Flat-earthers just say the Moon gets in front of the Sun as they both travel along 3000 miles above the Earth. But what's really difficult for them to explain is a lunar eclipse, where the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun.
I was able to see Bill Nye speak at the 2017 eclipse in Nebraska. It was an amazing day. I understand what he means when he says a scientific and a spiritual experience are closely related.
I’m so happy Bill Nye has continued on such a great path. Saw him once at a bicycle shop in Seattle when he came in; my brother-in-law work there. He hasn’t changed much at all.
For those who try to denigrate Nye by saying he's not a scientist: Bill Nye has received honorary doctorate of science degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Willamette University, Rutgers University, and Simon Fraser University. They don't pass those out like they were paper towel rolls.
I lived in East Tennessee back in 2017, and our town was in the path of totality. It was an awesome event. I got to take pictures and enjoy the view. I learned that the best way to take a picture with your phone is by using the selfie camera. It worked great. I posted one of them to my profile picture. I live in Minnesota now, and we’re supposed to get about 75%, but it’s gonna be raining most of the day.
I drove an hour each way to be at the edge of totality in 1979. It was totally worth it! A scientific and spiritual experience. Something I will never forget.
This one is biblical. Will be passing over all the cities of Nivea. 7 years ago one passed over all the cities of Salem. The cross hairs where they intersect is in Illinois at the city of Rapture.
@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei Didn’t say it was the end of days. No man knows not even the angels in heaven know when Jesus Will returns, so I agree with you on that part. But it’s a sign, things are happening now that were written thousands of years ago.
@@mhall801 lying. Typical Christian. You are not a very good Christian. Read 2 Peter. Then pay very close attention to what Jesus says to his followers. So, do you even have a bible?
Bill Nye is simply the BEST guy. So loose, fun, not overly serious yet not making science a bloody joke, and he's been doin' this stuff for DECADES. :) I still cannot believe that as a friggin' CHILD, I was watching this guy's insane little chemistry lab segments... and now, here I am like 30+ years later seeing him describe the path of totality on an Eclipse. Marvelous. FYI, I'm in California, so... *ARG*! lol
Why doesn't CNN just pay the Photographer "thousands" of dollars (aka: a fair price, aka: a big deal to them, but a pittance to you) so you can show the photos? Are you on a budget? Why not help the photographer get paid and help them get a bit of recognition in the process?
@@stevenswitzer5154 God rules over science, He created everything, scientists just deconstruct and then reconstruct if they can, often destroying the perfect in the process.
I can’t get in the totality, I have to work on Monday. Hopefully our managers will let us go outside to see it! We’re only about 100 miles from totality.
The vast majority of the sky looks just like it does as night. As dark as the night sky, with stars. At the horizon, there is a band of light that looks like it's just after sunset.
@@boston_octopus I understand all of that. And I appreciate the romanticism as much as anyone. But it still does not turn day to night. An Eclipse simply hides the sunlight for a couple of minutes, same as any celestial object would at any other time. It's a Cosmic reality. Light does not bend. Edit: Except for Refraction.
@@boston_octopus The sky will not get nighttime dark or black as night, it will be like the sky is in a shadow, brightness will absent for a few minutes, you might see a few stars, but the corona will be awesome.
@@mrrey8937 Only people that need to be harmed... Listen, most of us took a oath. "... I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domesti.." Trump and his wanna-be Cult is the domestic threat.
@@mrrey8937 Listen, most of us took a oath " ......I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.." Trump & wanna-be cult is the domestic threat. !!!
If I’m lucky this will be my third total eclipse. If you can find your way to totality and decently clear skies DO IT!! It’s one million percent worth it.
@@boston_octopus any genius knows that since the sun is 400 times larger than the moon - the sun must be 400 times further from the moon than the moon is from the Earth
It should only be difficult after the eclipse when everyone heads home, that’s when locals should stay put till traffic clears to normal. Viewers will get more viewing time, still short.
Not really. You have to take measurements of stars during the eclios and compare those measurements to stars in the night sky. Those measurements confirm Relativity. The eclipse itself does not. But it allows for the conditions where Einstein's theory can be tested
"Everybody should go see it". Yeah, right! I live 1600 miles away and don't have a reservation in the area. Can't possibly do it. But I saw the one in August of 2017, so I know how cool it is. Being where the eclipse is total is way, way better than partial. They couldn't fit the entire population of the USA into the path of totality anyway. A true scientist should be able to do the math on that.
