellybean! You should send the full story to owl@owlkids.com for the “Embarrassing Moment” section in “Last Laugh”! It’d get in for sure.
I speak 3 languages- French- English and Romanian:)
sorry craig! my e-mail isn’t working. ill try to get it in later
thank cupcake!!!!!!! I talk engilsh ,japanses and french (some pig latin and gibrish)hahahahah
Mara, u speak ROMANIAN! Sweet. And Random. I speak french and english.
Ouyay eakspay igpay atinlay? Wesomeay! Heh, The only thing in Romanian I know is numa numa. I know French, and of course English. I don`t know Japanese though. If only I did, then I could watch Naruto without trying to find the English subs on YouTube!