Helping the blind 'see' the solar eclipse
From: PR - 08/11/2017
By: Carolyn Beeler

It sounds like the beginning of a riddle. How can someone who’s blind “see”
the upcoming eclipse on August 21th?

"I was caught completely flat-footed," Winter said. "I had no idea how to
communicate what goes on during an eclipse to someone who has never seen
before in their entire life."

Winter remembered a story a friend told him about how crickets can start to
chirp in the middle of the day as the moon covers the sun during an eclipse.
So, he told his colleague that story.

Read the entire article and listen to the story (6:24) at:
https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-08-11/helping-blind-see-solar-eclipse

Link:
Eclipse Soundscapes
http://eclipsesoundscapes.org

[Nature can be so inaccessible - Dave]