Capturing the Sounds of a Solar Eclipse

Released Saturday, October 14, 2023

ID: 14430

- Edited by:
- Lacey Young

In April 2024, volunteers can join the Eclipse Soundscapes project to help NASA scientists better understand how wildlife is impacted by solar eclipses. Volunteers will gather sound recordings, make observations using any of their senses, and even help with data analysis from across the path of the eclipse. This video features interviews from Eclipse Soundscapes experts MaryKay Severino, Dr. William “Trae” Winter III, and Dr. William Oestreich, and highlights natural resource manager Dr. Chace Holzhueser at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas, who will be conducting a similar study for the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Visit https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/citizen-science/ to learn more!

Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.

Complete transcript available.

Music credit: "Synthesis" by Andy Blythe [PRS] and Marten Joustra [PRS] from Universal Production Music.

An audio-described version of the video.

Complete transcript available.

Audio descriptions provided by the Described and Captioned Media Program.

B-roll Package

Volunteer scientists Amy Van Artsdalen (who appears first) in Hillsboro, TX., and Ashley Bales (who appears second) and Sheryl Schickedanz (who appears third) at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden in Fort Worth, TX., make preparations for their involvement in the Eclipse Soundscapes project ahead of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Producer
- Lacey Young (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Editors
- Lacey Young (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Beth Anthony (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Videographers
- Beth Anthony (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Lacey Young (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Talents
- MaryKay Severino (Arisa Lab)
- William Trae Winter (Arisa Lab)
- William Oestreich (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- Chace Holzhueser (National Park Service)