On Monday the 21st I had the pleasure of viewing the solar eclipse from my high school's softball field. To give some background information, a total solar eclipse is a type of solar eclipse that occurs when the path of the moon is perfectly aligned with the sun. Eclipses such as this are extremely special because they do not occur often, and eclipses in general are not frequently visible from the United States unlike the one on Monday. My class collected data during the eclipse, and upon looking over my fellow classmates data, our cloud cover (pictured below) caught my eye. I noticed that as time passed bigger clouds began to disperse into smaller clouds and started to dissolve during totality. The dispersion of clouds may have solely been a coincidence because I spoke to other people who attempted to view the eclipse, but were unable to due to clouds blocking the sun. Along with the cloud coverage I found that the air temperature data was notable. As shown in the picture below, the air temperature began to drop as the moon crossed paths with the sun and then increased as the eclipse was coming to an end. The eclipse could have actually impacted the air temperature in some way due to the sudden increase towards the end of the eclipse. An explanation that I could come to would be that maybe the moon has the capability of blocking a small amount of the suns heat. Overall, I enjoyed experiencing the solar eclipse with my friends, and it will most likely be the last one I see in my lifetime, so I am glad that I was able to get a chance to see it.
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