A new NASA app will allow folks across the United States to become citizen scientists and collect data for an interactive map.
The NASA-sponsored Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program launched the app to allow enthusiastic spectators to document their solar eclipse observations wherever they may be along the path of the Aug. 21 total eclipse.
This nationwide citizen-science experiment is easy to become a part of, and, as highlighted in the new GLOBE Observer (NASA GO) Eclipse App instructional video, requires you to have only a smartphone and a thermometer as you experience a partial or total eclipse. [The Best ISO-Certified Gear to See the 2017 Solar Eclipse]
"When the Earth goes dark for a few minutes during a total solar eclipse, animals, plants, and environmental conditions react. In the path of the eclipse, temperatures and clouds can change quickly," said the NASA video's narrator. Read more...
The NASA-sponsored Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program launched the app to allow enthusiastic spectators to document their solar eclipse observations wherever they may be along the path of the Aug. 21 total eclipse.
This nationwide citizen-science experiment is easy to become a part of, and, as highlighted in the new GLOBE Observer (NASA GO) Eclipse App instructional video, requires you to have only a smartphone and a thermometer as you experience a partial or total eclipse. [The Best ISO-Certified Gear to See the 2017 Solar Eclipse]
"When the Earth goes dark for a few minutes during a total solar eclipse, animals, plants, and environmental conditions react. In the path of the eclipse, temperatures and clouds can change quickly," said the NASA video's narrator. Read more...