.OVERALL SOLAR eclipses possess awed folks since time out of thoughts. The initial record of one, protected on a clay tablet discovered at Ugarit, right now in Syria, is actually felt from its age and location to illustrate either an eclipse that occurred in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Fabulous descriptions for eclipses consist of the Sun being actually consumed by pets, frogs or monsters. The reality is more prosaic. Eclipses are actually triggered by the Moon moving in between Sun as well as Earth in a manner that projects a shade on part of Earth's surface. Why are actually total ones, like the one crossing part of The United States and Canada on April 8th, so uncommon?