{"id":27699,"date":"2017-08-22T04:37:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T02:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=27699"},"modified":"2017-11-06T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T14:16:54","slug":"leclipse-solaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/leclipse-solaire\/","title":{"rendered":"L’\u00c9clipse Solaire"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many people living in across a certain path in the United States, today was a historic day. It was the first time a full solar eclipse was viewable from the US since 1919. (The solar eclipse of 1919 was also a particularly historic one, as Einstein’s theory of relativity was shown to be correct as starlight visibly bent around the sun.)<\/p>\n

The total eclipse was mostly viewable from a path ranging from Oregon to Georgia across the United States. Up in New York, where I live, the sun was covered nearly 50% by the moon at the height of the eclipse. It was still an incredible experience, though, and my family and I made a simple pinhole camera to look indirectly at the eclipse (and then used welder’s glass to look at it directly!).<\/p>\n

But the solar eclipse was also partly visible in France, particularly in Bretagne (or Brittany), and les d\u00e9partments d’Outre-mer<\/em>, including Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Guyanne. In French, the word for the solar eclipse is simply\u00a0l’\u00e9clipse solaire.\u00a0<\/em>Easy enough, right? A total solar eclipse is une \u00e9clipse solaire totale.\u00a0<\/em>As we know, a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is aligned between the Earth and the sun.\u00a0Une \u00e9clipse solaire se r\u00e9produit lorsque le Soleil, la Terre, et la Lune se trouve align\u00e9s.\u00a0<\/em>It is also important to wear special NASA-approved glasses when looking up at the sun, or to watch the eclipse indirectly using a pinhole camera.\u00a0Il faut porter des lunettes speciales approuv\u00e9s par la NASA pour regarder le soleil, ou regarder l’\u00e9clipse indirectement en utilisant un appareil \u00e0 st\u00e9nop\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n

In French, a pinhole camera is called\u00a0un appareil \u00e0 st\u00e9nop\u00e9,\u00a0<\/em>or simply\u00a0un st\u00e9nop\u00e9.\u00a0<\/em>The word\u00a0st\u00e9nop\u00e9\u00a0<\/em>actually comes from the ancient Greek meaning “small opening.”<\/p>\n

Did you happen to watch the solar eclipse? Were you in the path of totality? Did you construct a pinhole camera, or\u00a0un st\u00e9nop\u00e9<\/em>, in order to watch the eclipse without hurting your eyes? Let us know how you experienced this historic moment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

For many people living in across a certain path in the United States, today was a historic day. It was the first time a full solar eclipse was viewable from the US since 1919. (The solar eclipse of 1919 was also a particularly historic one, as Einstein’s theory of relativity was shown to be correct…<\/p>\n

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