{"id":47454,"date":"2017-08-16T15:47:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T15:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/hvac\/?p=47454"},"modified":"2023-03-16T19:47:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:47:30","slug":"understanding-why-the-upcoming-solar-eclipse-is-so-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/understanding-why-the-upcoming-solar-eclipse-is-so-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Why the Upcoming Solar Eclipse is So Special"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The upcoming total solar eclipse is a pretty special event, especially for those who are located where they will experience it in full effect. Here\u2019s how it will affect El Paso:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/in\/usa\/el-paso\">https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/in\/usa\/el-paso<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This one is the 3 billionth one, so what makes it so special?&nbsp;To some of us living in North America, this is an opportunity to see a total solar eclipse travel directly overhead. That hasn\u2019t happened for almost 40 &nbsp;years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is estimated that 200 million people live within a days drive of the total eclipse.&nbsp;This total solar eclipse will be potentially the largest ever viewed in the history of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last total solar eclipse to cross the contiguous United States was February 26, 1979, 38 years ago. That means the last solar eclipse during the rise in popularity of mass personal computers. Fast forward to today and practically everyone has a smartphone connected globally and the ability to provide real time data through photos and social media postings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to know how it is expected to affect the US electric grid? Click here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energymanagertoday.com\/2017-solar-eclipse-will-affect-us-electric-grid-0171331\/\">https:\/\/www.energymanagertoday.com\/2017-solar-eclipse-will-affect-us-electric-grid-0171331\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming total solar eclipse is a pretty special event, especially for those who are located where they will experience it in full effect. Here\u2019s how it will affect El Paso:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/in\/usa\/el-paso This one is the 3 billionth one, so what makes it so special?&nbsp;To some of us living in North America, this is an opportunity&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/understanding-why-the-upcoming-solar-eclipse-is-so-special\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Understanding Why the Upcoming Solar Eclipse is So Special<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47454"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51634,"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47454\/revisions\/51634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experthvacandrefrigeration.com\/n\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}