{"id":22357,"date":"2024-04-09T16:36:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T16:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/during-the-awe-of-totality-scientists-studied-our-planets-reactions\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T16:36:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T16:36:03","slug":"during-the-awe-of-totality-scientists-studied-our-planets-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/during-the-awe-of-totality-scientists-studied-our-planets-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200b\u200bDuring the awe of totality, scientists studied our planet\u2019s reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WILLS POINT, Texas<\/strong> \u2014 Splish-splash<\/em>. The moment the sun went behind the moon, the snapping turtles all simultaneously slipped into the waters of Lake Tawakoni. Twilight painted the world. Clouds raced across the sky. Just beside the moon-covered sun sat bright Jupiter, shining in the middle of the day. Most birds and insects had grown hushed or gone completely silent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s hard to fully encapsulate the feeling of a total solar eclipse; how it changes the quality of the light<\/a> in your surroundings, how the temperature drops so suddenly that you unexpectedly shiver (SN: 4\/1\/24<\/em>). But on April 8, I and millions of people across North America got to witness a celestial wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n