Actually, you COULD fit the entire population of 340 million American people from Texas to New England in the path of totality, and have room to spare for an eraser for your errant calculations.
if you cannot afford a pair of these glasses then you can make what is called a pinhole projector to safely view this. please PLEASE do NOT look directly at the sun without something to protect your eyes.
Predicting the motion of the moon is sooooo difficult … how difficult is it? … it’s so difficult that even the great Sir Isaac Newton couldn’t solve that problem. Thinking about all the variables affecting the moon’s orbit kept him awake at night and gave him headaches!
It depends on how accurate you want to be. Newton showed that the elliptical orbits of the moon and planets would result from inverse-square gravitation. That was a major theoretical breakthrough. Take a glance at his Principia Mathematica and you'll see what a genius he was.
@@bmjpdx9222 The accuracy required at the time would have allowed mariners at sea to determine longitude using the lunar distance method. The lunar distance tables useful to navigators at sea were finally created by the German mapmaker Tobias Mayer some 28 years after Newton’s death building on the work of Newton and others.
"God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come. I pray that our country listens." - MTG
Last time I showed no fear of the lord and went to see the eclipse and considered not that I may have been standing in the way of Gods judgement and that’s why the nation loves people that stare at the Sun like I do but I’m going to apologize in advance to everyone cause I will not be standing in the way of Gods judgement this next eclipse cause I don’t know if that’s what I’ve been missing in my life or not but it doesn’t seem to be anywhere but in the air at the moment maybe I shouldn’t have gone to the eclipse the last time if God wanted to do or not do something God probably wouldn’t have done anything good or bad if I was there since I’m usually so neutral so to try and remain as unbiased as possible while I attended the last time I will not be attending the upcoming eclipse unless it comes to me which by all means I would welcome so long as that’s not a bad or a dumb thing to say. All the same I can’t accuse God of having no judgement if I stand in the way of it and if God does nothing but put on an amazing show for everyone I wonder who paid the price for the admission given most people only pay for the 3D glasses or whatever those are. Probably Jesus probably Jesus paid the price literally he|she (bride|groom X or O idk but I’m not gay) probably fucking loaded ever since God convinced us money was a thing!
So sad that so many folks on the comments section cannot concentrate for long enough to take in the info from the video, but wander off topic. IQ45 or less.....
I don't understand how flat earthers exist with events like this 🤷♂️
That's how stupid they just are
They probably exist to annoy others.
Flat-earthers just say the Moon gets in front of the Sun as they both travel along 3000 miles above the Earth. But what's really difficult for them to explain is a lunar eclipse, where the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun.
Funny thing is people that believe this total BS are the flat earthers probably smoking to much meth.
It would be fun to ask them how an eclipse happens.
I was able to see Bill Nye speak at the 2017 eclipse in Nebraska. It was an amazing day. I understand what he means when he says a scientific and a spiritual experience are closely related.
Like most of what you watch on CNN Bill Nye is a pathetic Joke.
He’s not even a real scientist, but a corporate liberal schmuck
I met Bill Nye at a Hollywood event a few years ago, very sweet and genuine
For a clown with clown shoes and red nose.
Yet incorrect.
just not a real scientist..
Bill is a mechanical engineer, science communicator which means he reads what he is told, not what he knows
@@zsavage1820 Are your sure he can read?
What a REFRESHING news segment...brings back memories of joy, enthusiasm...and no poiltics!!!
I’m so happy Bill Nye has continued on such a great path. Saw him once at a bicycle shop in Seattle when he came in; my brother-in-law work there. He hasn’t changed much at all.
For those who try to denigrate Nye by saying he's not a scientist:
Bill Nye has received honorary doctorate of science degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Willamette University, Rutgers University, and Simon Fraser University.
They don't pass those out like they were paper towel rolls.
Yes they do 😂 he's a celebrity fake 😂😂😂
That's EXACTLY what they do.😂
The man was a Cornell grad and Boeing engineer. Those are pretty serious credentials
well he's a mechanical engineer and worked on airplanes. so he is certainly a scientist. Honorary degrees don't really mean anything.
I like how Bill gave the Vulcan hand greeting.😊
I would love to meet Bill Nye, he is like the science Mr. Rogers.
I lived in East Tennessee back in 2017, and our town was in the path of totality. It was an awesome event. I got to take pictures and enjoy the view. I learned that the best way to take a picture with your phone is by using the selfie camera. It worked great. I posted one of them to my profile picture.
