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The rare natural phenomenon that is expected to occur on Monday/ 4 minutes of total darkness

2024-04-07 10:05:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
The rare natural phenomenon that is expected to occur on Monday/ 4 minutes of
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Millions of people in North America are hoping to spend around four minutes in total darkness as the Moon blocks out the Sun's light on Monday, the BBC reports. 

For some, those precious minutes will be an opportunity for often impossible scientific experiments - a chance to unlock the secrets of our universe.

Researchers will launch rockets into the path of the eclipse, stand in zoos watching animals, send radio signals around the globe and peer into space with massive cameras.

Turtle mating or gorilla napping opportunities

Professor Adam Hartstone-Rose of North Carolina State University will spend Monday at the zoo in Fort Worth, Texas.

He will look for strange behavior in animals, from gorillas to giraffes to Galapagos tortoises. During the eclipse of 2017, turtles suddenly started mating. Many animals appear to have anxiety responses to sudden darkness.

"Flamingos last time did a beautiful thing. As the eclipse was building, the adults gathered the birds in the middle of the flock and looked up at the sky as if worried about a descending aerial predator," said Adam Hartstone-Rose.

Meanwhile, the gorillas moved to where they slept and began their bedtime routines./ CNA 





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