1 00:00:05,916 --> 00:00:21,291 [GROUP CLAMORING] 2 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:27,875 (Group) No way bro! 3 00:00:27,875 --> 00:00:29,458 (Group) That's wild 4 00:00:31,333 --> 00:00:34,500 (Sam) On April 8th, a total solar eclipse is passing through North America. 5 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:36,000 (Sam) Somehow I was lucky enough to go to school 6 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,791 (Sam) in Upstate New York, in the path of totality, 7 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:38,916 (Sam) right near the center line. 8 00:00:39,541 --> 00:00:41,125 (Sam) The forecast was looking a bit cloudy, but 9 00:00:41,125 --> 00:00:43,000 (Sam) I decided to host an eclipse viewing picnic 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,958 (Sam) and invite my friends for this once-in-a-lifetime experience. 11 00:00:50,166 --> 00:00:51,041 (Fanny) Look at Elsa! 12 00:00:52,375 --> 00:00:54,625 (Tayo) She looks jank as hell, bro. 13 00:00:56,166 --> 00:00:57,041 (Tayo) I'm sorry. 14 00:01:04,250 --> 00:01:07,666 (Tayo) Um, I think an eclipse is when... 15 00:01:07,666 --> 00:01:09,166 (Tayo) um 16 00:01:09,166 --> 00:01:13,166 (Tayo) So the sun is there, and it gets really shy. 17 00:01:13,166 --> 00:01:18,166 (Tayo) And then the moon goes in front of it, and they do a little kiss, 18 00:01:18,166 --> 00:01:20,416 (Tayo) and nobody can see it, and that's why it's dark. 19 00:01:21,166 --> 00:01:22,666 (Fanny) Okay, last thing here, Chick-fil-A sauce. 20 00:01:23,458 --> 00:01:25,375 (Sam) That is not what it said. 21 00:01:25,375 --> 00:01:26,208 (Fanny) It said pickles. 22 00:01:30,083 --> 00:01:31,250 (Jackson) Are you vlogging right now? 23 00:01:31,750 --> 00:01:32,833 (Jackson) Tomorrow is the day. 24 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:33,666 (Sam) And you're not prepared? 25 00:01:33,916 --> 00:01:34,583 (Self-service checkout robot lady) And you're not finished. 26 00:01:35,041 --> 00:01:36,541 (Jackson) Not even close to being prepared! 27 00:01:36,875 --> 00:01:37,458 (Jackson) Pay now. 28 00:01:37,750 --> 00:01:38,958 (Sam) What's your credit card information? 29 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,833 (Gaby) But the whole point is like, either like the 30 00:01:40,833 --> 00:01:42,625 (Gaby) barbecue or getting drunk during the eclipse. 31 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:45,458 (Gaby) Cartoon characters when they're nervous? 32 00:01:45,750 --> 00:01:46,166 (Gaby) *gulp* 33 00:01:47,833 --> 00:01:48,875 (Joy) Double bread!! 34 00:01:54,458 --> 00:01:56,208 (Gaby) The two or three hours I've been here, we've gone a 35 00:01:56,208 --> 00:01:57,916 total of five minutes when we can see the sun. 36 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:00,041 (Sam) Look at Jackson stealing our food. 37 00:02:01,833 --> 00:02:02,791 (Zach) yo lens dirty as hell 38 00:02:02,791 --> 00:02:04,291 (Jackson) Your camera is gaslighting you, I can see it right now. 39 00:02:10,583 --> 00:02:11,458 (Zach) Call me daddy. 40 00:02:12,208 --> 00:02:14,041 (Zach) I hope the cameraman dies in this one. 41 00:02:14,416 --> 00:02:14,916 [LAUGHTER] 42 00:02:15,916 --> 00:02:16,833 (Fanny) Did you try these on yet? 43 00:02:16,833 --> 00:02:17,750 (Zach) I can't see shit dude 44 00:02:18,125 --> 00:02:18,958 (Gaby) 18 minutes on the clock. 45 00:02:18,958 --> 00:02:20,333 (Matt) I don't know why I was thinking. 