I'm not good at catching subtle but that did prompt me to ask my husband if he remembered and he responded by replicating the pose. Poor fellow could have been remembered as a heartless greedy bastard who showed us what it looks like when you play monopoly with real money.
Well, now he can say "I looked up, only _very_ briefly, and I have perfect vision so it didn't hurt, I can read the bottom line on the eye chart, but I could tell that for most people, it would be a very bad thing to look up. Very dangerous. So I remind you all: Don't Look Up. I repeat: Don't Look Up."
This reminds me to share about an entire important Native American historical area most US citizens dont even know existed, Cahokia Mounds (in Illinois). In its heyday, it was larger and more populated and successful than London. Then it was almost all leveled off.
@@johntomblingson7451 I'm a little south of you near Scott and had never heard of Cahokia until I literally passed by a sign. It's amazing and so underappreciated (much like watching the birds of prey as one travels near Alton).
My Dad was the only person his Grandpa would talk with. He could speak English but usually chose not to do so, except for his youngest grandson. Dad said he was honored and fascinated by the stories of the old time for the Osage people before they were relocated to a reservation. (Their lands covered most of the Mississippi River and east to PA.)There are legends from other tribes about the Osage, too. Many of their men were 7 ft tall and powerful (early white men witnessed this, too). They built giant mounds to live in and cultivated the land. They young men hunted up & down the Mississipi, 'Big River', and the Ohio. One of my aunts had purple eyes. Blue eyes were common. I, myself, had purple eyes at birth that changed to blue by two and am 5'10". Dad was 6'5" and was the spitting image of paintings of early chiefs.
LiDAR and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) along with other new technologies are leading to awesome new discoveries in archaeology. Like you, I hope that we will do a better job exploring these new sites.
I also hope we can do better with the preservation of historic relics that the exploration of a new archeological site will lead to. Let's not forget that most of the looting of the ancient Khmer statues came in the politically unstable period after the Cambodian genocide of the late 1970's. Throughout the 1980's and 90's tomb raiders ravaged the ancient temples, even lopping off heads of the statues to sell abroad.
We are going south of Fredrickstown MO, will cross the river at Shawneetown. Let us pray for clear skies! I have daughters coming from FL and WA to share the event!
It absolutely is. Unless you follow archaeology specifically it's usually easy to miss, but both the date of arrival for the first peoples into North America and the presence of what Europeans would describe as cities keeps getting pushed back farther and farther. To say nothing of historical Indigenous communities throughout modern day Central and South America. The jungle ate up and reclaimed a whole lot of history the Indigenous kept from the conquerors, and it's taking cutting edge technology to find them again. I can't wait to learn more about ancient trade routes, personally. A lot of these ancient groups of people somehow knew about each other, and trade, even of a purely ceremonial nature, wasn't as uncommon as you'd think given all the land they needed to cross. It's all just so fascinating to me, personally.
My guess would be climate change. But the old fashioned kind, not the new fangled modern kind. There are all kinds of periods of temperature change or rain pattern changes that last 90-120 years. If you've been cruising along and built up your civilization when it's been warm and rainy and relatively stable for a 150 years in say California and then you get a 30 year drought where your crops don't grow and flourish like they once did. After a few years it weakens the population. Diseases flourish and population unease...like the Arab spring brings unrest and destabilization. That's where I'd place my bet@@TheKrispyfort
Our local electric utility made arrangements to keep the streetlights from ruining the eclipse back in the late seventies. It was really cool having a second dusk and dawn near the middle of a bright summer day. I'm not sure if they powered down certain circuits or just readjusted the photoelectric switches on the lampposts to not respond for a longer delay. I imagine it's all run by computers in the large cities now.
@@GeekonaBike It's still not necessary. In most places it's going to happen long before the streetlights are on anyway! But hey, what do I know? It's not like I've actually seen a total solar eclipse from a populated area. You know, besides that time when I did in 2017!
We've been looking forward to the eclipse since the last one. Bugs started making night noises, street lights came on, it was night for a little while. So cool.
I was in the path of totality in Makanda, IL August 2017 and plan to be there again on April 8th...right where the 2 paths cross. I highly recommend to anyone near the path of totality to make the effort to view it. It's an amazing experience!!
The leaf shadows were surreal, almost fractal. The evening bird chorus started up, and the bats came out, and the temperature dropped. One of the most amazing things I've ever witnessed.
Lucky you! A total lunar eclipse is unlike ANYTHING I've experienced, in the 63yrs, that I've been on This planet. Enjoy and don't look at it directly.... 🌝🌞✌🏾
Had a good laugh with some Native Elders. The Creek (Muscoghee) people's origin story talks about the great hole in the swamp opening up and all the peoples walked/flew/swam out. We've been here since the beginning of time, its everybody else playing catch-up with where things started 😂🤣
My county of 20,000 in Texas is under the path of totality. Our Emergency Management has put out information to residents warning that between 150,000 to 300,000 people will be in the area. All hotels, motels, and AirBNBs have been booked for months. Residents are to be prepared for crowded roads, lack of fuel and food supplies because of heavily increased demand. That may not return to normal for 1 to 2 weeks after the event. Be prepared.
