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The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db9F-0nsklu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">featured image<\/a>\u00a0shows a stork roosting on her nest in Poland at a partial phase of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap260813.html\" rel=\"noopener\">recent total solar eclipse<\/a>. If you are lucky enough to experience a total eclipse somewhere quiet and close to nature, you may be able to notice unusual daytime\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/story\/wildlife-behavior-and-solar-eclipse\" rel=\"noopener\">animal behaviors<\/a>. During totality, you may hear\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sJCoF58ailo\" rel=\"noopener\">nighttime sounds<\/a>\u00a0like crickets and frogs and see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap250802.html\" rel=\"noopener\">fireflies<\/a>. In the dark, most birds are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/birds-went-silent-during-the-great-north-american-eclipse-heres-what\/\" rel=\"noopener\">quiet<\/a>. Thinking that it is time to go to bed, ducks and other waterfowl prepare to sleep on one leg, with their heads turned around and their beaks tucked into their back feathers (they don\u2019t really sleep with their heads\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/k12\/do-birds-sleep\/\" rel=\"noopener\">tucked under one wing<\/a>). When <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap240331.html\" rel=\"noopener\">sunlight returns<\/a> at the end of totality, songbirds greet the new \u201cmorning\u201d with their dawn\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/merlin.allaboutbirds.org\/the-story\/\" rel=\"noopener\">songs<\/a>. The crickets and\u00a0frogs\u00a0go <a href=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1566938611484-080d628f3c28\" rel=\"noopener\">quiet<\/a> again. Animals and people resume their lifes, only briefly disturbed by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/eclipses\/\" rel=\"noopener\">chance alignment<\/a>\u00a0of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/sun\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sun<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/moon\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APOD\u2019s main NASA site is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asterisk.apod.com\/viewtopic.php?t=45023\" rel=\"noopener\">moving<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>: From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">apod.nasa.gov<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/apod\" rel=\"noopener\">science.nasa.gov\/apod<\/a><br \/><strong>Tomorrow\u2019s picture:\u00a0<\/strong>What\u2019s next?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"display-none desktop:display-block desktop:grid-col-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 margin-top-3 desktop:margin-top-0\">\n<table class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-table width-full\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Date<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 3, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Credit &#038; Copyright<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trzeci_plan\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener\">W\u0142odzimierz Bubak<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Authors &#038; editors:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCecilia Chirenti, Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell, Keighley Rockcliffe\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">A service of:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.gsfc.nasa.gov\/astrophysics\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">ASD<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/goddard\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">GSFC<\/a>,<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/learn\/about-science-activation\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">NASA Science Activation<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtu.edu\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Michigan Tech. 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