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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,560 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:07,420 ¿Qué es un eclipse solar total? 3 00:00:07,420 --> 00:00:11,170 Es una coincidencia cósmica que realmente nos trae 4 00:00:11,170 --> 00:00:14,890 sorprendentes efectos visuales para los espectadores en la 5 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:16,510 tierra. 6 00:00:16,510 --> 00:00:20,620 Vamos a ver cómo se forma, usando un modelo muy simple que 7 00:00:20,620 --> 00:00:23,710 es los 3 protagonistas del eclipse. 8 00:00:23,710 --> 00:00:26,650 Por supuesto, el sol, nos está iluminando, 9 00:00:26,650 --> 00:00:29,530 el globo terráqueo y un modelo de la luna. 10 00:00:29,530 --> 00:00:32,770 Simplemente un eclipse solar total es cuando la sombra de la 11 00:00:32,770 --> 00:00:37,480 luna viaja de oeste a este y se interpone entre el sol y la 12 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:41,680 tierra, causando una sombra que cae sobre la superficie del 13 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,780 globo terráqueo en este momento. 14 00:00:43,780 --> 00:00:47,530 Y la tierra real, cuando ocurre un eclipse total de sol en 15 00:00:47,530 --> 00:00:50,210 cualquier parte del mundo donde tengamos la gran suerte de 16 00:00:50,210 --> 00:00:50,710 estar. 17 00:00:50,710 --> 00:00:53,200 Porque es un fenómeno espectacular. 18 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,350 ¿Qué tiene que suceder para que ocurra este eclipse total de 19 00:00:56,350 --> 00:00:57,310 sol? 20 00:00:57,310 --> 00:01:00,880 Primero, tenemos que tener la luna de un tamaño y una 21 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,599 distancia apropiados para poder bloquear la cara del sol. 22 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:09,010 Segundo, tenemos que tener un alineamiento en línea recta del 23 00:01:09,010 --> 00:01:10,930 sol, la luna y la tierra. 24 00:01:10,930 --> 00:01:14,650 Y tercero, tenemos que estar parados en lo que se llama la 25 00:01:14,650 --> 00:01:18,680 franja de totalidad donde va a caer la sombra de la luna. 26 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:23,110 En esta animación estamos viendo cómo un eclipse solar total se 27 00:01:23,110 --> 00:01:24,520 desarrolla. 28 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,310 Y vemos ahí la franja de totalidad. 29 00:01:27,310 --> 00:01:30,670 Si estamos parados en esa línea en cualquier parte de esa 30 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:34,540 línea, conforme la luna se desplaza a más de 2,000 31 00:01:34,540 --> 00:01:37,660 kilómetros por hora por la superficie terrestre, 32 00:01:37,660 --> 00:01:40,060 vamos a poder ver el eclipse total de sol. 33 00:01:40,060 --> 00:01:43,480 Que es una de las maravillas del universo a no perderse. 34 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:44,080 ¿Por qué? 35 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:48,070 Porque en ese momento vemos la corona que es la atmósfera más 36 00:01:48,070 --> 00:01:51,210 externa del sol y es realmente bella. 37 00:01:51,210 --> 00:01:54,160 Y en ese momento de totalidad podemos mirar al sol sin 38 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,210 peligro, a simple vista, porque la corona solamente tiene un 39 00:01:58,210 --> 00:02:00,700 brillo equivalente a la luna llena. 40 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:02,350 Así que se los recomiendo. 41 00:02:02,350 --> 00:02:06,030 No se pierdan un eclipse solar total. 42 00:02:06,030 --> 00:02:10,000

Total Solar Eclipse: Stories from the Path of Totality

¿Que sucede durante un eclipse solar total?

Published:   April 28, 2020
Total Running Time:   00:02:09

Aprenda a través de simples demostraciones cómo tres protagonistas celestiales—la Tierra, la luna y el sol—causan el fenómeno espectacular de un eclipse solar total donde se puede apreciar la corona solar a simple vista.

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