A special event happened on April 8 when the sky turned dark during the day. It was an amazing solar eclipse that people in Mexico, USA, and Canada could see. This eclipse is known as the Great North American Eclipse. Many people in these three countries watched this cosmic event directly.
NASA, the space research agency of the United States, broadcasted the eclipse live on their YouTube channel. They showed different moments of the eclipse from start to finish. The International Space Station also captured the darkness caused by the eclipse.
Before the moon covered the sun completely, there was a special moment captured on camera. It looked like a shiny diamond ring in the sky. The European Space Agency also took many great pictures of the eclipse from space.
This kind of solar eclipse was last seen in Canada in 1979 and in Mexico in 1981. It reminds us how small we are compared to the huge sun and moon in space. An interesting thing about eclipses is that they can change the weather.
When the moon covers the sun, the temperature drops by about ten degrees Celsius, and there are changes in wind speed and humidity on the earth’s surface. NASA and the European Space Agency are studying the images they captured during the eclipse. It was an incredible event that showed us the wonders of our universe.