@@HotelPapa100 Do what you must. I won't travel for such things. if I can see one leaning out the window, okay, I can do that. But it isn't the life changing event everyone seems to think it is. Also if it's cloudy, all the hassle and the money was for nothing.
Looks like I'll miss the eclipse, nowhere even close to my part of the earth. But I do live just about a mile from one of the worlds great lost civilizations, Angkor Wat. 800-900 years ago it was the largest city in the world. Lidar has shown that there is much more to this archeological wonder than previously thought. Great to see that it's making more new discoveries in the Americas.
The 2017 Eclipse was an incredibly memorable moment. It happened to align with a day we were driving through Central Illinois anyway, so we stopped in Carbondale and found a place to park next to a reservoir south of town. I will always remember that feeling when totality hit, and the temperature noticeably dropped a few degrees and the insects started making noise and the fish started coming up to feed like it was actually twilight. We're fortunate to be in New Hampshire this year, and have plans to head north to be fully in the path of totality again. It's just too bad my son is too young for this to form a memory for him.
You record some footage around it, with people's reactions. You can show that to your son during the long interval before the next one in 2044 - to get him tuned in.
We House of Representatives have not paid our light bill and the response is to take away the lights for 3 minutes! Got my solar glasses, they were $2 each. Order early.
We were not sure if they were degraded by time and for $2, it was worth it to me. But yea, we were lucky in 2017, great small town and very few people there. @@erinmcdonald7781
One other eclipse viewing safety tip: If viewing through a telescope, a rated solar filter must block the *primary* (usually in front of the telescope) Old "solar eyepieces" are not safe to use. Using one of these filtered eyepieces with just a minor flaw can cause instant eye injury.
Additionally, there’s such a thing as a smartphone solar filter if you want to aim your phone at it and take some pictures without frying the electronics. Also order early!
If you have the means and the time take the drive to the area of totality. A partial eclipse is interesting to see. A total eclipse is absolutely magical and awe inspiring. Pick a spot on the map that is kind of out there to avoid crowds. Go, park, wait and have your mind blown. Truly, it's like nothing you've ever seen. We drove from southern California to Idaho to see the last one and it was absolutely worth the time and effort.
One of the best ways I've found to look at an eclipse is to stand around a tree with lots of leaves. As the leaves shift and sway they allow pinpoints of light to shine on the ground. When there is no eclipse, the points are round. When there is an eclipse, the points reflect what the eclipse looks Iike.
The great thing about LIDAR, is it can see through the forest cover of the jungle to reveal those human made structures. A couple of them have been examined but not in depth because the scientists needed actual ex US and UK jungle warfare specialists as guides to survive the trip in and out. The jungle is that vicious.
Oh, come now - you know it will be overcast, and probably still raining, being so close to the weekend! (From a guy living East of Syracuse and West of Albany)
There were wheels in pre-Columbian America, but without large draught animals (most obviously horses, which seem to have been introduced by the Conquistadors) there was no incentive to make substantial wheeled vehicles.
It's pouring rain in southern california which means we finally slow down and get to be a little lazy. These videos on both channels this morning have been just excellent for it!
The kind of people that would watch your content here are undoubtedly more than ready for information like we're getting out of ecuador. I have a feeling there are people that are not so ready..
Driving to see totality is totally worth it. My brother and I drove to S Carolina several years ago and saw our first Total Eclipse. Nothing truly exciting happened around us until Totality. But then, for many minutes... - The sky instantly turned to dusk - a cold breeze immediately rushed in - the frogs and crickets started going crazy - and the moon looked like a truly 3 dimensional object hanging in the sky that is hard to describe. Photos DO NOT do it justice. It really was awe inspiring. My brother and I were astounded. A partial eclipse is cool, but it's NOTHING like totality.
This kind of rewriting is what we desperately need. When I first saw the title I thought Beau was gonna talk about the rewriting of history like what is happening in Texas and Florida. So happy I was wrong!
I saw the last one in 2017 Western Nebraska during my move to the Midwest. It’s an event that should not be missed by anyone who has the ability to see it
I live in the path of totality in Chautauqua County NY. Our Republican county legislature has decided to appropriate $200,000 from property taxes, to "prepare" for the eclipse. It will be interesting to see how they spend that money🙄🤔
Fascinating. I read all the books. Then the History Channel came on line. Now, the research is adding to our human history. Throw in an eclipse and wow 2024. That is cool.
A book by Charles C. Mann titled "1491" is a good introduction to some of the ancient civilizations in the Americas. A companion book by the same author, 1493", explores some of what has changed since Columbus "discovered" the Americas.
