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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.46,0:00:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I get to bulk\Nof what I have to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.53,0:00:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel compelled just to mention\Na couple of things about myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.74,0:00:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not some mystical,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.82,0:00:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritual sort of person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.67,0:00:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a science writer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.72,0:00:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I studied physics in college.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.02,0:00:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to be a science\Ncorrespondent for NPR.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.07,0:00:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, that said:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.55,0:00:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the course of working\Non a story for NPR,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.82,0:00:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got some advice from an astronomer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.12,0:00:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that challenged my outlook,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.25,0:00:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and frankly, changed my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.19,0:00:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the story was about an eclipse,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.41,0:00:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a partial solar eclipse\Nthat was set to cross the country
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.98,0:00:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in May of 1994.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.35,0:00:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the astronomer -- I interviewed him,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.84,0:00:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he explained what was going to happen\Nand how to view it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.14,0:00:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he emphasized that, as interesting\Nas a partial solar eclipse is,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.38,0:01:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a much rarer total solar eclipse\Nis completely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.50,0:01:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a total eclipse,\Nfor all of two or three minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.80,0:01:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moon completely blocks\Nthe face of the sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.15,0:01:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating what he described\Nas the most awe-inspiring spectacle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.42,0:01:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all of nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.76,0:01:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the advice he gave me was this:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.09,0:01:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Before you die," he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.11,0:01:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you owe it to yourself\Nto experience a total solar eclipse."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.10,0:01:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well honestly,\NI felt a little uncomfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.61,0:01:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hearing that from someone\NI didn't know very well;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.04,0:01:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it felt sort of intimate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.46,0:01:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it got my attention,\Nand so I did some research.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the thing about total eclipses is,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.08,0:01:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you wait for one to come to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.49,0:01:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to be waiting a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.90,0:01:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any given point on earth\Nexperiences a total eclipse
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.45,0:01:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about once every 400 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.42,0:01:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you're willing to travel,\Nyou don't have to wait that long.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.95,0:02:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I learned\Nthat a few years later, in 1998,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.29,0:02:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a total eclipse was going\Nto cross the Caribbean.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.20,0:02:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, a total eclipse is visible\Nonly along a narrow path,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.75,0:02:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a hundred miles wide,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.46,0:02:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's where the moon's shadow falls.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.58,0:02:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called the "path of totality."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.73,0:02:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in February 1998,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.18,0:02:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the path of totality\Nwas going to cross Aruba.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.65,0:02:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I talked to my husband,\Nand we thought: February? Aruba?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.99,0:02:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sounded like a good idea anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.73,0:02:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.83,0:02:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we headed south,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.49,0:02:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enjoy the sun\Nand to see what would happen
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.98,0:02:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the sun briefly went away.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.54,0:02:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the day of the eclipse\Nfound us and many other people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.55,0:02:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out behind the Hyatt Regency,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.76,0:02:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.94,0:02:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for the show to begin.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.68,0:02:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we wore eclipse glasses\Nwith cardboard frames
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.87,0:02:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really dark lenses that enabled us\Nto look at the sun safely.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.97,0:02:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A total eclipse begins\Nas a partial eclipse,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.23,0:03:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the moon very slowly makes its way\Nin front of the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.03,0:03:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So first it looked the sun\Nhad a little notch in its edge,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.28,0:03:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then that notch grew\Nlarger and larger,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.42,0:03:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turning the sun into a crescent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.24,0:03:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was all very interesting,\Nbut I wouldn't say it was spectacular.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.60,0:03:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the day remained bright.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.55,0:03:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I hadn't known\Nwhat was going on overhead,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.58,0:03:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't have noticed anything unusual.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.05,0:03:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, about 10 minutes before\Nthe total solar eclipse was set to begin,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.89,0:03:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weird things started to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.93,0:03:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cool wind kicked up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.81,0:03:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daylight looked odd,\Nand shadows became very strange;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.74,0:03:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they looked bizarrely sharp,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.00,0:03:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if someone had turned up\Nthe contrast knob on the TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.77,0:03:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I looked offshore,\Nand I noticed running lights on boats,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.66,0:03:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so clearly it was getting dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.24,0:03:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although I hadn't realized it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.86,0:03:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well soon, it was obvious\Nit was getting dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.15,0:03:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt like my eyesight was failing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.19,0:04:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then all of a sudden,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.98,0:04:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lights went out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.83,0:04:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, at that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.49,0:04:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cheer erupted from the beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.13,0:04:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I took off my eclipse glasses,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.05,0:04:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because at this point\Nduring the total eclipse,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.66,0:04:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was safe to look at the sun\Nwith the naked eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.36,0:04:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I glanced upward,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.01,0:04:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was just dumbstruck.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.54,0:04:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, consider that, at this point,\NI was in my mid-30s.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.30,0:04:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had lived on earth long enough\Nto know what the sky looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.67,0:04:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.84,0:04:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.95,0:04:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd seen blue skies and grey skies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.07,0:04:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and starry skies and angry skies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.03,0:04:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pink skies at sunrise.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.88,0:04:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here was a sky I had never seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.32,0:04:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, there were the colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.62,0:04:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up above, it was a deep purple-grey,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.61,0:05:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like twilight.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.04,0:05:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But on the horizon it was orange,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.78,0:05:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like sunset,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.10,0:05:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,360 degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.43,0:05:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And up above, in the twilight,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.09,0:05:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bright stars and planets had come out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.54,0:05:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was Jupiter
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.17,0:05:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was Mercury
