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You may not know, but on April 8, 2024. There is a Solar eclipse, it's right between Wee Willy’s and Jiffy Treat here in Ellettsville, Indiana. A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth.
According to Solar Eclipse Bloomington, during a total solar eclipse, the Moon blocks the Sun’s bright face briefly revealing our star’s outer atmosphere, the shimmering corona, or “crown.” Made of rarefied gas heated to millions of degrees, with its atoms highly ionized (stripped of electrons), the diaphanous corona gets sculpted into streamers and loops by the Sun’s powerful magnetic field and shines with a light seen nowhere else. It is hauntingly beautiful and, without doubt, one of the most awesome sights in all of nature.
Around 500,000 people are coming to Indiana to view the eclipse. We will not have school that day because of how busy Ellettsville will be.
The path of the eclipse continues from Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Small parts of Tennessee and Michigan will also experience the total solar eclipse.
If you plan to go watch it, a safe way to watch the solar eclipse is by wearing safe solar viewing glasses (“eclipse glasses”) or a safe handheld solar viewer at all times because the sun can damage your eyes. You can find the glasses at the Monroe Country Public Library in Ellettsville.
I hope you guys have a great time watching the solar eclipse and don't forget your glasses!
Also thanks to https://www.butler.edu/arts-sciences/holcomb-observatory/eclipse-2024/, https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse_cities/states.php?type=TOTAL&state=Indiana&country=USA , and solareclipsebloomington.com/ for all of my details.
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