Sun chasers are getting their telescopes and sunglasses ready to witness a solar eclipse – this rare natural event that has been aweing mankind since the beginning of time.
Europe will experience a phenomenal total solar eclipse on August 12; the region’s first in nearly 30 years since 1999. The grand display of unseen power, has fascinated the common men and inspired scientists and researchers to understand space and time.
Before sunrise, six planets spread across the sky, and this will be followed by the much-anticipated total solar eclipse, and the Perseids Meteor shower.
Four events on one day, NASA says, and the new moon that same date keeps the sky dark enough to actually see the meteors.
It will surely be a field day for astrologers and tarot readers!
Tarot readers describe this upcoming rare event as a ‘fiery bang’.
The New Moon solar eclipse in Leo on August 12 will have an effect on the stars as well, and will define the next eighteen months or so.
“Expect a few self-annointed kings or queens to lose their crowns as the people demand new leadership. Revelations come to the surface, prompting a reckoning of sorts. A fall from grace could feel shocking or exhilarating, depending on which side you’re on. Either way, this clears the way for necessary change,” says a tarot reader!
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Total Solar Eclipse
Coming back to the science of this phenomenon, NASA says the total solar eclipse will cross Greenland, Iceland and Spain.
“Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse – darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the Sun’s ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona – it presents new opportunities to better understand our star and its influence on Earth.”
NASA-funded science teams will be chasing the Moon’s shadow with a high-altitude jet and scientific balloons to investigate the Sun’s dynamics and how the temporary darkening of our skies affects the Earth’s atmosphere.
Allan Sacha Brun, an astrophysicist at France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), said the phenomena follow a regular cycle, peaking every 11 years. The sun reached the peak of its 25th cycle in 2024. Brun believes mankind is incredibly lucky.
“The moon is 400 times smaller than the sun – but it’s also 400 times closer to us. During normal times when there is no eclipse, scientists study the sun’s atmosphere with satellites equipped with a coronagraph – a filter that blocks out the photosphere.”
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