{"id":6595,"date":"2017-07-19T22:12:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T22:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2017-07-19T22:12:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T22:12:22","slug":"solar-eclipse-8112017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2017\/07\/19\/solar-eclipse-8112017\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Eclipse \u2013 8\/11\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2017\/07\/TSE2016-Sequence-RickFienberg-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Solar eclipse sequence\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2017\/07\/TSE2016-Sequence-RickFienberg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2017\/07\/TSE2016-Sequence-RickFienberg-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2017\/07\/TSE2016-Sequence-RickFienberg-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2017\/07\/TSE2016-Sequence-RickFienberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1256\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2017\/07\/TSE2016-Sequence-RickFienberg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Solar eclipse sequence\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2017\/07\/TSE2016-Sequence-RickFienberg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2017\/07\/TSE2016-Sequence-RickFienberg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2017\/07\/TSE2016-Sequence-RickFienberg-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have you heard the news? On Monday, August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse will be visible in the United States! During this rare event, the moon passes between the Sun and Earth, blocking our view of the Sun. While some areas of the country will see a total solar eclipse, in Iowa City, we will see a partial eclipse. At the maximum at 1:12 PM, 92% of the Sun will be obscured by the moon.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this exciting phenomenon, check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.lib.uiowa.edu\/eclipse\">guide<\/a>\u00a0or stop by the Sciences Library to see our new exhibit. And on August 21st, join us at the Sciences Library for an <a href=\"http:\/\/events.uiowa.edu\/event\/solar_eclipse_viewing_-_sciences_library#.WW_LUYTytpg\">Eclipse Viewing Party<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2017\/07\/TSE2016-Sequence-RickFienberg-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Solar eclipse sequence\">Have you heard the news? On Monday, August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse will be visible in the United States! During this rare event, the moon passes between the Sun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6596,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595\/revisions\/6596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}