"Gaily bedight, our gallant knight, in sunshine and in shadow..." I also learned about the Olmec, Toltec, Mississippian, and Algonquin, but I went to a *good* public school in northern IL.
I’m in sw ontario, and because the totality is hitting here right around dismissal time, the schools are scrambling to rearrange PA days so they aren’t liable for the kids going blind.
Cahokia, Illinois during the solar eclipse would be awesome. Cahokia was a city during the Mississippian period. It had a larger population than London at the time.
When you mentioned rewriting the history books, I groaned. Damned Praeger U! I'm so pleased this isn't the case! I love that they're going to need to inform European descendants, that their forefathers weren't the only civilized people--again.
As a struggling student in the 70s, I had one teacher that broke through, and it was her teachings about the Mayan, Aztec and Inca civilizatiions, I was finally interested in learning, because of this breakthrough I've continued to learn ever since, this is truly exciting news, at least for me, I can't wait to hear all about it.
I seem to recall that one of the early, probably Spanish, explorers reported the presence of cities along the Amazon, but when later explorers arrived they weren't there. I wish I could remember where I came across that.
I have family down in Bloomington, IN smack dab in the path of totality. We've already made arrangements to travel down there. They're expecting hundreds of thousands of people to swarm the town.
Already have plans to trailer and launch my 28’ boat out on Lake Erie during the eclipse and do a scuba dive during totality. I’ve been looking forward to it for almost a year. The new civilization this is SUPER COOL! I can’t wait to learn more about it!
@@paolagrando5079 I’ve done lots of night dives and it’s a completely different world down there in the dark. Phosphorescent critters can be seen that are normally invisible. Plus, doing a “night dive” in the middle of the day is pretty unique.
I have been hearing about the LiDAR images of expansive cities, but I have been waiting for the release of findings for years now. I cannot wait. These cities are seriously huge and I am not sure they can even get the full extents of them because like today’s cities they have the larger structures at their heart then spread out to the suburban smaller structures. There has been a lot of recent(last decade) exploration of the, now underwater, caves beneath areas of South America. Particularly the NE area. There is evidence of habitation and use by human but also extinct animals. So freaking exciting. The girl whose skeleton is covered in sparkling crystal minerals. Bring on the upending of the stuffy scientific communities timelines and know it all mentality.
a partial eclipse may be interesting, but a TOTAL eclipse is said to be a different phenomenon, and many highly recommend a trip to experience it if you can. B---)
It's so worth to see a solar eclipse! At the moment the sun is totally shaded it gets noticably cooler. You may also feel a sudden breeze. Birds may stop singing. It's weird and breathtaking. I remember that all the people in the place I watched it from decades ago spontaneously started clapping when the sun returned!
I am looking forward to when so many burial grounds of the many Tribes indigenous to the "Lower 48" and Alaska and Hawaii, get the same respect, archaeologically, AND in actual, US History books, classes, studies, I am also ecstatic that the indigenous Tribes of Central and South America are getting the Respect they deserve as well!!! Thanks for this "Roads to.." vid. Peace and Truth Out!
We live in a remarkable age of discovery where everyone can virtually explore places we would never otherwise have been able to see. Thank you for bringing attention to the discoveries in the Amazon, we might need a fresh reminder of what happens when complex societies fail.
My sister's back yard will be dead center. She has a big back yard and plenty of room for a party. 🎉 We will be there!!! 😅 Needless to say I'm excited 😆
A total eclipse in Northern Maine during "Mud Season" will be a great additional and needed financial shot it the arm to the hardy folks that live up there. Thanks in advance for your contributions. 👍👍👍
I still have my eclipse glasses from 2017. I'm definitely going to plan to see this eclipse. My brother lives in Kentucky, so our closest spot for totality is in Indiana.
Beau, darn, I almost missed this, your regular just dropped. I fell back asleep at around 5 am after dog got me up at 2am.! Yeah, the city they found is huge! And sounds pretty neat. 👍💙💙💙🥰✌
I went to see the one that went through Nebraska a few years ago and it was absolutely magic. Unlike anything I could have possibly expected. Birds stop chirping, bats start flying around. Shadows are so strange. Wonderful.
Just imagine how much longer these civilizations would have survived, if it wasn't for the interference of their "Discoverers". 😔And imagine all of the knowledge that was lost, due to bigotry and ignorance. 😢
I saw the last one. It's life changing. You, for about 60 seconds, can actually feel the scale of our solar system. Highly recommend making the trip for this next one.
The cities found in both North America and South America were far more sophisticated than anything in the Middle East or Europe. I watched an interview with the man (French) who was part of the team using LIDAR and the civilization was extremely sophisticated, very strongly tied to the knowledge of the environment. Last information I got was there WERE over 20 MILLION people living in the Americas. "Euro centric " thinking called all these people "savages" while not realizing how sophisticated those cultures were. 😑
I admit, this is as exciting to me as when they found the White Sands footprints. That discovery moved the arrival of peoples to North America to over ten thousand years earlier. This is awesome!
