You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipse | David Baron
TED Talks Daily10 Aug 2017

You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipse | David Baron

On August 21, 2017, the moon's shadow will race from Oregon to South Carolina in what some consider to be the most awe-inspiring spectacle in all of nature: a total solar eclipse. Umbraphile DavidBaronchases these rare events across the globe, and in this ode to the bliss of seeing the solar corona, he explains why you owe it to yourself to witness one, too.

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