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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:15, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
Editing article: Solar Eclipse
First Edit: Below is an edit I am making to the article about solar eclipses. I added the last two sentences because when I went to see the solar eclipse in Oregon I can confirm these observations during totality and the article did not include those observations so I added them. Adding this under "Impact".
The solar eclipse of March 20, 2015, was the first occurrence of an eclipse estimated to potentially have a significant impact on the power system, with the electricity sector taking measures to mitigate any impact. The continental Europe and Great Britain synchronous areas were estimated to have about 90 gigawatts of solar power and it was estimated that production would temporarily decrease by up to 34 GW compared to a clear sky day. The temperature may decrease by 3 °C, and wind power potentially decreases as winds are reduced by 0.7 m/s.
In addition to the drop in light level and air temperature, animals change their behavior during totality. For example, birds and squirrels return to their nests and crickets chirp.[1]
Second Edit:
Below is a second edit where I am adding another observation but adding it directly under the first paragraph of the section called "Other Observations". I am adding this information to the article because I did not see it in the article yet and it's another observation during solar eclipses.
A total solar eclipse provides a rare opportunity to observe the corona (the outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere). Normally this is not visible because the photosphere is much brighter than the corona. According to the point reached in the solar cycle, the corona may appear small and symmetric, or large and fuzzy. It is very hard to predict this in advance.[76] As the light filters through leaves of trees during a partial eclipse, the overlapping leaves create natural pinholes, displaying mini eclipses on the ground.[2]
- ^ "How Eclipses Work". NASA. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ Johnson-Groh, Mara (10 August 2017). "Five Tips from NASA for Photographing the Total Solar Eclipse on Aug. 21". NASA. Retrieved 21 September 2017.