I live in Minnesota now, and we’re supposed to get about 75%, but it’s gonna be raining most of the day.
Thank you, I was wondering that
I drove an hour each way to be at the edge of totality in 1979. It was totally worth it! A scientific and spiritual experience. Something I will never forget.
Eclispe expérience is amazing
This one is biblical. Will be passing over all the cities of Nivea. 7 years ago one passed over all the cities of Salem. The cross hairs where they intersect is in Illinois at the city of Rapture.
@@mhall801 only god knows the end days. Everyone else is a false prophet or an anti-christ.
@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei
Didn’t say it was the end of days. No man knows not even the angels in heaven know when Jesus Will returns, so I agree with you on that part. But it’s a sign, things are happening now that were written thousands of years ago.
@@mhall801 lying. Typical Christian. You are not a very good Christian. Read 2 Peter. Then pay very close attention to what Jesus says to his followers. So, do you even have a bible?
@@mhall801
When were they not happening 🙄
History always repeats itself
Great to see live, I saw the 2017 one with my son.
Brianna is an audience of one for these two! So beautiful!!
Meh, she definitely is a try hard, thats for sure. was she a truck driver before cnn??
April 8th birthday eclipse for me. Full totality in Indianapolis!
Happy birthday Enjoy it ❤
@@cboy-ou2hr thank you. It will be a blast!
Bill Nye is simply the BEST guy. So loose, fun, not overly serious yet not making science a bloody joke, and he's been doin' this stuff for DECADES. :) I still cannot believe that as a friggin' CHILD, I was watching this guy's insane little chemistry lab segments... and now, here I am like 30+ years later seeing him describe the path of totality on an Eclipse. Marvelous.
FYI, I'm in California, so... *ARG*! lol
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Bill Nye is known to be a bit of a prick in real life. Lol.
Remember trump staring directly at the sun during the last eclipse? 😂
Why doesn't CNN just pay the Photographer "thousands" of dollars (aka: a fair price, aka: a big deal to them, but a pittance to you) so you can show the photos? Are you on a budget? Why not help the photographer get paid and help them get a bit of recognition in the process?
Soooo cool!!! Some people just aren’t into it, don’t get that.
They would be if they saw totality. What a magical experience 💥
I’m right on the edge in Louisville Ky. Definitely going to have to go up north a few miles
We love Bill Nye. Such a great educator. Thanks for having the determination to help humanity.
& he has explained perfectly debating an evangelical how Noah's ark & the flood couldn't have happened the way it says in the bible
Bill Bill Bill Bill!!!!
Science rules
@@stevenswitzer5154
God rules over science,
He created everything,
scientists just deconstruct
and then reconstruct if they can,
often destroying the perfect in
the process.
Gonna be in Maine! ❤
We experienced a partial solar eclipse Aug 21 2017 and mid day it suddenly got darker. I was creeped out by it.
I can’t get in the totality, I have to work on Monday. Hopefully our managers will let us go outside to see it! We’re only about 100 miles from totality.
It was much more spectacular on yr tv show than in reality!😮😊
I need that calendar.
Hey, what’s up, Bill? Love you.
I’m so excited! My daughter is so Lucky! Haha
It does not turn to "night". There is merely a shadow that will be cast. Night is a completely different time of day (night).
The vast majority of the sky looks just like it does as night. As dark as the night sky, with stars. At the horizon, there is a band of light that looks like it's just after sunset.
@@boston_octopus
I understand all of that. And I appreciate the romanticism as much as anyone. But it still does not turn day to night. An Eclipse simply hides the sunlight for a couple of minutes, same as any celestial object would at any other time. It's a Cosmic reality. Light does not bend. Edit: Except for Refraction.
@@boston_octopus
The sky will not get nighttime dark or black as night,
it will be like the sky is in a shadow, brightness will
absent for a few minutes, you might see a few stars,
but the corona will be awesome.
This man was in my town for it and I had no idea until after it was too late to be at the same place 😂
Wanna bet General Bonespurs look at the sun/eclipse without glasses..again.
During totality solar glasses not needed, before and after yes, wear the eclipse glasses.
@@saywhat8966 deadave wanted to harm people, thats all
@@mrrey8937 Only people that need to be harmed... Listen, most of us took a oath. "... I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domesti.." Trump and his wanna-be Cult is the domestic threat.
@@mrrey8937 Listen, most of us took a oath " ......I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.." Trump & wanna-be cult is the domestic threat. !!!