I'm hoping you post those resources related to the eclipse at some point, although I expect I can find them with a bit of searching. Mainly I'm commenting to say that the Upano Valley discovery is the most exciting news I've heard in a long time. Professor Stephen Rostain, who lead the team researching the site, said he was warned against doing so at the start of his career because everyone knew how the people living in the Amazon were all nomadic and didn't build any complex cities. There just might be a lesson in there somewhere...
I love the subtle shade (pun intended) thrown at Trump during the reminder not to stare directly at it.
Hey!! That stable jenius knew exactly what he was doing..he is smarter than anyone ever!!!😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂
Ehehehehehehehehehehe
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I'm not good at catching subtle but that did prompt me to ask my husband if he remembered and he responded by replicating the pose. Poor fellow could have been remembered as a heartless greedy bastard who showed us what it looks like when you play monopoly with real money.
Well, now he can say "I looked up, only _very_ briefly, and I have perfect vision so it didn't hurt, I can read the bottom line on the eye chart, but I could tell that for most people, it would be a very bad thing to look up. Very dangerous. So I remind you all: Don't Look Up. I repeat: Don't Look Up."
As an archaeology student, I cannot begin to express how exciting the news out of South America is.
Historian here - Same!
Even just for the average history buff!
I’m not an archaeologist and I find it fascinating.
El Dorado found?
Any of you ever watch Miniminuteman?
Every day I am grateful that i found you. You are a wealth of all kinds of info. Your wisdom and kindness are very important to so many people.
This reminds me to share about an entire important Native American historical area most US citizens dont even know existed, Cahokia Mounds (in Illinois). In its heyday, it was larger and more populated and successful than London.
Then it was almost all leveled off.
Lived in Alton just north of there all my life.
@@johntomblingson7451 I'm a little south of you near Scott and had never heard of Cahokia until I literally passed by a sign. It's amazing and so underappreciated (much like watching the birds of prey as one travels near Alton).
That's for highlighting this place. #knowingishalfthebattle 👍
My Dad was the only person his Grandpa would talk with. He could speak English but usually chose not to do so, except for his youngest grandson. Dad said he was honored and fascinated by the stories of the old time for the Osage people before they were relocated to a reservation. (Their lands covered most of the Mississippi River and east to PA.)There are legends from other tribes about the Osage, too. Many of their men were 7 ft tall and powerful (early white men witnessed this, too). They built giant mounds to live in and cultivated the land. They young men hunted up & down the Mississipi, 'Big River', and the Ohio. One of my aunts had purple eyes. Blue eyes were common. I, myself, had purple eyes at birth that changed to blue by two and am 5'10". Dad was 6'5" and was the spitting image of paintings of early chiefs.
I live near O'Fallon and visit Cahokia Mounds often. It's a wonderful place.
Thank you for expanding topics of the day. We all need a break from politics. 👍
I agree
Yeah, I think we've *earned* some eclipsed pyramids, and such ...
LiDAR and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) along with other new technologies are leading to awesome new discoveries in archaeology. Like you, I hope that we will do a better job exploring these new sites.
I also hope we can do better with the preservation of historic relics that the exploration of a new archeological site will lead to. Let's not forget that most of the looting of the ancient Khmer statues came in the politically unstable period after the Cambodian genocide of the late 1970's. Throughout the 1980's and 90's tomb raiders ravaged the ancient temples, even lopping off heads of the statues to sell abroad.
Don't forget W's uncalled for destruction of antiquities and statues in Iraq?@@RustyLid
That's so cool 😎
I'm taking the day off work for the Solar Eclipse! It will be my 54th birthday! 🎉😃 Also, I'm in Southern Illinois, so I should get quite a show! 😁👍💫💕
What an exclusive present - and right from the universe!
We are going south of Fredrickstown MO, will cross the river at Shawneetown. Let us pray for clear skies! I have daughters coming from FL and WA to share the event!
Or rent your home out to pay three months of mortgage for a few days while camping on your birthday.
Pre-happy birthday to you!
@@sabrestacey7202 Thanks so much! 🤗💫💙
I love this news! My money says civilization in the Americas is much older, MUCH older than anyone suspected!
Enjoy euro-centrists telling you that they're not.
I totally agree. 👍
It absolutely is. Unless you follow archaeology specifically it's usually easy to miss, but both the date of arrival for the first peoples into North America and the presence of what Europeans would describe as cities keeps getting pushed back farther and farther. To say nothing of historical Indigenous communities throughout modern day Central and South America. The jungle ate up and reclaimed a whole lot of history the Indigenous kept from the conquerors, and it's taking cutting edge technology to find them again.