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.93,0:05:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was Venus.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.09,0:05:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were all in a line.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.53,0:05:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there, along this line,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.29,0:05:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was this thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.78,0:05:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this glorious, bewildering thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.33,0:05:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looked like a wreath\Nwoven from silvery thread,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.10,0:05:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it just hung out there\Nin space, shimmering.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.50,0:05:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the sun's outer atmosphere,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.17,0:05:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the solar corona.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.100,0:05:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And pictures just don't do it justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.38,0:05:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just a ring or halo\Naround the sun;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.94,0:05:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's finely textured,\Nlike it's made out of strands of silk.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.76,0:06:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although it looked\Nnothing like our sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.29,0:06:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course, I knew that's what it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.57,0:06:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was the sun,\Nand there were the planets,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.42,0:06:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could see how the planets\Nrevolve around the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.48,0:06:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like I had left our solar system
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.29,0:06:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was standing on some alien world,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.91,0:06:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking back at creation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.78,0:06:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the first time in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.19,0:06:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just felt viscerally connected\Nto the universe
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.24,0:06:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all of its immensity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.11,0:06:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time stopped,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.39,0:06:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it just kind of felt nonexistent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.96,0:06:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I beheld with my eyes --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.07,0:06:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't just see it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.44,0:06:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it felt like a vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.86,0:06:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I stood there in this nirvana
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.53,0:06:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of 174 seconds --\Nless than three minutes --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.19,0:06:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when all of a sudden, it was over.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.60,0:06:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sun burst out,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.97,0:06:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blue sky returned,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.66,0:06:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stars and the planets\Nand the corona were gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.86,0:07:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world returned to normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.57,0:07:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.62,0:07:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's how I became an umbraphile --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.58,0:07:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an eclipse chaser.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.77,0:07:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.80,0:07:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is how I spend my time\Nand hard-earned money.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.100,0:07:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every couple of years, I head off\Nto wherever the moon's shadow will fall
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.65,0:07:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience another couple minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.06,0:07:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of cosmic bliss,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.55,0:07:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to share the experience with others:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.86,0:07:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with friends in Australia,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.89,0:07:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an entire city in Germany.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.47,0:07:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1999, in Munich,\NI joined hundreds of thousands
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.83,0:07:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who filled the streets and the rooftops\Nand cheered in unison
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.62,0:07:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the solar corona emerged.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.72,0:07:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over time, I've become something else:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.50,0:07:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an eclipse evangelist.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.12,0:07:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see it as my job
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.74,0:07:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pay forward the advice\Nthat I received all those years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.37,0:08:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so let me tell you:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.53,0:08:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you die,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.79,0:08:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you owe it to yourself\Nto experience a total solar eclipse.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.79,0:08:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the ultimate experience of awe.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.78,0:08:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that word, "awesome,"\Nhas grown so overused
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.39,0:08:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's lost its original meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.58,0:08:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True awe, a sense of wonder\Nand insignificance
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.08,0:08:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the face of something\Nenormous and grand,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.63,0:08:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is rare in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.65,0:08:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you experience it, it's powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.48,0:08:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awe dissolves the ego.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.86,0:08:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us feel connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.88,0:08:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, it promotes\Nempathy and generosity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.92,0:08:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there is nothing truly more awesome\Nthan a total solar eclipse.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.50,0:08:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, few Americans\Nhave seen one,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.91,0:08:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's been 38 years
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.15,0:08:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since one last touched\Nthe continental United States
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.34,0:09:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 99 years since one last crossed\Nthe breadth of the nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.16,0:09:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is about to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.75,0:09:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next 35 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.85,0:09:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five total solar eclipses will visit\Nthe continental United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.16,0:09:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and three of them\Nwill be especially grand.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.15,0:09:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six weeks from now, on August 21, 2017 --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.84,0:09:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.55,0:09:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moon's shadow will race\Nfrom Oregon to South Carolina.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.30,0:09:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,April 8, 2024, the moon's shadow\Nheads north from Texas to Maine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.72,0:09:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2045, on August 12,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.92,0:09:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the path cuts from California to Florida.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.46,0:09:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.67,0:09:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we made these holidays?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.29,0:09:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.52,0:09:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.57,0:09:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.28,0:09:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we all stood together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.36,0:09:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as many people as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.46,0:09:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the shadow of the moon?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.25,0:10:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just maybe, this shared experience of awe\Nwould help heal our divisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.12,0:10:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get us to treat each other\Njust a bit more humanely.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.92,0:10:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, admittedly, some folks consider\Nmy evangelizing a little out there;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.77,0:10:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my obsession, eccentric.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.99,0:10:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, why focus so much attention\Non something so brief?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.90,0:10:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why cross the globe --\Nor state lines, for that matter --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.62,0:10:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for something that lasts three minutes?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.16,0:10:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I said:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.91,0:10:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not a spiritual person.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.01,0:10:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe in God.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.60,0:10:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.89,0:10:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I think of my own mortality --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.87,0:10:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I do, a lot --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.97,0:10:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I think of everyone I have lost,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.58,0:10:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.78,0:10:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what soothes me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.60,0:10:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that moment of awe I had in Aruba.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.60,0:11:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I picture myself on that beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.74,0:11:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at that sky,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.04,0:11:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember how I felt.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.66,0:11:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My existence may be temporary,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.98,0:11:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's OK because, my gosh,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.51,0:11:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at what I'm a part of.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.21,0:11:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is a lesson I've learned,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.37,0:11:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's one that applies\Nto life in general:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.80,0:11:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,duration of experience\Ndoes not equal impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.23,0:11:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One weekend, one conversation --\Nhell, one glance --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.43,0:11:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can change everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.51,0:11:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cherish those moments\Nof deep connection with other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.02,0:11:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the natural world,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.45,0:11:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make them a priority.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.22,0:11:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I chase eclipses.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.65,0:11:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might chase something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.70,0:11:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not about the 174 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.31,0:11:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about how they change
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.02,0:11:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the years that come after.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.11,0:11:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.31,0:12:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)