"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

#SolarEclipse #Eclipse2024 #Animals #AnimalBehavior

"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."

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx3025

#Eclipse2024 #Animals #Birds #Wildlife

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

⏪ 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 🌑

#eclipse #eclipse2024 #Montreal

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