I can't wait to learn more about ancient trade routes, personally. A lot of these ancient groups of people somehow knew about each other, and trade, even of a purely ceremonial nature, wasn't as uncommon as you'd think given all the land they needed to cross. It's all just so fascinating to me, personally.
I'm curious as to the reasons why it all fell apart
My guess would be climate change. But the old fashioned kind, not the new fangled modern kind. There are all kinds of periods of temperature change or rain pattern changes that last 90-120 years. If you've been cruising along and built up your civilization when it's been warm and rainy and relatively stable for a 150 years in say California and then you get a 30 year drought where your crops don't grow and flourish like they once did. After a few years it weakens the population. Diseases flourish and population unease...like the Arab spring brings unrest and destabilization. That's where I'd place my bet@@TheKrispyfort
It would be even more impressive if all towns and cities turned off their street lighting for an hour!
I believe the eclipse will be occurring in the early afternoon so street lighting should not be an issue.
Not necessary. It's going to happen during the day anyway.
I caught the 2017 eclipse and was in the path of totality. It was plenty impressive.
Our local electric utility made arrangements to keep the streetlights from ruining the eclipse back in the late seventies. It was really cool having a second dusk and dawn near the middle of a bright summer day. I'm not sure if they powered down certain circuits or just readjusted the photoelectric switches on the lampposts to not respond for a longer delay. I imagine it's all run by computers in the large cities now.
@@sandpiperr I think he's talking a the sun reappearance in a big well lit city.
@@GeekonaBike It's still not necessary. In most places it's going to happen long before the streetlights are on anyway!
But hey, what do I know? It's not like I've actually seen a total solar eclipse from a populated area.
You know, besides that time when I did in 2017!
We've been looking forward to the eclipse since the last one. Bugs started making night noises, street lights came on, it was night for a little while. So cool.
This one will occur in the afternoon
I was in the path of totality in Makanda, IL August 2017 and plan to be there again on April 8th...right where the 2 paths cross. I highly recommend to anyone near the path of totality to make the effort to view it. It's an amazing experience!!
Where the two paths crossed? That's very cool.
A new civilization is soooo exciting! Thank you Beau.
For those who want the correct spelling to know what to search, Beau said Upano people.
Not Pono People, the Indian food brand for some reason.
In August of 2017 I drove 250 miles from Denver to Arthur Nebraska to see my first total eclipse.
It was totally (pun intended) worth it.
Thank you, Beau. The shadows on the ground and walls before and after totality are also amazing.
I get a kick from the night bugs starting their music when the light fades.
@janielunday5012 I was in France for the 1998 total eclipse and the birds and chickens really did get confused🐓🐔🐦
Use a colander to create lots of those shadows. It’s pretty cool.
@@blzrdphoto I did this summer for the partial in Florida, and the breeze in the trees also showed them. So nice!
The leaf shadows were surreal, almost fractal. The evening bird chorus started up, and the bats came out, and the temperature dropped. One of the most amazing things I've ever witnessed.
My town is in the path of totality and i am stoked!
It's a hoot 👍🏽👍
Lucky you! A total lunar eclipse is unlike ANYTHING I've experienced, in the 63yrs, that I've been on This planet. Enjoy and don't look at it directly.... 🌝🌞✌🏾
@teresawashington882 I already ordered my glasses last month so I didn't have to worry about supply not being available!
@@luv2read247 great! Have fun, I'm so jealous!
Had a good laugh with some Native Elders. The Creek (Muscoghee) people's origin story talks about the great hole in the swamp opening up and all the peoples walked/flew/swam out. We've been here since the beginning of time, its everybody else playing catch-up with where things started 😂🤣
My county of 20,000 in Texas is under the path of totality.
Our Emergency Management has put out information to residents warning that between 150,000 to 300,000 people will be in the area.
All hotels, motels, and AirBNBs have been booked for months.
Residents are to be prepared for crowded roads, lack of fuel and food supplies because of heavily increased demand.
That may not return to normal for 1 to 2 weeks after the event.
Be prepared.
All that for an event that takes what, 5 min tops?
Building a wall to keep them out?
And the next week is the beginning of Derby insanity here in Louisville. Ugh
@@Dave1507 And won't repeat for 20 years. If you get the opportunity to see an eclipse, take it.
@@HotelPapa100 Do what you must. I won't travel for such things. if I can see one leaning out the window, okay, I can do that. But it isn't the life changing event everyone seems to think it is. Also if it's cloudy, all the hassle and the money was for nothing.
Beau is so informative! Thanks Beau for all you do!
Looks like I'll miss the eclipse, nowhere even close to my part of the earth. But I do live just about a mile from one of the worlds great lost civilizations, Angkor Wat. 800-900 years ago it was the largest city in the world. Lidar has shown that there is much more to this archeological wonder than previously thought. Great to see that it's making more new discoveries in the Americas.
