I saw totality during the solar eclipse last year
Where I lived I didn't see much. I didn't have the glasses for it. I hated that.
It was amazing. It happens when the moon passes between the sun and the earth.
Yes that was a special solar eclipse.
Since it was a total eclipse, the sun was fully obscured by the moon.
Yes. I didn't dare look up at it as they advised because I did not want to hurt my eyes.
Yes, that can easily burn your eyes! They called it "The Great American Eclipse" because it passed through so much of America
Yes where I live was where it wasn't seen as good.
only at the eastern extremity, the Chukchi Peninsula.
Prior to this event, no solar eclipse had been visible across the entire contiguous United States since June 8, 1918; not since the February 1979 eclipse had a total eclipse been visible from anywhere in the mainland United States. The path of totality touched 14 states, and the rest of the U.S. had a partial eclipse. The area of the path of totality was about 16 percent of the area of the United States, with most of this area over the ocean
Solar eclipse of July 28, 1851
The earliest scientifically useful photograph of a total solar eclipse was made by Julius Berkowski at the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia, on Monday, July 28, 1851. It was the first correctly exposed photographic image taken during totality thereby including the Sun's corona.
Background.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, casting a shadow on Earth that temporarily obscures part or all of the Sun's disc. Eclipses can occur only when all