On Monday, atotal solar eclipsewill cross North America.
Essentially, the moon, when it appears at its smallest, passes between the Sun and Earth.
This results in that legendary ring of fire appearance.
The last total solar eclipse to pass through the U.S. was on Aug. 21, 2017. the path of totality.
Still, that one will only be visible in North Dakota and Montana.
He later put on protective glasses.
“Eclipse viewers are at least 1,000 times darker than the darkest sunglasses!”
8.It’s not just sunglasses.
Read more about solar eclipse viewing safetyhere.
Put your solar filter back on after totality.
10.Don’t know the term Baily’s Beads?
There was6 minutes and 39 secondsof maximum totality.
According toScientific American, this duration won’t be surpassed until June 13, 2132.
13.Here’s a group of Londoners watching a solar eclipse on June 29, 1927.
WriterVirginia Woolfis said to have been among the Brits who made time for the eclipse.
Though to be clear, she’s not in this photo.
