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Map of the North, Central, and South America with the path of the April 8, 2023 total solar eclipse overlayed.

Help monitor the effects of solar eclipses on wildlife in Central and South America with Sounds in the Darkness

Help monitor the effects of solar eclipses on wildlife in Central and South America with Sounds in the Darkness

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Volunteer Science: ES Observer Role

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Field Notes

An increase in soundscape volume occurs at 142 seconds and 183 seconds

Baseline Data

The moon’s black disk completely covers the sun. Now, in the absence of the sun’s full light, its massive outer corona is revealed. Uniquely visible during a full eclipse, grand flourishes of light called helmet streamers extend in all directions behind the moon’s black disk. At the edge of the moon, the helmet streamers are intensely bright, fading to wisps of ghostly white as they stretch across space, far from the moon, like flower petals.

Total Solar Eclipse Phases

The Moon appears as a smooth black disk that blocks the center of the Sun. As a result, the Sun appears to be a very bright ring of fire, glowing around the Moon’s circular edge.

Eclipse Maximum

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