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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.80,0:00:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I get to the bulk\Nof what I have to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.97,0:00:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel compelled just to mention\Na couple of things about myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.17,0:00:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not some mystical,\Nspiritual sort of person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.99,0:00:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a science writer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.01,0:00:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I studied physics in college.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.30,0:00:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to be a science\Ncorrespondent for NPR.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.42,0:00:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, that said:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.85,0:00:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the course of working\Non a story for NPR,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.17,0:00:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got some advice from an astronomer\Nthat challenged my outlook,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.54,0:00:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and frankly, changed my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.55,0:00:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the story was about an eclipse,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.68,0:00:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a partial solar eclipse\Nthat was set to cross the country
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.42,0:00:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in May of 1994.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.67,0:00:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the astronomer - I interviewed him,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.68,0:01:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he explained what was going\Nto happen and how to view it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.39,0:01:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he emphasized that, as interesting\Nas a partial solar eclipse is,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.72,0:01:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a much rarer total solar eclipse\Nis completely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.86,0:01:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a total eclipse,\Nfor all of two or three minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.19,0:01:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moon completely blocks\Nthe face of the sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.42,0:01:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating what he described\Nas the most awe-inspiring spectacle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.66,0:01:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all of nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.16,0:01:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the advice he gave me was this:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.45,0:01:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Before you die," he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.42,0:01:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you owe it to yourself\Nto experience a total solar eclipse."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.49,0:01:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well honestly, I felt\Na little uncomfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.87,0:01:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hearing that from someone\NI didn't know very well;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.21,0:01:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it felt sort of intimate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.88,0:01:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it got my attention,\Nand so I did some research.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.35,0:01:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the thing about total eclipses is,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.50,0:01:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you wait for one to come to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.78,0:01:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to be waiting a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.17,0:02:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any given point on Earth\Nexperiences a total eclipse
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.73,0:02:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about once every 400 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.73,0:02:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you're willing to travel,\Nyou don't have to wait that long.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.26,0:02:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I learned\Nthat a few years later, in 1998,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.78,0:02:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a total eclipse was going\Nto cross the Caribbean.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.54,0:02:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, a total eclipse is visible\Nonly along a narrow path,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.98,0:02:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 100 miles wide,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.78,0:02:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's where the moon's shadow falls.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.76,0:02:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called the "path of totality."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.16,0:02:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in February 1998,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.52,0:02:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the path of totality\Nwas going to cross Aruba.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.97,0:02:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I talked to my husband,\Nand we thought, well, February? Aruba?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.27,0:02:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sounded like a good idea anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.37,0:02:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.42,0:02:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we headed south,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.79,0:02:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enjoy the sun\Nand to see what would happen
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.36,0:02:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the sun briefly went away.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.87,0:02:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the day of the eclipse\Nfound us and many other people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.86,0:02:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out behind the Hyatt Regency,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.06,0:02:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.27,0:02:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for the show to begin.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.71,0:02:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we wore eclipse glasses\Nwith cardboard frames
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.11,0:03:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really dark lenses that enabled us\Nto look at the sun safely.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.31,0:03:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a total eclipse\Nbegins as a partial eclipse,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.57,0:03:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the moon very slowly\Nmakes its way in front of the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.27,0:03:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So first it looked like the sun\Nhad a little notch in its edge,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.54,0:03:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then that notch grew\Nlarger and larger,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.74,0:03:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turning the sun into a crescent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.63,0:03:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was all very interesting,\Nbut I wouldn't say it was spectacular.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.97,0:03:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the day remained bright.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.90,0:03:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I hadn't known\Nwhat was going on overhead,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.88,0:03:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't have noticed anything unusual.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.35,0:03:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, about ten minutes before\Nthe total solar eclipse was set to begin,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.29,0:03:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weird things started to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.26,0:03:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cool wind kicked up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.17,0:03:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daylight looked odd,\Nand shadows became very strange;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.00,0:03:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they looked bizarrely sharp,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.16,0:03:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if someone had turned up\Nthe contrast knob on TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.14,0:03:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I looked offshore,\Nand I noticed running lights on boats,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.00,0:04:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so clearly it was getting dark,\Nalthough I hadn't realized it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.10,0:04:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well soon, it was obvious\Nit was getting dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.40,0:04:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt like my eyesight was failing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.54,0:04:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then all of the sudden,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.42,0:04:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lights went out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.16,0:04:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, at that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.98,0:04:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cheer erupted from the beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.50,0:04:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I took off my eclipse glasses,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.25,0:04:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because at this point\Nduring the total eclipse,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.06,0:04:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was safe to look at the sun\Nwith the naked eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.70,0:04:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I glanced upward,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.36,0:04:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was just dumbstruck.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.97,0:04:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, consider that, at this point,\NI was in my mid-30s.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.60,0:04:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had lived on Earth long enough
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.72,0:04:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know what the sky looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.02,0:04:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.10,0:04:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.12,0:04:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd seen blue skies and grey skies,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.42,0:04:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and starry skies and angry skies,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.34,0:04:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pink skies at sunrise.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.17,0:05:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here was a sky I had never seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.69,0:05:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So first, there were the colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.01,0:05:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up above, it was a deep purple-grey,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.96,0:05:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like twilight.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.36,0:05:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But on the horizon, it was orange,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.18,0:05:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like sunset,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.40,0:05:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,360 degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.77,0:05:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And up above, in the twilight,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.38,0:05:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bright stars and planets had come out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.86,0:05:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was Jupiter,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.49,0:05:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was Mercury,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.18,0:05:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was Venus.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.43,0:05:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were all in a line.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.87,0:05:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there, along this line,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.70,0:05:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was this thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.81,0:05:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this glorious, bewildering thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.34,0:05:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looked like a wreath\Nwoven from silvery thread,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.93,0:05:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it just hung out there\Nin space, shimmering.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.89,0:05:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that was the sun's outer atmosphere,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.28,0:05:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the solar corona.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.31,0:05:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And pictures just don't do it justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.75,0:06:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just a ring or halo\Naround the sun;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.21,0:06:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's finely textured,\Nlike it's made out of strands of silk.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.12,0:06:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although it looked\Nnothing like our sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.63,0:06:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course, I knew that's what it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.81,0:06:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was the sun,\Nand there were the planets,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.80,0:06:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could see how the planets\Nrevolve around the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.87,0:06:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like I had left our solar system
