.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses have impressed folks considering that opportunity out of thoughts. The very first record of one, kept on a clay tablet computer discovered at Ugarit, now in Syria, is strongly believed coming from its age and site to describe either an eclipse that took place in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Famous descriptions for eclipses include the Sunshine being actually consumed by pet dogs, frogs or dragons. The truth is actually even more prosaic. Eclipses are triggered by the Moon relocating between Sun and Planet in such a way that casts a shade on component of Planet's surface area. Why are actually total ones, like the one crossing aspect of The United States and Canada on April 8th, so unusual?