Eclipses: Crash Course Astronomy #5

The big question in the comments last week was, "BUT WHAT ABOUT ECLIPSES?" Today, Phil breaks 'em down for you. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace: http://www.squarespace.com/crashcourse -- Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse -- As promised, Phil's sun spotting recommendations: Astronomers Without Borders (charitable org): http://store.astronomerswithoutborders.org/index.php?main_page=product_info Rainbow Symphony glasses (I have these myself): http://www.rainbowsymphony.com/soleclipse.html Wide variety of viewers from Rainbow Symphony: http://www.eclipseglasses2017.com/buy-eclipse-glasses -- Solar Eclips 0:59 Lunar Eclipse 1:03 Moon's Orbit 1:23 Size of the Earth and Moon 8:24 -- PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios Follow Phil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/badastronomer Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support CrashCourse on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse -- PHOTOS/VIDEOS http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4158 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/solar-eclipse-diagram/#.VMFSKGTF_Z0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse#mediaviewer/File:Geometry_of_a_Total_Solar_Eclipse.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_September_22,_2006#mediaviewer/File:Helder_da_Rocha_-_Partial_solar_eclipse_(by-sa).jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_eclipse_2008Feb07-New_Zealand-partial-Greg_Hewgill.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse#mediaviewer/File:The_Patrial_Eclipse.jpg http://philhart.smugmug.com/Sun/Queensland-Solar-Eclipse/i-qjqMzzK http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11128 http://philhart.smugmug.com/Sun/Queensland-Solar-Eclipse/i-mMSf6gB http://philhart.smugmug.com/Sun/Queensland-Solar-Eclipse/i-LffKLrf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YX2b... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse#mediaviewer/File:Annular_Eclipse._Taken_from_Middlegate,_Nevada_on_May_20,_2012.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geometry_of_a_Lunar_Eclipse.svg http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=10787 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_eclipse_April_15_2014_California_Alfredo_Garcia_Jr1.jpg http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=10787 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse#mediaviewer/File:Lunar_eclipse_oct_8_2014_Minneapolis_4_46am.png http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4155