ECLIPSE 2017 in Idaho Falls

Fun Facts from Get Eclipsed by Pat & Fred Espenak

A total solar eclipse is the only time the Sun’s faint corona is visible from Earth. [ED: As the temperature of matter rises, it can go from solid, to liquid, to gas, to plasma, notes Norman.]

Planets and stars can be seen in the daytime with the naked eye during a total eclipse.

In 1973, a supersonic airplane flew in the Moon’s shadow during an eclipse.  This extended totality to those on board to 72 minutes as the airplane kept pace with the shadow. [ED: Ponder the ellipse of the total eclipse speeding across America. It's a 70-mi-wide CIRCLE.]

On June 16, 1806, in Cooperstown, New York, convicted criminal, Stephen Arnold, was taken out of his windowless cell in shackles to view an eclipse. [Will that happen in 2017?]

 Fewer than 1 person in 1,000 has ever seen totality.  Remember this opportunity!

The glowing halo surrounding the Sun during a total eclipse is called the solar corona.  It is the Sun’s outer atmosphere consisting of a super-hot, two-million-degree, plasma.

Emperor Louis of Bavaria witnessed a total solar eclipse on May 5, 840.  He was so terrified by the event that he died shortly afterwards.  A quarrel between his three sons over Louis’ succession led to the Treaty of Verdun, dividing Europe into France, Germany, and Italy. [Google Verdun dividing Europe 840 AD]

During the total solar eclipse in 1878, the American inventor Thomas Edison observed the eclipse from a chicken coop.  He used a new invention, the tasimeter, in a failed attempt to measure the temperature of the Sun’s corona. [Google-search 'tasimeter']

The last time totality occurred anywhere in the 48 continental states was on February 26, 1979, nearly 40 years ago.  Where were you 40 years ago?  What about your family?

Everyone in the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii) will see some part of the Sun eclipsed by the Moon on August 21, 2017 (Monday midday).

It takes just 90 minutes for the Moon’s shadow to cross the United States from Oregon to South Carolina, 2,300 miles. Look at the map below.

The average speed of the Moon’s shadow as it crosses the United States is nearly 1,700 miles an hour.  This is three times faster than a supersonic jet.  Hence, a supersonic jet can stay in the shadow but for 75 minutes as they both speed along the path of totality.

To see the 2017 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE you must be inside the narrow path of the Moon’s dark shadow, the umbra.  This path of totality will cross parts of 12 states:  Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

NOTE:  Some of the text has been enhanced and some wording improved, hopefully.

View Pat and Fred's book via Google-search [“Get Eclipsed” by Espenak]

http://astropixels.com/pubs/GetEclipsed.html 

For ward-mission-leaders, tell your Golden Contacts that they can INCREASE THEIR FAITH IN THE CREATOR by pondering and praying about the precision of the Creation.  Somewhere on Earth, an awesome TOTAL ECLIPSE will occur every 12 to 18 months.  Isn't that amazing???  Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ (they are one in purpose) LOVE THEIR CHILDREN.
Ref: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/eclipses/en/  ... "The Glory of God is INTELLIGENCE!"