.OVERALL SOLAR eclipses possess impressed individuals considering that opportunity out of mind. The first report of one, preserved on a clay-based tablet computer located at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is thought from its own age and also place to explain either an eclipse that took place in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Fabulous illustrations for eclipses include the Sun being actually consumed through canines, toads or dragons. The reality is extra prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon moving in between Sunlight and Planet in a way that throws a shadow on aspect of Earth's surface. Why are total ones, like the one crossing part of The United States and Canada on April 8th, thus uncommon?