EXTENDED CUT: 2024 Solar Eclipse Preparation - Smarter Every Day 295B

Dr. Telepun’s enthusiasm is entirely contagious. You can tell just how excited he is to “do science” because it’s the most direct access we have to new knowledge. So cool!

Usually, i watch for the science. Sometimes i watch for the humanity of it all. But this time, i watched for the nerd laughter. Specifically the science giggles. Its awesome when you love something this much and find someone to share it with

I watched my first (and thus far only) total solar eclipse in November 1994. It struck me then (and I still think this, to this day) as the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my entire life. Sunsets, sunrises, beaches, prairies and snow-covered mountain peaks, as beautiful as they may be, are no match to watching the day turn almost instantly into night and seeing the sun's corona with stars in the sky. And the shadow effects just a few instants before & after totality, so cool. I stretched my hands with fingers spread out, and little crescent suns showed up in the shadow between the fingers projected onto the sidewalk. Also, when I was done photographing the partial phase through a telescope, I reoriented the instrument so that the metalized glass solar filter projected a huge crescent sun on the side of a building, allowing a considerable crowd of people (many of whom did not have proper solar filters) to watch the eclipse as it progressed. The cheering of the crowd, like it was a soccer final match, sent shivers through the spine. What a memorable day that was.

Destin, you have no idea how special yesterday was as a result of watching your eclipse preparation video. As a result I was able to enhance the experience for both of my boys (ages three and six). We live in DC and traveled to Cambridge Springs, PA to experience totality - we got VERY lucky and had a break in the clouds when it counted most! We made their names out of hole punches on some gorilla tape, tye dyed some clothing for the Perkinje effect (spelling?), and had our spaghetti strainer & cheese grater on hand to see even more perfect flipping bananas! You are such a special guy, I really hope that you know that. Thanks again SO much for everything that you do, and thank you for helping make our experience that much more special. We can’t wait to see how your eclipse went once you post about it!

He completely is geeking out on this entire adventure and that is absolutely great! I love to watch anyone that is completely into what they are doing, it doesn’t matter who they are or what they are into because it’s infectious!

My farm is in Ohio in the path of totality! I am preparing to enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime event with my help and our animals (I'm a retired professional trainer and behavior consultant). This episode has given me some more science to observe. The timing is great because I have more than a month to prepare. That is why I love and support this channel... science!

Watched the whole video and now I'm very much looking forward to Destin's next eclipse video.

I think I ran across this guy in Hawaii around 20-ish years ago where there was a partial eclipse. If it wasn't him, it was someone who worked ceaselessly to educate and interest people in how all this stuff works. It was one of the most interesting and educational classes I ever went to, and my kids loved it. He really has amazing energy and a dedication to this subject that you don't see often.

The bags for the ropes. That's not just clever, that's dang ol' genius right there. I'm gonna have to remember that.

We love Dr. Telepun and are really lucky to have partnered with him to work on the development of his Solar Eclipse app!

I'm in Arkansas after bagging my West Texas plan. May the Sunshine be with you.

Like the colander and cheese grater, I thought the thousands of crescents on the ground caused by the dots of light poking through trees and everything else particularly blocking light was pretty cool. Don’t just look at the sky and forget to look at the shadows for crescents and shadow bands.

Destin letting his inner child out while they are putting up the pole is just awesome.

His passion and exuberance has me literally smiling and giggling along. This is what life is supposed to be for us all. Thank you Gordon, you made my week!

The passion of people like you Destin, and Dr. Telepun is absolutely what we need around the marvel of everyday life AND once in a lifetime opportunities such as an eclipse! If only more of us acted upon our passions like y'all, there would be no end to the excitement and eye opening wisdom we all could share with each other. What a world it could be, sharing great things with our fellows.

I was at my aunts for the 1999 total eclipse in Hungary, I was ten! It was amazing! The birds going quiet, the coolness, the corona! The funniest was to see Bogár the dog (literally Beatle because of his shiny coal black coat) run into the kitchen and hide under the table ~20 minutes before the total eclipse. He always did that when a big thunderstorm was coming.

I used his app for the 2017 eclipse. It worked great. I have a pretty decent telescope for observation this time, and I’m so excited for it. Anyone thinking about going, don’t even hesitate. Make the trip and see it.

5:45 I saw my 1st eclipse in middle school. I think it was May 30, 1984. We were each given two pieces of white poster board. We'd poke a hole in one (the top one) and have the sun shine thru that onto the second piece to see the moon in front of the sun.

Originally came to this 2nd channel video to check out the Purkinje part. Scrolled to a random part to see how far it was, ended up listening to it for 5, then reallized I have to start watching from the beginning because it's all so interesting! Thanks for the video!

47:16 i notice that at dusk every day - my eyes struggle to switch from day to night - so nice to know what that means!