On Monday, April 8, a spectacular total solar eclipse will be visible across a swath of North America. When the moon completely obscures the sun, the sky will darken, temperatures will drop, and the sun’s spectacular outer atmosphere, the corona, will briefly be visible. It’s a truly awe-inspiring experience. To get the most out of…
A SpaceX capsule’s path to Earth was directly over northern Yucatán, delighting sky gazers on Saturday night. Clear skies made visibility easy. With a massive tail behind it, the roaring capsule Endurance delighted onlookers who knew enough to look up at the right time. Many of them posted videos and photos on social media. “We…
The sargassum on the coast and the Sahara dust in the sky might have a connection. The stinky seaweed first sprouted in 2011 in the tropical Atlantic and has been plaguing beaches ever since. Sewage and farmland runoff have been blamed. But there’s another possible culprit — Africa’s Sahara dust, which blows over the ocean and…
The Sahara is sending sneezes more than sunsets this time around. The monstrous size of the Saharan dust cloud trekking from Africa to the Yucatan has stirred up a conversation on how this year’s health impacts from the plume could be more concerning than others in the past. This time, the cloud sent over the…
[metaslider id=”38620″] Dust from the Sahara Desert is making another 5,000-mile trek across the Atlantic and is expected to arrive in the Gulf of Mexico later this week. The result? Sore eyes and breathing problems for some and gorgeous skies for everyone. Every year, these Saharan dust plumes are generated from strong trade winds over…
Yet another phenomenon has arrived, and again, it’s not an omen that signals the end of the world. The ring around the sun, which was noticed by hundreds of Meridanos shortly before noon, went viral on social media. It is a solar halo, a circle around the sun, which is rare but not unheard of….
Merida, Yucatan — Has the shutdown made the world so quiet under the coronavirus lockdown, we’re hearing things? Or are we just hearing things more clearly? This morning before sunrise, several people in Merida posted videos of strange humming sounds coming apparently from the sky. While some compared the eerie sounds to the seven trumpets that…
After being hunkered down inside all day, there’s a big reason to venture outside and look up at the sky tonight. The April “pink moon” is not only a supermoon, but it’s also the biggest and brightest of 2020. And tonight’s skies are forecast to be good and clear for viewing it. The moon will…
Trade winds have delivered large dust cloud that now stretches from the Sahara Desert all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Although far from the “path of totality,” today’s solar eclipse will be partially visible over Yucatán.
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