The complete shrouding of our sun by the moon has mesmerized humanity for millennia — a moment in time when skies darken and stillness creeps in.
Crowds gather on the top deck of New York’s Empire State Building to view a solar eclipse on Aug. 31, 1932, that was fully blocked in parts of Canada and New England. FILE - Eclipse watchers squint through protective filters as they view an eclipse of the sun from the top deck of New York’s Empire State Building in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1932. Full solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic.
While full solar eclipses happen every year or two or three, they’re often in remote locations like the Arctic or Antarctica, the southern tip of South America or the Pacific. Steve Spalding squints through a viewfinder during a total solar eclipse in Valdosta, Ga., on March 7, 1970, that was shrouded by clouds.
Lucy Maphiri, left, and Margaret Makuya watch the total solar eclipse over Shingwedzi camp in South Africa’s Kruger National Park on Dec. 4, 2002. Dang Anh Tuan shows a projected image of a solar eclipse at an observatory in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday on July 22, 2009. A total solar eclipse is seen from an aircraft over Patna, India, on July 22, 2009.
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