46 00:02:20,791 --> 00:02:23,458 (Matt) I don't know why I was thinking it was just going to be like instantly dark. 47 00:02:25,083 --> 00:02:30,000 (Phil Plait) A friend of mine had to sit down after the 48 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,083 (Phil Plait) eclipse and sit on the ground and like catch her breath 49 00:02:32,375 --> 00:02:35,708 (Phil Plait) because she was so overwhelmed in 2017 with her first eclipse. 50 00:02:36,583 --> 00:02:38,625 (Phil Plait) My reaction was the same way, I had a huge lump in 51 00:02:38,625 --> 00:02:40,958 (Phil Plait) my throat and I was just overwhelmed with emotion. 52 00:02:41,916 --> 00:02:43,416 (Phil Plait) Why? 53 00:02:43,416 --> 00:02:45,541 (Phil Plait) It's more than the beauty, I think. 54 00:02:46,708 --> 00:02:47,666 (Phil Plait) It's a shared event. 55 00:02:47,666 --> 00:02:50,125 (Phil Plait) That's why I said if you go with other people, it's 56 00:02:50,125 --> 00:02:52,458 (Phil Plait) a shared event and you can let those emotions out. 57 00:02:53,083 --> 00:02:56,416 (Phil Plait) Part of it, I think, is because the partial phase takes a long time. 58 00:02:56,416 --> 00:02:57,583 (Phil Plait) It takes about an hour. 59 00:02:57,583 --> 00:02:59,250 (Phil Plait) And for a lot of it, you're just not even going to notice. 60 00:02:59,916 --> 00:03:01,208 (Phil Plait) Crickets might start chirping. 61 00:03:01,708 --> 00:03:04,250 (Phil Plait) Temperature starts dropping and it takes time. 62 00:03:04,250 --> 00:03:05,083 (Phil Plait) It takes minutes. 63 00:03:05,083 --> 00:03:05,833 (Phil Plait) It builds. 64 00:03:06,875 --> 00:03:08,291 (Phil Plait) And if you do the math for every planet 65 00:03:08,291 --> 00:03:11,166 (Phil Plait) in the solar system, our moon and the Earth 66 00:03:11,166 --> 00:03:15,333 (Phil Plait) we're the only system where the satellite, 67 00:03:15,333 --> 00:03:17,708 (Phil Plait) the moon, is roughly the same size as the sun. 68 00:03:18,708 --> 00:03:19,833 (Phil Plait) That's a coincidence. 69 00:03:20,666 --> 00:03:22,625 (Phil Plait) We are very lucky. 70 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,750 (Sam) Dude, this is insane. 71 00:03:42,375 --> 00:03:46,041 (Phil Plait) The thing is, people's reaction is really big. 72 00:03:46,541 --> 00:03:48,125 (Phil Plait) People laugh, they cry 73 00:03:48,125 --> 00:03:49,458 (Phil Plait) People weep! 74 00:03:51,375 --> 00:03:57,500 (Phil Plait) And then this amazing, ethereal, pearly glow of the corona comes out. 75 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:01,000 (Phil Plait) And its Baily's beads and it always is absolutely gorgeous. 76 00:04:02,916 --> 00:04:03,916 (Gaby) Dude, what the fuck? 77 00:04:04,583 --> 00:04:06,166 (Gaby) Wait, it's actually getting so dark. 78 00:04:06,166 --> 00:04:06,875 (Gaby) This is insane. 79 00:04:08,375 --> 00:04:10,750 (Gaby) Dude, this is insane. 80 00:04:11,375 --> 00:04:12,750 (Gaby) It looks like it's nighttime. 81 00:04:13,625 --> 00:04:14,416 (Gaby) Oh my god. 82 00:04:16,666 --> 00:04:18,583 (Gaby) That was so cool. 83 00:04:18,583 --> 00:04:20,000 (Tayo) I'm a changed person 84 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,041 (Tayo) I love the sun 85 00:04:21,750 --> 00:04:23,541 (Gaby) That was genuinely so fucking cool. 86 00:04:24,166 --> 00:04:25,958 (Zach) It's back to cloudy!! 87 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:29,041 (Tayo) Maybe the eclipse is just God turning on low power mode. 88 00:04:29,041 --> 00:04:31,333 [LAUGHTER] 89 00:04:31,333 --> 00:04:32,958 (Phil Plait) We're lucky to be on the Earth. 90 00:04:32,958 --> 00:04:36,666 (Phil Plait) And in fact, we're lucky to be alive right now. 91 00:04:36,666 --> 00:04:39,250 (Phil Plait) Just in general.