.TOTAL SOLAR eclipses possess blown away folks given that opportunity out of thoughts. The very first record of one, maintained on a clay tablet computer found at Ugarit, currently in Syria, is felt coming from its own age and location to define either an eclipse that took place in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Legendary illustrations for eclipses feature the Sunlight being consumed by canines, frogs or even monsters. The truth is actually even more prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon moving in between Sun and Earth in such a way that casts a shadow on portion of Earth's surface. Why are actually total ones, like the one intercrossing part of The United States and Canada on April 8th, therefore unusual?