Smarter Every Day: Space Station Transiting 2017 ECLIPSE, My Brain Stopped Working. (YouTube, 8:38min)
What it says on the tin, the eclipse as seen from Wyoming, with a bonus appearance of the International Space Station. The ISS transit across the sun is fast, much faster than I thought it would be even though I’ve watched the ISS cross the sky many times.
Bonus link: Veritasium: Eclipse 2017 (YouTube, 5:20min), including time-lapse video from first contact to totality, viewed from Oregon.
npr speachial series skunk bear: 5 Safe Ways To View The Eclipse. (YouTube, 3min)
“Watching an eclipse? Save your eyeballs – rig up a sweet viewing set-up with some help from this video.
Read more about safe eclipse viewing from npr here.”
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Vaccines. (YouTube, 27:14 min)
“The benefits of vaccines far outweigh the minuscule risks, but some parents still question their safety. John Oliver discusses why some people may still feel uncertainty about childhood vaccinations.”
A Day in the Life of a (mostly) Human Sundial.
“Als Schulprojekt der Astronomie-AG des Progymnasiums Rosenfeld haben wir für einen Schultag eine lebende Sonnenuhr realisiert. Jeder sollte für 10 min Gnomon einer Sonnenuhr sein. Alle 20 s wurde ein Foto aufgenommen und somit der Tag von 8 bis 16 Uhr zugebracht. […] Man achte im Video auch auf die Turmuhr zum Vergleich (alles MESZ).”
Translation:
“The astronomy club of the secondary school in Rosenfeld (Germany) made a living sundial for one day. Everyone was the gnomon for 10 minutes. A photo was taken every 20 seconds throughout the day from 8am to 4pm. […] Note the time on the clock tower for reference (all times CEST).”
Link via Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Have you ever heard of a dance called Pantsula?
Take a look at this: Pantsula Dance 2013 – filmed by Streetcorner Films (YouTube, 4:37min) or this: Pantsula dancers! South Africa (YouTube, 4:52min).
The Soweto Skeleton Movers pantsula jive South Africa street performers – Breakin’ Convention 2016 (YouTube, 11:12min) take this dance to another level.
There are a lot more videos in this Pantsula Dance South Africa channel.
If you want to learn the Pantsula yourself, watch this Pantsula Dance Tutorial by “Life In Progress” (YouTube, 3:07min).
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