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The total solar eclipse took place on April 8 between 9.23 pm and 2.22 am IST in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The darkest part of the Moon’s shadow touched down around 998 kilometres south of the Republic of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean at 10.09 pm IST.
Amid the social media buzz around the celestial phenomenon, NASA took a humorous jab at the official handle of NASA Sun and Space.
The post shared by NASA featured a screenshot of the NASA Sun and Space handle on X which read, ‘@NASASun is blocked.’ Sharing the screenshot, NASA wrote, “Oops I did it again.”
Take a look at the post:
The post left several social media users in splits, prodding them to react to it. A user commented, “I’m here for the content. You delivered.” Another user wrote, “I don’t know who did this, but they should get a raise.” The third user reacted, “Did you unblock them yet.”
“Eclipse was never such fun. Good work moon and sun!” another user wrote.
On Monday, NASA live-streamed the total solar eclipse on its official broadcast channel on YouTube. Some Caribbean countries, including Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Iceland could see a partial eclipse.
Google also marked the rare event by creating a special animation. To view the animation, Google asked the users to type—‘April 8 eclipse’, ‘eclipse 2024’, ‘solar eclipse’, ‘solar eclipse 2024’, and ‘total solar eclipse’.