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.40,0:06:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was standing on some alien world,\Nlooking back at creation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.16,0:06:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the first time in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.54,0:06:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just felt viscerally connected\Nto the universe
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.63,0:06:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all of its immensity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.46,0:06:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time stopped,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.75,0:06:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it just kind of felt nonexistent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.29,0:06:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I beheld with my eyes -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.45,0:06:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't just see it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.77,0:06:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it felt like a vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.25,0:06:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I stood there in this nirvana
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.82,0:07:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of 174 seconds -\Nless than three minutes -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.52,0:07:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when all of the sudden, it was over.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.98,0:07:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sun burst out,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.26,0:07:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blue sky returned,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.96,0:07:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stars and the planets\Nand the corona were gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.14,0:07:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world returned to normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.82,0:07:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.98,0:07:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's how I became an umbraphile -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.98,0:07:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an eclipse chaser.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.62,0:07:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.63,0:07:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, this is how I spend my time\Nand hard-earned money.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.40,0:07:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every couple of years, I head off\Nto wherever the moon's shadow will fall
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.99,0:07:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience another couple minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.95,0:07:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of cosmic bliss,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.90,0:07:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to share the experience with others:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.21,0:07:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with friends in Australia,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.21,0:07:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an entire city in Germany.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.79,0:07:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1999, in Munich,\NI joined hundreds of thousands
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.13,0:07:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who filled the streets and the rooftops,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.74,0:07:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cheered in unison\Nas the solar corona emerged.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.05,0:07:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over time, I've become something else:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.79,0:08:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an eclipse evangelist.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.49,0:08:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see it as my job
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.14,0:08:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pay forward the advice\Nthat I received all those years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.72,0:08:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so let me tell you:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.95,0:08:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before you die,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.14,0:08:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you owe it to yourself\Nto experience a total solar eclipse.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.23,0:08:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the ultimate experience of awe.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.18,0:08:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that word, "awesome,"\Nhas grown so overused
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.65,0:08:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's lost its original meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.97,0:08:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True awe, a sense of wonder\Nand insignificance
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.51,0:08:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the face of something\Nenormous and grand,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.01,0:08:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is rare in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.100,0:08:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you experience it, it's powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.93,0:08:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awe dissolves the ego.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.13,0:08:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us feel connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.18,0:08:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, it promotes\Nempathy and generosity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.23,0:08:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there is nothing truly more awesome\Nthan a total solar eclipse.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.85,0:09:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, few Americans\Nhave seen one,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.28,0:09:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's been 38 years
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.49,0:09:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since one last touched\Nthe continental United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.67,0:09:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 99 years since one last crossed\Nthe breadth of the nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.52,0:09:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is about to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.09,0:09:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next 35 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.13,0:09:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five total solar eclipses will visit\Nthe continental United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.56,0:09:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and three of them\Nwill be especially grand.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.44,0:09:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six weeks from now, on August 21st, 2017 -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.47,0:09:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moon's shadow will race\Nfrom Oregon to South Carolina.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.61,0:09:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,April 8th, 2024, the moon's shadow\Nheads north from Texas to Maine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.10,0:09:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2045, on August 12th,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.30,0:09:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the path cuts from California to Florida.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.83,0:09:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.04,0:09:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we made these holidays?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.66,0:09:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.84,0:09:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.02,0:09:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.05,0:09:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.67,0:10:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we all stood together,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.81,0:10:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as many people as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.77,0:10:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the shadow of the moon?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.58,0:10:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just maybe, this shared experience of awe\Nwould help heal our divisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.09,0:10:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get us to treat each other\Njust a bit more humanely.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.30,0:10:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, admittedly, some folks consider\Nmy evangelizing a little out there;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.19,0:10:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my obsession, eccentric.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.42,0:10:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, why focus so much attention\Non something so brief?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.20,0:10:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why cross the globe -\Nor state lines, for that matter -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.94,0:10:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for something that lasts three minutes?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.61,0:10:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I said:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.24,0:10:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not a spiritual person.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.42,0:10:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe in God.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.99,0:10:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.21,0:10:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I think of my own mortality -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.30,0:10:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I do, a lot -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.40,0:10:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I think of everyone I have lost,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.92,0:11:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother, in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.14,0:11:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what soothes me
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.00,0:11:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that moment of awe I had in Aruba.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.99,0:11:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I picture myself on that beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.24,0:11:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at that sky,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.43,0:11:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember how I felt.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.13,0:11:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My existence may be temporary,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.30,0:11:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's okay because, my gosh,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.85,0:11:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at what I'm a part of.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.56,0:11:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is a lesson I've learned,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.65,0:11:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's one that applies\Nto life in general:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.16,0:11:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Duration of experience\Ndoes not equal impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.65,0:11:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One weekend, one conversation -\Nhell, one glance -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.90,0:11:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can change everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.78,0:11:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cherish those moments\Nof deep connection with other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.36,0:11:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the natural world,\Nand make them a priority.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.62,0:11:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I chase eclipses.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.07,0:11:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might chase something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.05,0:12:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not about the 174 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.69,0:12:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about how they change\Nthe years that come after.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.54,0:12:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.63,0:12:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)