Have You Seen This? Egg cream is the traditional eclipse drink; the moon goes 1,500 mph

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SOMEWHERE HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH — As Monday's solar eclipse looms, get the egg cream fixings ready for a nice refreshment after the moon shrouds the sun.

And here are your vocabulary phrases to learn — "Bailey's beads" and "diamond ring."

If you're not totally sure what to expect, the Weather Channel offers a nice, quick eclipse primer, including a graphic representation of what exactly will happen. Sometimes visual aids can explain things better than words.

Key takeaways:

The moon will be passing in front of the sun, preventing the orb's rays from reaching the Earth and temporarily darkening the skies.
The darkness will last for about four minutes from location to location, causing temporary temperature dips of 10 degrees or more in areas that experience a total eclipse.
The moon travels 1,500 mph.
Bailey's beads — bright, twinkling glimmers of light from the sun — will occur just before totality, when the moon completely blocks the sun.
The ring of light at totality as the sun's rays peek round the moon is called — surprise, surprise — diamond ring.
Only 1 in 10,000 people will see a total eclipse in their lifetime.
The egg cream is "the traditional post-eclipse celebratory drink."

The video doesn't explain what an egg cream is, but according to AllRecipes.com, it's not a complicated drink — just seltzer water, milk and chocolate syrup. Stock up ahead of time.

Don't get too excited if you plan to stick around Utah — the eclipse effect here will be about half of totality, which extends in a band from Texas northeasterly to northern Maine, according to the Weather Channel. The eclipse will cross the United States over the course of an hour, roughly from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Utah time.

Have You Seen This? Egg cream is the traditional eclipse drink; the moon goes 1,500 mph

Posted - April 5, 2024 at 3:44 p.m.

The solar eclipse on Monday will be completely visible in a narrow band from Texas northeasterly to Maine. (The Weather Channel)