.TOTAL SOLAR eclipses possess blown away people because time out of mind. The very first record of one, maintained on a clay-based tablet computer found at Ugarit, now in Syria, is believed from its grow older and also site to define either an eclipse that happened in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Fabulous descriptions for eclipses feature the Sunshine being consumed through pet dogs, toads or monsters. The reality is extra prosaic. Eclipses are triggered by the Moon moving between Sun and Earth in such a way that throws a shade on portion of Earth's area. Why are complete ones, like the one crossing aspect of North America on April 8th, so unusual?