That's a place I'd love to visit.
Sunrise at Ankor Wat is pretty magical, too.
The 2017 Eclipse was an incredibly memorable moment. It happened to align with a day we were driving through Central Illinois anyway, so we stopped in Carbondale and found a place to park next to a reservoir south of town. I will always remember that feeling when totality hit, and the temperature noticeably dropped a few degrees and the insects started making noise and the fish started coming up to feed like it was actually twilight.
We're fortunate to be in New Hampshire this year, and have plans to head north to be fully in the path of totality again. It's just too bad my son is too young for this to form a memory for him.
We were in Makanda, IL just a few miles South of Carbondale. It was as magical as you describe. I'm really looking forward to this next one.
It rained in Charleston, SC that day. I was so disappointed!
You record some footage around it, with people's reactions. You can show that to your son during the long interval before the next one in 2044 - to get him tuned in.
Word is the scientists who confirmed the existence of these ruins are going to LIDAR adjoining lands….
The discoveries might just be beginning.
You hear that Donny. Don't look into the light.
Let him have his fun. He might be "going inside" to dim solitary soon enough.😎
Dont look, just go.
Howdy there Beau & Internet People!! 👋🏻👋🏻
❤ Have a marvelous day! ❤
You also. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.
Sad commentary on our society. When Beau mentioned rewriting the history books, my first thought was, "Shit, what is the GOP trying now?"
I was told there would be lizard people... 🦎
Silurians?
Lizzid Peeple built the moon!
Then turn off Infowars. XD
I think you need to go to Lustria to see those.
And Jim Morrison was their king ..😂
Beau, you are sounding better. Hope you are feeling better, too.
We House of Representatives have not paid our light bill and the response is to take away the lights for 3 minutes! Got my solar glasses, they were $2 each. Order early.
I've been saving the ones I have from 8/21/17 for just this moment. They say "Get Mooned"! 💜🌌✌️😎
We were not sure if they were degraded by time and for $2, it was worth it to me. But yea, we were lucky in 2017, great small town and very few people there. @@erinmcdonald7781
One other eclipse viewing safety tip:
If viewing through a telescope, a rated solar filter must block the *primary* (usually in front of the telescope)
Old "solar eyepieces" are not safe to use. Using one of these filtered eyepieces with just a minor flaw can cause instant eye injury.
Additionally, there’s such a thing as a smartphone solar filter if you want to aim your phone at it and take some pictures without frying the electronics. Also order early!
Interesting shiny goblet on the shelf there!
But who chose poorly ?
Is it the Holy Grail or just a grail
I've got an old friend who's an archaeologist whose major interest is pre-contact Mesoamerica. He's thrilled by these findings.
2:08
🎼🎸🎤…but mama, that’s where the fun is…
If you have the means and the time take the drive to the area of totality. A partial eclipse is interesting to see. A total eclipse is absolutely magical and awe inspiring. Pick a spot on the map that is kind of out there to avoid crowds. Go, park, wait and have your mind blown. Truly, it's like nothing you've ever seen.
We drove from southern California to Idaho to see the last one and it was absolutely worth the time and effort.
Beau you fantastic history nerd, keep on keeping on. Super interesting, thanks for spreading the information.
One of the best ways I've found to look at an eclipse is to stand around a tree with lots of leaves. As the leaves shift and sway they allow pinpoints of light to shine on the ground. When there is no eclipse, the points are round. When there is an eclipse, the points reflect what the eclipse looks Iike.
And if you have a decent percentage of coverage - make sure you check out shadows on the Ground!!
Colanders, leaves or anything that makes a 'hole' makes for good shadows.
I like the ancient-looking cup just off Beau's left shoulder. Holy Grail?
You have chosen... wisely
Nah, just a grail
The great thing about LIDAR, is it can see through the forest cover of the jungle to reveal those human made structures. A couple of them have been examined but not in depth because the scientists needed actual ex US and UK jungle warfare specialists as guides to survive the trip in and out. The jungle is that vicious.
I'm hoping for a total lack of cloud cover. That's what usually messes it all up.
"When I was growing up it was Aztec, Inca and Maya." Damn, Beau, you're looking good for a thousand year old guy!
April 8th - pause - calendar - done! 🎑 😀
Already got my glasses. Central NY here. Should get a great view.
Oh, come now - you know it will be overcast, and probably still raining, being so close to the weekend! (From a guy living East of Syracuse and West of Albany)
Lol....of course.
Yeah, I've got my glasses, but since I live on the north shore of Lake Ontario, the chances of even seeing the sun are dim. (Pun definitely intended.)
Marvelous these cities, lasting a thousand years and never invented the wheel.
Not even the ones on the chariots and carts?
There were wheels in pre-Columbian America, but without large draught animals (most obviously horses, which seem to have been introduced by the Conquistadors) there was no incentive to make substantial wheeled vehicles.
