April 20, 2024

Watch the entire total solar eclipse of 2021 in just 1 minute! (time-lapse video)

The video comes from the JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition, which caught sensational views of the overall solar eclipse in a livestream that fortunately, had good weather condition to share the phenomenon virtually.Related: The only total solar eclipse of 2021 in pictures: Amazing pictures from AntarcticaThe moon passes in front of the sun in the only overall solar eclipse of 2021 in this still from a video recorded by Theo Boris and Christian Lockwood of the JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition from their observing point in Union Glacier, Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021. (Image credit: Theo Boris/Christian Lockwood/ JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition/NASA TELEVISION) Total solar eclipses only appear over a small band of Earth due to the narrowness of the moons shadow. An overall solar eclipse will likewise take place on April 8, 2024, crossing across parts of North America and Central America.Partial eclipses are easier to identify.