"Using a large acoustic dataset from participatory science, we quantified how #birds changed their vocalizations in response to the 2023 annular and 2024 total eclipses in North America. During the total #eclipse, most species vocalized less, but nocturnal and large-eyed species vocalized more."
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.73090
#Animals #Birds #Ecology #SolarEclipse #Eclipse2023 #Eclipse2024
"We hypothesized that the calling behavior of animals during the eclipse would mimic periods of low light, such as post-dusk, and that a measurable shift in soundscape activity would occur during the eclipse period. Our results showed significant variation in some metrics between days, with the highest biophonic activity observed on the day of the eclipse. We did not find differences between the time of the eclipse and the days before and after with respect to acoustic complexity."
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03949370.2025.2564807
"Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial intelligence analyses of nearly 100,000 vocalizations, we found that bird behavior was substantially affected by these few minutes of unexpected afternoon darkness."
This was totality — photographed from my parents’ yard in Southern Illinois during the April 8, 2024 eclipse.
The sun’s corona was blazing, and we could even see flares along the edge.
A moment of awe, silence, and cosmic perspective.
#Eclipse2024 #TotalSolarEclipse #Astrophotography #SouthernIllinois #SolarCorona #EclipseFlares #FediverseSky #BackyardAstronomy
@jeffluszcz Cool, enjoy! I flew into Boston and drove north to Houlton, Maine for the total solar eclipse last year (I didn't live anywhere near the path of totality). Got this poster, some other souvenirs, and most of all an awesome experience. I was standing under that clocktower during totality.
#eclipse #solareclipse #totalsolareclipse #eclipse2024 #solareclipse2024 #totalsolareclipse2024 #houlton #houltonme #maine
⏪ Blog rewind: “Eclipse So Good” https://heliomass.com/posts/2407-eclipse-so-good/
For some reason I was thinking about this today, so I thought I’d repost it 🌑
Memorable moment number 3: SO MANY CELESTIAL EVENTS! It began with the #Eclipse in April, where I traveled to Vermont to my parents' house, which was right in the path of totality, as was able to watch with my whole fam. It was truly awe inspiring and I still look back on it and smile.
Annular eclipse of the sun occurring right now... visible in the Southern Hemisphere and right here:
https://www.timeanddate.com/live/eclipse-solar-2024-october-2
#SolarEclipse #EclipseSolar #Eclipse2024 #EclipseSolarAnular #AnnularSolarEclipse
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