.TOTAL SOLAR eclipses have awed people given that time out of mind. The initial record of one, kept on a clay tablet found at Ugarit, right now in Syria, is felt from its age and location to illustrate either an eclipse that occurred in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Epic illustrations for eclipses consist of the Sun being actually consumed by dogs, toads or even monsters. The reality is more prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon relocating in between Sunlight and The planet in a manner that throws a shade on portion of Earth's area. Why are overall ones, like the one crossing component of North America on April 8th, therefore unusual?