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Total Solar Eclipse Video, Comanche Park, Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas, Monday 04/08/2024

Total Solar Eclipse Video, Comanche Park, Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas, Monday 04/08/2024

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Total Solar Eclipse Video, Comanche Park, Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas, Monday 04/08/2024.
We camped 3 nights at Comanche Park, Sat, Sun, Mon.  I estimated that out of the 4 min 20 seconds of total eclipse, it was visible through the clouds for about 2 minutes off and on.  Some highlights on the video, a group of birds (Hawks I believe) flying by the Eclipse.  The planet Venus is visible and toward the end of the video and you can see a solar flare towards the bottom of the sun.  
A great experience that the video doesn't do it justice, but gives you an idea of what it was like.
I took this video with my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra phone.
Of historical significance 105 years ago, 1919, scientists used a total solar Eclipse to prove Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity.  In 1915 Einstein's theory predicted that gravity could bend space and therefore light as it passes through it.  Scientists used the 1919 Eclipse to prove the theory by taking a photograph at night of the stars where the total eclipse would be and then taking another photo during the total solar eclipse.  Since it is dark during the total solar eclipse the same stars would be visible.  If Einstein was correct then the stars close to the sun would move relative to each other when comparing photographs, since the gravity of the sun would bend space and the light passing through it.  Einstein was correct, the stars did move, cementing his theory of General Relativity and making "Einstein" a household name.

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Total Solar Eclipse Video, Comanche Park, Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas, Monday 04/08/2024, JDAstroPhoto

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