@@PastPresented Oxen were also used to pull carts and plows. Still are in some countries.
@@margaretnicol3423 Cattle are another European post-Columbian introduction; bison don't really domesticate.
@@margaretnicol3423 hello we're talking about the Americas. No wheels.
Thank you, Beau. You have just demons5rated why I love your show. You cover every topic intelligently and with interest
It's pouring rain in southern california which means we finally slow down and get to be a little lazy. These videos on both channels this morning have been just excellent for it!
April 8! Can hardly wait!! Eclipse party!
The kind of people that would watch your content here are undoubtedly more than ready for information like we're getting out of ecuador. I have a feeling there are people that are not so ready..
Driving to see totality is totally worth it. My brother and I drove to S Carolina several years ago and saw our first Total Eclipse.
Nothing truly exciting happened around us until Totality. But then, for many minutes...
- The sky instantly turned to dusk
- a cold breeze immediately rushed in
- the frogs and crickets started going crazy
- and the moon looked like a truly 3 dimensional object hanging in the sky that is hard to describe. Photos DO NOT do it justice.
It really was awe inspiring. My brother and I were astounded.
A partial eclipse is cool, but it's NOTHING like totality.
This kind of rewriting is what we desperately need. When I first saw the title I thought Beau was gonna talk about the rewriting of history like what is happening in Texas and Florida. So happy I was wrong!
Marvelous! I hope the scientific discoverers beat the myth and superstition spinners in publicizing this.
I saw the last one in 2017 Western Nebraska during my move to the Midwest. It’s an event that should not be missed by anyone who has the ability to see it
I live in the path of totality in Chautauqua County NY. Our Republican county legislature has decided to appropriate $200,000 from property taxes, to "prepare" for the eclipse.
It will be interesting to see how they spend that money🙄🤔
Fascinating.
I read all the books.
Then the History Channel came on line.
Now, the research is adding to our human history.
Throw in an eclipse and wow 2024.
That is cool.
A book by Charles C. Mann titled "1491" is a good introduction to some of the ancient civilizations in the Americas. A companion book by the same author, 1493", explores some of what has changed since Columbus "discovered" the Americas.
"Gaily bedight, our gallant knight, in sunshine and in shadow..." I also learned about the Olmec, Toltec, Mississippian, and Algonquin, but I went to a *good* public school in northern IL.
I learned about the Olmec tribe from Simpsons of all things
@@oldworldpatriot8920 Legends of the Hidden Temple led me to learning of the Olmec
I’m in sw ontario, and because the totality is hitting here right around dismissal time, the schools are scrambling to rearrange PA days so they aren’t liable for the kids going blind.
❤ Please observe them with care. Eyesight is precious. Thanx! ❤
Good morning yall.
Howdy
Cahokia, Illinois during the solar eclipse would be awesome. Cahokia was a city during the Mississippian period. It had a larger population than London at the time.
When you mentioned rewriting the history books, I groaned. Damned Praeger U! I'm so pleased this isn't the case! I love that they're going to need to inform European descendants, that their forefathers weren't the only civilized people--again.
This was my favorite show of all time. Not only because it wasn't political! Really great information thank you Beau!
"Maybe we were actually ready to find out about this." That's a nice thought.
As a struggling student in the 70s, I had one teacher that broke through, and it was her teachings about the Mayan, Aztec and Inca civilizatiions, I was finally interested in learning, because of this breakthrough I've continued to learn ever since, this is truly exciting news, at least for me, I can't wait to hear all about it.
*whew* for a sec I thought you meant Texas and Florida rewriting our history books.
I seem to recall that one of the early, probably Spanish, explorers reported the presence of cities along the Amazon, but when later explorers arrived they weren't there. I wish I could remember where I came across that.
If you haven't read it, I enjoyed "1491" by C. Mann. It shows his research of what was here right before Columbus.
I have family down in Bloomington, IN smack dab in the path of totality. We've already made arrangements to travel down there. They're expecting hundreds of thousands of people to swarm the town.
Local libraries may have free solar glasses for you to view the eclipse.
Already have plans to trailer and launch my 28’ boat out on Lake Erie during the eclipse and do a scuba dive during totality. I’ve been looking forward to it for almost a year.
The new civilization this is SUPER COOL! I can’t wait to learn more about it!
Why scuba diving during the eclipse? To me it sounds dangerous to go in the dark while underwater.
@@paolagrando5079 I’ve done lots of night dives and it’s a completely different world down there in the dark. Phosphorescent critters can be seen that are normally invisible. Plus, doing a “night dive” in the middle of the day is pretty unique.
@@Horsewomann ah, thanks. Phosphorescent critters must be an incredible sight.
