The influence of the 2017 solar eclipse has, indeed, been powerful enough to stretch back several years prior to today’s event. Humans have, we might assume, always been fascinated by the effect of a total solar eclipse. Eclipse-watching through the centuriesPre-modernSeveral ancient cultures independently attempted to understand and predict solar eclipses, noting patterns over long periods of time. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The corona of the sun, based on a photograph taken during a total solar eclipse viewed at Dodabetta, 11-12 December 1871, by D.J. The 1999 eclipse over Europe, the first total solar eclipse visible on the British mainland since 1927, was recorded as the most widely observed eclipse in history.

Source: The Guardian August 21, 2017 07:52 UTC