The end of Ramadan is on 8th of April, i.e. the day of this eclipse, which is very rare in Islamic calendar!
Bill Nye 2024
Comet moon n sun on same side of the ball amazing
This has nothing to do with comets.
@@bmjpdx9222 comet sun and moon all on the same side of earth means it's probably not a globe
Billl Nye is the ultimate bad ass!!
Just feel it!
Thanks for the shout out Bill. Over here counting my money
If I’m lucky this will be my third total eclipse. If you can find your way to totality and decently clear skies DO IT!! It’s one million percent worth it.
I may not be aligned with everything Bill thinks, but oh my gosh I enjoy him!
Alex jones : I’m not wearing the glasses because if we don’t we get special powers and they don’t want us to have special powers !!!!
@@AstroBear11 Your comment is even funnier than Lincoln's... haha
He can go ahead and fry his retina 🤣
Scientists do have MEGA computers determining these things
Yes, but astronomers have to write the programs which instruct the computers to make the calculations.
I'm in the path of totality, it's sounds ominous.. the path of totality!
Tell that to my job.
Not a scientist.
"A total eclipse of the heart."
I stole one of my husband's welding hood to watch
Me, too!! 😆😆😆🍿🍹💋
Caution! I read that is not enough of suitable blockage!
@rhyfeddu just looked it up and thank you for not letting me go blind
@karinwolf3645 person is right put the hood up and get glasses not worth going blind
@@kreiner1 ✊🏼 Tell all your friends!
Bill Nye the Science Guy….solid in my head 😆 🎵
Yea Bill Nye !
Bill Nye: " Let's Go!! You wanna go ?!!??!? " Basically lol 😂
Not much really to explain - the moon is going between the sun and Earth - Ok - but its still great to witness it!
It wouldn't happen at all unless the moon was the right distance from earth and the right diameter to be able to cover the sun.
@@boston_octopus any genius knows that since the sun is 400 times larger than the moon - the sun must be 400 times further from the moon than the moon is from the Earth
Science rocks!
Lol I remember when eclipse glasses were free.
Bill Nye the science guy, is the best
try a weather satellite pix
The engineer guy.
hey it's bill nye the actor/performer guy
you better hope you can see sunshine on a cloudy day.
Even if it's cloudy, there will still be the eery experience of it going dark in the middle of the day.
@@bmjpdx9222 it's all pink in the dark.
I'm gonna sing Total Eclipse of the HEart
Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!
If the earth is flat... how can eclipses be predicted so accurately?
*Because of the conspiracies, duh.*
Trump 20-24 yrs... 🤪
80% chance of rain in all Texas. Thanks for reminding me what a chance in a lifetime it WAS...
Sorry - that's just mean!
Dont have money to travel. Plus so many people already. Heart goes out to locals
It should only be difficult after the eclipse
when everyone heads home, that’s when
locals should stay put till traffic clears to
normal. Viewers will get more viewing time,
still short.
the biggest thing is it confirms einsteins theory of general relativity.
Not really. You have to take measurements of stars during the eclios and compare those measurements to stars in the night sky. Those measurements confirm Relativity. The eclipse itself does not. But it allows for the conditions where Einstein's theory can be tested
@@Matthew-ve7uv Quite so. Newtonian mechanics is accurate enough to explain the orbits involved.
Perfect time for me to rob a bank or just walk into the safe😂
If I ever run for president, Bill will be my vice presidential pick.
The Eclipse is Nye!
Bill nye? Holy moly.
4:33 The only one who stare directly into the sun “WITHOUT ECLIPS GLASSES” is… ‘THE DONALD’…🥴
Forecast rain and thick clouds for us. So, yeah, Ho hum.
So did you put her there because it's the front door. To make it seem like I have no control or is it racism. I told you two to leave.
BFD. I saw the last two from start to finish. Once in a life time is enough for me with out any scientific equipment to gather any personal data.
Most people expect cloud cover and rain
Be sure to wear a mask when you look at the eclipse. Stay healthy, stay safe!
I’ll just wait to see on tv.😅
We all know Bill is not a real scientist, but a great love of it. Love that guy
What is he some kinda SCIENCE GUY or something ??
Started off today but blindspotted on it I’m guessing
X / Twitter / “The Birds” / Elon Musk….. is it a bird is it a plane no it’s …..::::?
