Toronto and many other cities and towns of Canada fell into darkness as millions of people flocked into public places to watch the total solar eclipse. In Toronto, which won\u2019t see the next total solar eclipse until 2144, clouds obscured the sun during the period of the eclipse. But when the time for total solar eclipse (99.7 per cent) came, it became pitch dark and very cold. At Toronto\u2019s York University where thousands of students converged on top of one of its science blocks to watch the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon, lights went on during the short duration of total eclipse at 3.19 pm on Monday.<\/p>\n
Canada\u2019s top astronomer and York University former professor Paul Delaney, who was on hand to explain the significance of this solar eclipse, said, \u201cFrom the point of view of science, when you are blocking the sun, you are changing the dynamics in the atmosphere and the atmosphere responds very differently during a total eclipse. Radiowave propagation is impacted. NASA is launching its sounding rockets into the upper atmosphere from Niagara Falls to monitor changes as radiation is depleted from the atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cThis total solar eclipse has allowed studying the diameter of the sun which has come under great scrutiny of late because scientists think it is changing. This eclipse is an opportunity to measure the diameter. They are looking at the sun\u2019s corona and corona sphere. It will tell us about magnetic fields around the sun. There is a lot of information that we will gain from this solar eclipse.\u201d Toronto had its last total solar eclipse in 1925. \u201cIt was a cloudy day in Toronto back in 1925. Toronto University scientists tried to measure the change in the intensity of light coming from the sun that day.<\/p>\n
That total solar eclipse came quickly after the 1919 total solar eclipse when British astronomer Arthur Eddington verified Einstein\u2019s famous theory of relativity,\u201d he said. Total solar eclipses occur every 18 months somewhere around the world, but North America\u2019s next total solar eclipse won\u2019t happen till August 23, 2044.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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