.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses possess awed folks since time out of thoughts. The initial report of one, kept on a clay tablet computer located at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is actually believed from its age and also area to explain either an eclipse that happened in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Fabulous descriptions for eclipses include the Sunlight being eaten by pet dogs, frogs or even monsters.
The truth is actually much more prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon moving between Sun as well as Planet in a manner that casts a darkness on portion of Planet’s surface area. Why are actually complete ones, like the one crossing aspect of North America on April 8th, so rare?