"Everybody should go see it". Yeah, right! I live 1600 miles away and don't have a reservation in the area. Can't possibly do it. But I saw the one in August of 2017, so I know how cool it is. Being where the eclipse is total is way, way better than partial. They couldn't fit the entire population of the USA into the path of totality anyway. A true scientist should be able to do the math on that.
Actually, you COULD fit the entire population of 340 million American people from Texas to New England in the path of totality, and have room to spare for an eraser for your errant calculations.
@@northerniltree
@scottnelson1713 is likely recalling the all day traffic jam afterwards.
It might just be me here but, it just seems to me like they're just happy about their new dealer...
if you cannot afford a pair of these glasses then you can make what is called a pinhole projector to safely view this. please PLEASE do NOT look directly at the sun without something to protect your eyes.
You can look at the ground or at leaves of
bushes to see little projections of the eclipse.
ESPN security alert.
The lighter color your eyes are yes, it's advisable not to look directly into the eclipse. Safety first. It's a whole process.
Wear ISO solar glasses before and after eclipse totality.
I'm a member of the planetary society will they sponsor a broadcast??
Seems he’s dwindling quickly
Any news on Black Messiah that You guy’s trying to Downplay….
I need to take acting and sociology courses... to be a better scientist like Bill.
Not gonna lie, I have a little thing for Brianna 😊
She’s hot.
For information go to another video
with some real content about viewing it.
He’s not an actual scientist
Irrelevant to the conversation
I bet you catch a lot of tail at parties 🙄
@@rensinclair4218 "Must show the interwebs that I KNOW that a guy on tv is not as smart as you think he is." 🙄
Predicting the motion of the moon is sooooo difficult … how difficult is it? … it’s so difficult that even the great Sir Isaac Newton couldn’t solve that problem. Thinking about all the variables affecting the moon’s orbit kept him awake at night and gave him headaches!
It depends on how accurate you want to be. Newton showed that the elliptical orbits of the moon and planets would result from inverse-square gravitation. That was a major theoretical breakthrough.
Take a glance at his Principia Mathematica and you'll see what a genius he was.
@@bmjpdx9222 The accuracy required at the time would have allowed mariners at sea to determine longitude using the lunar distance method. The lunar distance tables useful to navigators at sea were finally created by the German mapmaker Tobias Mayer some 28 years after Newton’s death building on the work of Newton and others.
Time is created by Earth's star 🌟 magnetic field.
"God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come. I pray that our country listens."
- MTG
I didn't know she was a prophet...besides, there's no repentance for Esau.
Religion and god is the biggest lie ever pushed on the human race
We are safe, we have mister Trump on our side. Thank goodness I bought one of mister Trump's MAGA Bibles.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster says "Learn some Science, and dismiss your mysticism!"
@@BMrider75may he bless your meatballs
Last time I showed no fear of the lord and went to see the eclipse and considered not that I may have been standing in the way of Gods judgement and that’s why the nation loves people that stare at the Sun like I do but I’m going to apologize in advance to everyone cause I will not be standing in the way of Gods judgement this next eclipse cause I don’t know if that’s what I’ve been missing in my life or not but it doesn’t seem to be anywhere but in the air at the moment maybe I shouldn’t have gone to the eclipse the last time if God wanted to do or not do something God probably wouldn’t have done anything good or bad if I was there since I’m usually so neutral so to try and remain as unbiased as possible while I attended the last time I will not be attending the upcoming eclipse unless it comes to me which by all means I would welcome so long as that’s not a bad or a dumb thing to say. All the same I can’t accuse God of having no judgement if I stand in the way of it and if God does nothing but put on an amazing show for everyone I wonder who paid the price for the admission given most people only pay for the 3D glasses or whatever those are. Probably Jesus probably Jesus paid the price literally he|she (bride|groom X or O idk but I’m not gay) probably fucking loaded ever since God convinced us money was a thing!
i thought bill nye died-
Bill Nye, Not a science guy.
Yeah he is. Shut up
Yes he is. You're not
Do you want a problem? I'll GIVE you problem.
Bill Nine The Fraud guy not a science guy.
Stop.
So sad that so many folks on the comments section cannot concentrate for long enough to take in the info from the video, but wander off topic.
IQ45 or less.....
People have been predicting eclipses with precise accuracy for thousands of years.
Ancient astronomers from millenniums ago were probably more precise without high tech
The plural of millennium is millennia.
No, not more precise. But eclipses can be empirically predicted from past data, without understanding anything about the orbital mechanics.