Usually when cool things happen in the sky, Oregon weather blocks it from view with clouds 🤨
Black Hole Sun won't you come...and wash away the rain 🎵
This is my favorite story in the last 30 years. History should be revised when we find out new stuff...
I have been hearing about the LiDAR images of expansive cities, but I have been waiting for the release of findings for years now. I cannot wait. These cities are seriously huge and I am not sure they can even get the full extents of them because like today’s cities they have the larger structures at their heart then spread out to the suburban smaller structures. There has been a lot of recent(last decade) exploration of the, now underwater, caves beneath areas of South America. Particularly the NE area. There is evidence of habitation and use by human but also extinct animals. So freaking exciting. The girl whose skeleton is covered in sparkling crystal minerals. Bring on the upending of the stuffy scientific communities timelines and know it all mentality.
My favorite channel.
a partial eclipse may be interesting,
but a TOTAL eclipse is said to be a different phenomenon,
and many highly recommend a trip to experience it if you can. B---)
With most of the news that I read or see usually being depressing and disheartening, this was really good news and I'm here for it.
It's so worth to see a solar eclipse! At the moment the sun is totally shaded it gets noticably cooler. You may also feel a sudden breeze. Birds may stop singing. It's weird and breathtaking. I remember that all the people in the place I watched it from decades ago spontaneously started clapping when the sun returned!
I am looking forward to when so many burial grounds of the many Tribes indigenous to the "Lower 48" and Alaska and Hawaii, get the same respect, archaeologically, AND in actual, US History books, classes, studies, I am also ecstatic that the indigenous Tribes of Central and South America are getting the Respect they deserve as well!!! Thanks for this "Roads to.." vid. Peace and Truth Out!
We live in a remarkable age of discovery where everyone can virtually explore places we would never otherwise have been able to see. Thank you for bringing attention to the discoveries in the Amazon, we might need a fresh reminder of what happens when complex societies fail.
My sister's back yard will be dead center. She has a big back yard and plenty of room for a party. 🎉 We will be there!!! 😅 Needless to say I'm excited 😆
Illinois!?!
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! 😊
Some of us have moved past that others have not. Unfortunately.
A total eclipse in Northern Maine during "Mud Season" will be a great additional and needed financial shot it the arm to
the hardy folks that live up there. Thanks in advance for your contributions. 👍👍👍
👋
Pretty big difference sometimes.
Thanks Beau and crew 😊.
Right when we find a lost civilization we probably will lose ours due to nature before we completely comprehend this lost civilization.
I wonder what's there and what they'll share with us, The Public.
I wonder what they won't.
I still have my eclipse glasses from 2017. I'm definitely going to plan to see this eclipse. My brother lives in Kentucky, so our closest spot for totality is in Indiana.
Beau, darn, I almost missed this, your regular just dropped. I fell back asleep at around 5 am after dog got me up at 2am.! Yeah, the city they found is huge! And sounds pretty neat. 👍💙💙💙🥰✌
I went to see the one that went through Nebraska a few years ago and it was absolutely magic. Unlike anything I could have possibly expected. Birds stop chirping, bats start flying around. Shadows are so strange. Wonderful.
My daughter's teething 10 on April 9th. I'm trying to get out to Cleveland with my whole family to see it with her as a birthday present.
Turning 10. Autocorrect.
A life time on this earth is not enough to learn the history of our world.
Just imagine how much longer these civilizations would have survived, if it wasn't for the interference of their "Discoverers". 😔And imagine all of the knowledge that was lost, due to bigotry and ignorance. 😢
I saw the last one. It's life changing. You, for about 60 seconds, can actually feel the scale of our solar system. Highly recommend making the trip for this next one.
The cities found in both North America and South America were far more sophisticated than anything in the Middle East or Europe.
I watched an interview with the man (French) who was part of the team using LIDAR and the civilization was extremely sophisticated, very strongly tied to the knowledge of the environment.
Last information I got was there WERE over 20 MILLION people living in the Americas.
"Euro centric " thinking called all these people "savages" while not realizing how sophisticated those cultures were. 😑
I admit, this is as exciting to me as when they found the White Sands footprints. That discovery moved the arrival of peoples to North America to over ten thousand years earlier. This is awesome!
Prageru being accepted is crazy.
I’m 80 years old and this is only time I will ever get to see a full eclipse.I’m really excited 🎉🎉🎉
Hoping for no clouds on April 8th!
I'm hoping you post those resources related to the eclipse at some point, although I expect I can find them with a bit of searching. Mainly I'm commenting to say that the Upano Valley discovery is the most exciting news I've heard in a long time. Professor Stephen Rostain, who lead the team researching the site, said he was warned against doing so at the start of his career because everyone knew how the people living in the Amazon were all nomadic and didn't build any complex cities. There just might be a lesson in there somewhere...
Oh, that's exciting! Sounds like a whole new library needs to be wriien.
!491 by Charles C. Mann is a fantastic read on this subject